Window on the world of .... well.... us.
Some of our friends have asked us what is it like in Aberdeen. Well apart from telling them "fine", we thought we would give you and idea based on some pictures, starting with our home environment and then branching off onto other things later on.
Firstly, this is the house we live in. I guess it looks very ordinary, but it is home sweet home to us.
Our car is a Vauxhall Vectra 2000 model. To Australians, that is a Holden with a different badge. We got it very cheap from a Christian car dealer.
Oh and BTW our house is one building divided in 2 - we only live in the part with the 2 windows at the top and bottom.
As we move inside the house we have one really big room that serves as Dining, lounge and my study.
Here is the lounge room. Ye Olde Ikea chairs make up the mainstay of our furniture (on a budget, you know).
Grace finally got her piano, and it is electric so it makes also really cool sounds.
The tripod thing next to the TV is the board game solitare that we got in Madagascar by trading a pair of boots for it.
To the left of the sofa is my little corner of the world, my desk. Despite the fact that it looks like solid wood, it is actually is chip board veneer and was assembled with the help of an ex-Douloi friend, David Williams (took us most of the day).
While it looks like I have covered it in souvenir junk, I still have room to clutter the surface with paper and books.
Don't be fooled by the inane smile, I am a graduate student and an intelligent person. At least that's what I tell myself.
Moving around in a circle to the left of my desk, you can see our dining area. (Yes, those are swords hanging up.) A large portion of the junk collected on our world travels resides on the shelves you can see behind the table.
If you look out the window you will see ......
Our back yard. The tennis pole game (a modern replica of the 70's "in thing" to have) is new. I always wanted one. Now I am fulfilled.
The shed is not ours, unfortunately.
If we proceed upstairs we have 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. Not particularly interesting places to look at but I will give you one image of ....
Our master bedroom.
The meditative figure on the bed is Grace. She is pondering the conundrum of what her husband is doing taking pictures of our bedroom.
The yellow curtains are printed with latin inscriptions, and while I am learning latin at uni, I still can't read them.
The world map on the wall reminds us of where we are now. We sometimes forget.
This is our home. Stay tuned for more exciting episodes when we will show you other parts of our hood.
Firstly, this is the house we live in. I guess it looks very ordinary, but it is home sweet home to us.Our car is a Vauxhall Vectra 2000 model. To Australians, that is a Holden with a different badge. We got it very cheap from a Christian car dealer.
Oh and BTW our house is one building divided in 2 - we only live in the part with the 2 windows at the top and bottom.
As we move inside the house we have one really big room that serves as Dining, lounge and my study.
Here is the lounge room. Ye Olde Ikea chairs make up the mainstay of our furniture (on a budget, you know).
Grace finally got her piano, and it is electric so it makes also really cool sounds.
The tripod thing next to the TV is the board game solitare that we got in Madagascar by trading a pair of boots for it.
To the left of the sofa is my little corner of the world, my desk. Despite the fact that it looks like solid wood, it is actually is chip board veneer and was assembled with the help of an ex-Douloi friend, David Williams (took us most of the day).While it looks like I have covered it in souvenir junk, I still have room to clutter the surface with paper and books.
Don't be fooled by the inane smile, I am a graduate student and an intelligent person. At least that's what I tell myself.
Moving around in a circle to the left of my desk, you can see our dining area. (Yes, those are swords hanging up.) A large portion of the junk collected on our world travels resides on the shelves you can see behind the table.
If you look out the window you will see ......
Our back yard. The tennis pole game (a modern replica of the 70's "in thing" to have) is new. I always wanted one. Now I am fulfilled.The shed is not ours, unfortunately.
If we proceed upstairs we have 3 bedrooms and a bathroom. Not particularly interesting places to look at but I will give you one image of ....
Our master bedroom.
The meditative figure on the bed is Grace. She is pondering the conundrum of what her husband is doing taking pictures of our bedroom.
The yellow curtains are printed with latin inscriptions, and while I am learning latin at uni, I still can't read them.
The world map on the wall reminds us of where we are now. We sometimes forget.
This is our home. Stay tuned for more exciting episodes when we will show you other parts of our hood.
posted by Glen Doris | 8:25 AM
2 Comments:
Hi guys! Wondered why you weren't posting on your other blog anymore... here you are! Enjoyed the tour.... Love to you all from Down Under!
Hello Doris Family!
Found your blog through the "blog chain." Great to know that you are doing well in Aberdeen and enjoying the snow! It's fun for a few minutes but gets a bit old as soon as you have to start shoveling it. :-)
Tanya
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