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Category Archives: new home

Home, places in the heart

March 10, 2014by Chris 6 Comments

Since moving overseas I have become intrigued with the concept of home. About the ties that bind us to a place, even if that place has not been ‘home’ for […]

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Africa, new home

Life in Accra – Lost on Tettah Quarshie

February 5, 2014by Chris 8 Comments

It’s amazing the difference 200kms can make. We’ve been living in Accra now for three weeks. School has started. I am no longer terrified of Tettah Quarshrie interchange. We have […]

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Accra, Africa, expat, Ghana, new home

Our neighbourhood.

October 31, 2013by Chris 2 Comments

    In Kumasi we live in a new, large, white apartment block, imposingly fresh on the join between two roads; one asphalt, one dirt. During the day I park […]

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Children, Ghana, new home

get into the groove

September 2, 2013by Chris 1 Comment

Holidays are officially over and reality is here. Time to get back into the groove. This means school, it means seeing dad on the weekends and dealing with mum swearing […]

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Children, expat, new home, school, Schooling in Ghana, Uncategorized

Max the monkey

August 27, 2013by Chris 18 Comments

We’ve got a new pet! Crazy right? He was our best kept secret…since we arrived back in Ghana we’ve told the kids there was a surprise coming. And coming and […]

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animals, Children, expat, Ghana, new home, pets

one year

February 15, 2013by Chris 17 Comments

Yesterday, Valentines Day, is one year since we arrived in Ghana as a family. I hardly know where to begin to make sense of this year and our new life. […]

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Ashanti, Children, culture, expat, first impressions, Ghana, Konongo, Kumasi, new home, Uncategorized

what makes you happy?

October 26, 2012by Chris 4 Comments

So what does make you happy? And why do I have an apparently random picture of a pretty average road? There are the universal precepts of happiness: friends, family, meaningful […]

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Children, emigration, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, new home, transport, Travel, Uncategorized

photo of the week – a community service announcement

October 19, 2012by Chris 3 Comments

Can you imagine this sign on the streets of Sydney? New York? London? Overwhelmingly Ghana is a very polite society. Sure you hear raised voices and of course violence does […]

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culture, emigration, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, new home, photo of the week, the differences, Uncategorized

getting my (crafty) mojo back

October 18, 2012by Chris 7 Comments

I’ve been a sewer, a knitter, a cutter, a gluer, a printer and any manner of crafty business for a long time. Although, I do suck at colouring in, much […]

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animals, craft, culture, expat, Ghana, new home

a chair fit for a Queen

October 2, 2012by Chris 2 Comments

Hi there, Do you like my new chair? Beautiful huh? I bought it yesterday in Konongo from a store which sells all manner of ‘chiefly’ items. How cool is that? […]

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Ashanti, culture, emigration, expat, Ghana, new home, shopping

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