Hallson Gardens

Anybody still here?
Darn, I miss Chis and JGh and the Idiots.
-Diana

Yes! Happy New Year to everyone! Our granddaughter is getting married soon. A few of my hostas in pots are up already. Priorities are changing, along with physical abilities. Getting better at watching things grow, rather than planting stuff. Hope everyone has a very happy/successful/rewarding 2023!...

Hi Chris! We have made many trips to Italy, over the years, mostly exploring the smaller hill towns. This time we decided to revisit some old memories. We spent 3 weeks: Rome, Orvieto, Perugia, Florence, Milan, Verenna (on Lake Como) and flew home from Bologna. I had Covid symptoms on the plane comi...

Wondering after how you top that last entry vacation. Any more plans? We went to Italy in September and returned with Covid. All those Italians and tourists crowded the streets and no one there (except us) was wearing a mask. Got cured with Paxlovid (the treatment for us old folks). But I DO miss Id...

That last MOON shot is fabulous!
-Diana

Hope everything is still up and running. I just stumbled on here after a long hiatus.
Still here, still growing hostas in pots in Northern CA. Getting old.....
-Diana

You two are traveling the same way we did 30 years ago in Indonesia. $15- 20/night. Splurge for the extra $30/night. You don't know what tomorrow will bring but you will handle it no matter what. Just gotta be flexible. It makes it an adventure, rather than just travel. I am enjoying traveling with ...

So are you going to retire in Maui and raise pineapples? Papayas? I know all good things must come to any end, but you two have made a lot of good things happen for a lot of people. Chris, you are an expert on HVX, and can spot it better than anyone. Will you still make your eyes (expertise) availab...

Anybody hanging around here today?
-Diana

Pieter- All your efforts to keep this up to date are MOST appreciated.
-Diana

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- Diana

Your photos capture the heart of the culture there that revolves around the arts. And once again Jim, you have left me smiling, filled with beautiful reminders of our past trips there. Thanks!
-Diana

So how can you leave that beautiful Hosta heaven for dry AZ? Guess the answer is below zero winters. You have found a great answer to cold Winters and too hot Summers. Two homes!
-Babka

And you choose to live here? Be glad your hearing works so well.
-Diana

Tigger-. "Crunchiest" ????? You eating these things???
-Babka

The Ketut family prospers! In the early 90's Mr Ketut had a sign up sheet outside his house where people could sign up for a house tour and dinner. Very few phones then, mostly just the hotels had them. He only did it once a week and only 6 people could go. He personally gave a tour of his home expl...

Again, wonderful photos! You are sparking many memories in the recesses of my brain. We bought this rice goddess at Tirta Empul in '93. I noted on the back of it that "the old woman in the stall was not wearing a top when we first drove up. This piece was hanging around for awhile because it had 1/8...

Oh my, you are making me more and more excited about our future trip there. We discovered back in 1987 when we first began to take trips to the "orient", that right of way rules don't exist. BIG rules. A large truck gets right of way over a smaller truck, who gets it over a car, who gets it over a m...

THANKS!!!!! Did you wiggle your nose like Samantha used to do on "Bewitched" to make those people disappear? How you do dat?
-Diana

I'm lovin' it! Our $35 statues (2 ea) from Bali ended up costing us $600, with all the customs crap. Hoping you will get your teak Buddha. Just soak it in lemon oil once a year to keep it from drying and cracking. Something about the lack of humidity in CA and AZ. We visited the Bayon and those expr...