Devastation on Ambergris Caye, Belize Click the YouTube icon for a short video of the Hurricane and the aftermath We have spent an amazing week at Belizean Cove Estates on Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize. We were supposed to leave yesterday, Thursday August 4, 2016. On Wednesday night August 3, 2016, however, we survived Hurricane […]
A tribute to Adri van Zyl Forster Spies Born Adriana Alletta Grové in South Africa, December 19, 1941 Adri went on to her eternal reward on Monday, August 24, 2015 in Kempton Park, South Africa Alletta means FOOTLOOSE, FREE. That was Adri! Click on the photo for a TRIBUTE to Adri (00:09:46) on . This […]
[easingsliderpro id=”6″] I made a video of our recent trip to Vietnam: With Ryusei in Ho Chi Minh City and at Bai Tram Hideaway Resort. It is viewable on my   channel Vietnam Playlist. Click on the photos below for a full-size view. Vietnam 2014 – With Ryusei in Ho Chi Minh City and Bai Tram […]
We were blessed to have all our kids – Thomas, Yuki, Jessica, and Dan, and both our grand sons, Ryusei and Gavin for the Christmas holidays in New York. I made a short slideshow of this family fun time. It is on my YouTube Channel, or click on the image of Ryusei and Gavin below. […]
In January 2012 our family spent three weeks traveling in Vietnam. Our son, Thomas Grové, his wife, Yuki and our grandson, Ryusei, just over 2½-years-old (at that time) live in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City.  We clearly had no idea where to start, but Tommy and Yuki had moved to Vietnam in May 2011 (see my […]
To view the videos: The videos are posted on my MobileMe web-host as well as to You Tube. Click on the link or the photo to be directed to the applicable posting. The MobileMe video is uploaded in large format as well as mobile format. You will need QuickTime 7.2 which you can download for […]
It is not so far removed in my memory – that terrible time in our history when people did not WANT to go to Vietnam. Last Monday, May 2, 2011, I sobbed as I watched Thomas, Yuki and Ryusei, with their lives packed into several suitcases, walk off into the San Francisco airport to board […]
Click the link to see all sailing videos posted on February 2010 The Joy of a Hobie Cat – Building my boat Here is a short film of my new Hobie Cat on  .  I shipped this boat from San Diego where I purchased it as a kit from Fast Lane Sailing.  It arrived in San […]
Click HERE to see all my videos posted on YouTube. The sands of time keep on blowing, but good friendships endure and indeed thrive, regardless of the distance over oceans or years. Such is the friendship Katie and I have with Miguel and Mariana D’Almeida, our dear friends from Rio de Janeiro since 1976. Mariana […]
Click on the thumbnail below to be directed to the Photo and Movies Gallery on my MobileMe website. Some of the videos are uploaded in large format, which takes just a little longer to load, but which makes the viewing more pleasurable. You may want to wait a couple of minutes before playing it, or […]