Wozspace

We Have Moved to blog.wozspace.org

2008-12-29T04:55:00.004Z

blog.Wozspace.org is our new blog home and we have moved to Ethiopia.

There is some difficulty in logging into this service from within Ethiopia, so we have been unable to update these pages. We decided to host our own site at blog.wozspace.org and have been busy importing and updating that site so please check there.

These pages will stay up here, however, there may not be many updates ... I may get the the chance to place an auto-redirection here, but in the mean time visit us at our new site. The comments here will still send us an email if you want to get in touch and have lost our addresses for example.

Cooling off

2008-10-23T06:59:00.002Z

It was still over 100 degrees most days after school and the sprinklers turned on at 5:45 pm. (you will need to click on this photo to see it)

Claire discovers ice cream

2008-09-04T18:14:00.005Z

During our recent trip to Cheyenne, Gramma and Grampa introduce Claire to chocolate ice cream at the Dairy Queen.

Nancy attempts to remove too large a bite - gets a big bite herself (remember you can click on the photos to see full sized images)

Rough Re-enty due to Delta Airlines

2008-07-29T16:59:00.000Z

We spent about a week on the East Coast with a trip into NYC for the American Museum of Natural History, but spent most of our time at Nancy and John's up on their little piece of heaven outside of Cold Spring. We saw bald eagles, hawks, turkeys, deer and big black snake, all while were out picking wild raspberries, and a few black berries and blue berries too - this was a nice re-introduction to the US

We unfortunately were stuck in JFK airport for nearly 36 hours for delays of various reasons, but when our final flight was canceled after 1:00 am for weather, we were advised that Delta Airlines would not be helping us in anyway, and no hotels were available, so there we went with 2 crying kids and our little baby without further food or diapers to find a quiet gate to sleep by until our first chance for stand by the following night. I understand that weather and things are not their fault, but with few exceptions, we were treated quite poorly by Delta Airlines staff - like "Why don't you pack more burn medicine for your daughter?, or food or diapers for the baby etc" Uh, over 3 oz, we had enough for the first 29 hours, but really - as one of their frequent fliers and sitting there on the floor with 11 thousand dollars worth of tickets I am really questioning why I should ever trust them again.

Heck, I even have a picture of one of their planes I used to think was nice looking a couple of entries down. I know we have had just over a thousand visitors to the this blog, but like us many of you are around that 100,000 miles a year mark for the airlines so, I am urging you to think twice before purchasing airline tickets from Delta.

We missed nearly all of Frontier Days, but took in the last parade and a few minutes of rodeo and carnival - Cheyenne is a bit sleepy and slow, but nice for us to rest up and let Tess heal up a bit from her urban camping complications from the floor at the Delta terminal in JFK. Cheyenne has great new library, named library of the year by the National Library Assoc., and one of the 10 best on National Public Radio. So, this is our office for the next couple of weeks

We will likely be moving to Arizona very soon and getting the kids started in school - it starts this Monday Aug 4th! But the big question right now is wether we drive or dare to fly.

WozBoy Launched!

2008-07-08T13:29:00.006Z

Jacob has decided to launch his own blog at http://wozboy.blogspot.com/ - actually he wants his own website with an easier to remember name to stay in touch with his friends as we get ready to leave Accra. The distinction between a blog and a website isn't exactly as clear to be as it is to his perceptions, however, I think what he has in mind is a bit more of a video blog that he works out on his OLPC - if any of you have seen the iJacob Show videos he makes on his little green monster you will know what I mean. AKA One Laptop Per Child

My how times have changed from when most of us were growing up. I pretty much grew up with computers I suppose and used BBS and Gopher before the "Web" and Minix way before there was a Linux, but I still choke when I have to use the word "blog". Anyway, I have pretty much avoided any tech discussion on these pages, just try to keep the pictures going up (More Baby pictures coming soon I promise!) Despite my techie bent I still tend to be more impressed by the old media and proud of my son's talents with those. He has posted his painting shown here on his blog too, but I encourage you to go and see it there.

Tess in Urban Camouflage

2008-05-30T11:42:00.001Z

We attended a birthday party recently and Tess's bathing suit was in the exact color scheme as the water-slide - we just hope you can find her. Jeanne captured these photos.

Backyard Safari

2008-05-26T22:56:00.007Z

This was actually much more exciting than it sounds. We really saw quite few fairly exotic looking animals, plants and even some fungus. We set out well armed with bug repellent, radios, flash lights and cameras. We did an afternoon after school, and a holiday mornings - so just a few hours really. We are trying to officially identify what are probably fairly common animals, so if you happen to be able to identify something we'd be happy to hear from you. There were a few creatures that were to fast or too shy or just frankly prefer the nightlife (so we may find a photo elsewhere on the web until we can get our own).The number of photos we got was actually pretty large, and probably not as interesting to everyone else as it was to us.

However, if you find our Safari Gallery interesting see it in it full resolution glory with captions and other photos by clicking Wozpics.photoshop.com.

Leaving on a jet plane

2008-05-24T01:04:00.003Z

Jeanne, Claire and Tess were on this 767 when I took this picture. This is the Delta flight, Accra to New York, that flies over our house most days of this week, but today I had a reason to snap it's picture as it passed by. They'll be heading down to Washington DC, in the morning, but I will spare you the photo of the Chevy Impala or whatever the rental car is, but I thought this photo of their plane came out much better than expected.

Believe and his sister Nancy came to stay

2008-04-23T13:33:00.006Z

Marie's son Believe is looking quite handsome. (An update May 24, 2008: Believe is quite sick and is in the hospital in Togo. He has malaria, but it wasn't likely the cause of his illness, which remains unknown. Our prayers and concerns go out to him and his family. Please pray for his speedy recovery.)

July 8th: Believe is much better!

He was in the hospital about one month, with some issue surrounding his kidney function, but the cause was never exactly determined, however he has been here in Ghana for about a week and recently celebrated his birthday with us and seems almost back normal, just a bit skinnier.

GIS holds bedtime reading week

2008-03-29T16:19:00.010Z

Jacob's school held its first bedtime reading week this past week, culminating in "Dress like your favorite book character" assembly.

Jacob is Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean (interestingly, from a post-modern point of view, a theme-park ride character turned into a movie character turned into a book character).

As usual, if Jacob does something, Tess has to do it too, so here is Tessie the Cowgirl at the assembly too.

Patrick and his girls

2008-03-29T15:51:00.003Z

Here is Patrick with his two girls early (pre-coffee!) on Easter morning. Note Tess is eating her rabbit!

Claire Elizabeth's first Easter Celebration

2008-03-29T12:39:00.005Z

We had a great time dyeing eggs and celebrating with friends and lots of kids. Claire really took it all in.

Jacob and Anaïs showed how to get the best colors

Tess and her friends get a pre-egg hunt mission briefing

Tess is recovering well

2008-01-04T20:47:00.002Z

Thank you all so much for your support and your prayers.

Tess is making a remarkable recovery and at the hospital she was able to play a bit with her family at the playground.

Still lots of visits to doctors and therapists, but you can see in her face all the progress she has made.

Both Tess and Jacob have been spending a fair amount of time at the local library where this picture was taken.

Claire Elizabeth Arrives!

2007-12-10T07:00:00.000Z

We are very happy to welcome Claire Elizabeth to our family. She was born Dec 4th and was a healthy 7 pounds 7 ounces.

Birthday Island Roses on Pirate Island

2007-10-19T10:45:00.000Z

The kids had a joint birthday bash, Tess is shown here giving her Island Rose piñata the first bash.

Jake and seven of his pirate crew for his seventh big day.

He did a great job designing and painting his piñata too.

Tess a few days earlier broke out her cowboy boots and a raincoat to do some shopping with Sarah.

A few of the very important women in her life

2007-03-15T20:09:00.000Z

We have been a little slow with posting new photos recently, but with so much going on and with the electricity going off so often we hope you will forgive us. Tess was asking where her photos were too, after a couple of postings of her brother, so here is what we came up with during a visit to Arizona last fall.

Jake wins a music award.

2007-03-06T00:25:00.000Z

He treated us to a song about a drunken sailor at a school assembly this morning - An interesting choice, but he is quite a fan of the pirate genre. And I thought I'd post a picture of the new snakes and ladders games painted outside of his classroom, for a class parent I know in Manhattan at the moment who would love to see the product of so much of her efforts

New photographer is added to our staff

2006-12-25T20:07:00.000Z

Here are a couple of shots by Jacob with his new camera from aunt Phyl and uncle Ken, including one self portrait and part of his series of his friend Andre

Figuring Out How to Post

2006-06-25T13:50:00.000Z

Here is a quick attempt from camera to website!

Colonial Fort in Elmina

2006-06-25T12:52:00.000Z

For more photos from our recent vacation, please click on the vacation photos link to the right.

Total Eclipse of the Sun

2006-04-04T15:12:00.000Z

Accra was in the direct shadow of the eclipse. We went out and shared the event with everyone, but took our last looks before it was over at home when this picture was taken.

Christmas Cookies in Wyoming

2006-03-04T14:47:00.000Z

Jake and Grandma, with a little help from Tess and Aunt Mary, made a big batch of Christmas cookies. We were getting ready not only for Christmas, but for Tess's christening as well.

We were very happy Father Carr was able to make the trip to Cheyenne to perform the ceremony and to help us celebrate another special day in the lives of our family.

My Baby! My Baby!

2006-02-27T18:34:00.000Z

We celebrated Christmas in Phoenix at Grandma's house. The sound of absolute delight echoed around when Tess opened her present.

The New Year in Style

2006-02-27T11:48:00.000Z

Tess and Aunt Nancy started the new year with a new style, but it was also Tess's first haircut.

More Kids and Cake

2005-11-28T14:34:00.000Z

Despite eating cake at every opportunity these kids still look like we don't feed them enough... that is at least according to comments of some of our Ghanian friends.

We had a combined party to celebrate both the kids' recent birthdays in a big way. They chose a "Scooby-Doo" theme and we did our best to make it happen. They had balloons, a bouncy castle, a pinata and played pin the nose on Scooby!

Jake was heard to say, "This is so cool!"

Marley Takes a Crack

2005-11-28T14:14:00.000Z

Jacob looks on as his friend Marley gives her best shot at the pinata. Everyone, including Thanksgiving guests Carmen and Grace, helped to make a fairly convincing version of a wolf, if not exactly Scooby-Doo.

Shaggy was invited too

2005-11-28T14:04:00.000Z

Patrick gave his best effort to appear as Shaggy for the birthday bash... Maybe not exactly like Shaggy, but more like him than the pinata looked like the real Scooby.

Special Guest Appearance

2005-11-28T12:47:00.000Z

Scooby-Doo came for the birthday bash and this one looks almost like the real thing.

Being two is serious business

2005-11-17T18:00:00.000Z

Tess turned 2 on Tuesday. We had a little family party and will have a big blowout for both kids before we go on home leave. The next morning, Tess declared that she wasn't going to wear diapers anymore - being 2 is serious business!

Tess is two!

2005-11-17T17:57:00.000Z

The birthday girl enjoys birthday wisdom from her more experienced older brother.

Lollipop

2005-11-17T17:50:00.000Z

Tess has learned that money buys ... lollipops! Here she has bought one for brother too - couldn't wait to wake him up from a nap to share.

Welcome to Wozspace!

2005-11-05T18:59:00.000Z

Jeanne and Patrick have started a new photo-blog called Wozspace. We hope to get up a few photos of our glam life and family here in Ghana, but it might take us time challenged types a little while to get our act together. We are actively working on it so check back often.

*Remember you can click on the photos for a more detailed version and can post your comments

Let's be our Heroes for Halloween

2005-11-05T18:26:00.000Z

We aren't sure why she adores her brother so much, but he is pretty nice to her most of the time.

Remember the shirt Jakes is wearing in this picture, because you'll see it again

Superman meets lil' "Jake"

2005-11-05T17:02:00.000Z

Halloween Arrives in Ghana
Tess and Jacob dressed as their heroes for this Halloween - Jacob opted for Superman, but Tess really just wanted to be her brother. Dad made the Superman logo and muscles, and Mom took them out for a little trick-or-treating - since Halloween isn't celebrated here, this really was a trick for Mom to pull off.

Jacob Represents America

2005-11-02T10:25:00.000Z

He was asked to dress up in our national costume for the 50th anniversary of his school. Seeing how he has out grown those cowboys he loved so much, we thought baseball was the next best option.

Tess Finds Mommy's Purse Unguarded

2005-11-01T10:38:00.000Z

She can be quite the tomboy, but she also enjoys a variety of creams and beauty products too... Today she finally got her hands on that lipstick

With Dad on Jacob's First Day of School

2005-10-30T10:44:00.000Z

We all wanted to to go along, so Jake let us take him to class, but decided we probably should let him continue alone after that.

The After Picture

2005-10-29T11:54:00.000Z

This Jeanne and Jacob at his school after the first day. He definitely looks smarter here.