FAMILY FUN IN NJ: Just as Australia Day is close to many Australians’ hearts, Independence Day on the Fourth of July is a huge day on the American calendar. It is a national holiday around the USA and marked by a wide array of patriotic displays. If you have been living in a cave for […] Continue reading →
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: Like others elsewhere in the world, I started to blog about our expat life in New Jersey as a way of documenting the experience. Then I started to photograph images to add some colour and life to my blog. But along the way, there have been increasing numbers of colorful images from New Jersey […] Continue reading →
LIFE IN NEW JERSEY: What is summer in New Jersey like? Well in a word, humid. And hot… but not as much as you might think. Temperatures can go up to 37C (100 F) but it doesn’t occur often. The 40C+ days that you see in Sydney fortunately don’t seem to happen here. Weather extremes Mostly, the hottest […] Continue reading →
FAMILY FUN IN NEW JERSEY: April is a bit of a milestone month here in New Jersey. While spring officially started in March, it doesn’t start to feel like it until this month, when snow falls and freezing cold weather start to become distant memories. Although it is not the warmest month of the year, April […] Continue reading →
FAMILY FUN IN NEW JERSEY: Maple sugaring. Yes, any Australians like me will probably say ‘what the heck is that’? Well if you’ve heard of maple syrup, then you’re half way there. Maple sugaring is simply the process of making maple syrup, which is not only interesting to find out about but a fun thing […] Continue reading →
FAMILY FUN IN NJ: Not only is the Fall season big here in the US but at the centre of most Fall activities seems to be the unlikely vegetable hero, the ‘pumpkin’. This vegetable is seen everywhere at the moment in New Jersey (NJ), as a decorative item on front porches, in shop windows and indoors, and as […] Continue reading →