The trampoline was gone! Panda and I had just arrived at the Australian airport to pick up our trampoline and head back to Fresno. We'd had a fun visit with our penguin friends and helped get them back on the right track to the South Pole. But when we went to the spot where we …
When cacti go rogue. Once upon a time, in 2017 to be exact, Carlos and Kate had some giant nopales, and they gave me a few pieces to plant in my own yard. As the years went by, the baby nopales began to grow. And grow. . . And grow! By 2022 they were starting …
Where have we been for the past eight years? One morning not too long ago, after church, I happened across this name tag, apparently dropped by a child who had come on one of our Sunday school busses. I've heard a lot of interesting names for kids, but this was a first. It was just …
"Umm, Foster, I think you'd better come over here and see this." Panda was looking at a news article on Mom's laptop. I hadn't been paying much attention, so I hopped up onto the desk to see what he was talking about. "Oh, wow!" I said, reading the headline. A king penguin had been seen …
Petronella's Picture Album Petronella, unknown year. I've always been impressed with my great grandmother, Petronella (Magnusson) Peterson. If you want to talk about being "Big Girl", Petronella was that and then some. Before we look at her photo album, I'll give you a little background information. In May of 1887, my grandmother Hilma's father, Johannes …
"Seriously, Foster? You hissed at Aunt Karen?" Panda voiced the question as we looked through the photos on Mom's phone after she came home from her surgery. "I would never hiss at Aunt Karen," I replied, feeling a tiny bit offended. "I was meowing 'Hi' to her when she came to check on us Thursday …
Letters From Geo, Part 2 Background Information: George and Hilma got married on May 16, 1927, after the somewhat precarious courtship you read about in "Oceans of Love". They were married in Chicago and spent (in Hilma's words) a fabulous honeymoon at Lake Geneva and seeing the sights in the big city. Hilma is pictured …
A look back at some cool pictures Mom took The other day Mom was reading a post by one of her blogging friends, Leah, at Catwoods Porch Party. In it, there was a cute picture of Stripey, a tabby like me, in the sun. It made Mom remember that she had once done a post about …
Letters from Geo, Part 1 George Anderson, US Navy, WWI I haven't written as much about the Anderson side of my family as I have about the Johnsons. This is because I have more information about the Johnsons, which is partly because I actually knew my grandpa Emil but unfortunately never had the chance to …
So I know you've all been waiting for this. Yes, here I am by Mom's pantry, where I am not supposed to be, but it's for the blog, so I don't think she'll mind. After all, she said I could do a post about my culinary skills, otherwise known as "Food Art by Foster". What …
Nana's Whimsical World 