In loving memory of Barbara Hogue, 1927 – 2010
Fran’s mother went home to be with her Lord last Friday.
Oct 312010
We’ve been a little busy so I’m just now getting around to posting about our newest gadget. Two weeks ago we took the plunge and bought a new camera. Our other camera – Canon S3 IS – is 3 years old and kinda bulky. I love it and it’s 12X zoom, but it doesn’t do real well indoors and it sometimes blurs the left side of the picture.
When we were home for vacation this summer I looked at a replacement – a Canon S90 – but I just couldn’t bring myself to spend the bucks. So I just shopped and drooled. A few weeks after returning to Taiwan I couldn’t stop thinking about it so I started looking at it here. Too expensive!
Then one day online I discovered that the S90 (and it’s main 3 flaws) had been upgraded. The Canon S95 had been released. Now I was really obsessed! I started looking around Taipei and learned a couple of things:
Cameras, regardless of price do not come with international warranties. The warranty is only good in the country of purchase.
Some Canon dealers in Taipei get (some of) their cameras through channels other than Canon in Taiwan, outside of the country of Taiwan. Therefore, if you purchase the camera through them and you have a warranty issue, Canon Taiwan will not perform warranty work on it. It is called parallel importing.
So, after all the looking and learning we decided to go for it and saved $70 over the price of the “official” Canon Taiwan product. The shop we used will provide the one year warranty for the camera.
We’ve been busy and haven’t had a chance to really get to know it very but have played around with it a little bit.
It is a very powerful pocket sized camera that we hope will provide us with many memories.
Sep 122010
We have finally gotten around to posting photos that were taken while in attending a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as we enjoyed taking them 
Because of the sensitive nature of some of the people pics, I had to tag them “Friends and Family Only”. If you can’t see them – but you want to – let me know and I’ll make you a friend at Flickr.
Aug 242010
Today in Taipei we are reminded of the traditions and superstitions of the people we now live among.
The Ghost Festival also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).
Read more HERE
Because of the smoke from the burning of Ghost Money the air was hard to breathe & ashes filled the air.
People gathered on the sidewalks to make offerings to ghosts of ancestors.
Aug 142010
I completed my Saturday goal and (click) here are some of the pictures taken while we were on vacation in the Dallas area.
Jun 172010
Below is a link to a blog / website by a Canadian who lives in Taiwan. He received permission from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ottawa, Canada to publish some really nice photos from around Taiwan. We live on a beautiful island. Click the link and enjoy!
Taiwan Beauty Photo Gallery! 15 Colorful Landscape Pictures!.
Jun 112010
The Saturday before Easter a new church was born in Taipei. Its name is:
The last Saturday of May (Memorial Day Weekend) we had a church-wide fellowship cook out supper. Hamburgers, hotdogs, and (almost) all the trimmings. Good food, fellowship, music, and preaching. Here are a few pictures click one to see it larger:
See all our online photos here
At Flickr there are some photos that are hidden from the public – ask to be a friend.
Apr 132010
The kids sent us new pictures this week – so I had them printed along with a couple of photos we took not long ago of us.
