I guess it is officially fall and the anticipation is building. Two and one-half months and I leave. The Indian visa application has been sent to ZVS and just a matter of time for the return of my passport with the new visa. This is the only visa that I am responsible for as my agent, Cruise Specialists (hereafter referred to as CSI), is applying for the Australian permit and all other visas will be done by the ship.

I am now just waiting for “the package” which will indicate the special nights, balls and parties. My shopping is complete and I can’t think of a thing I need except nylons. I have been hitting the sales since I returned from my last wc. This is half of the fun picking out a new wardrobe to take on the wc. I will now have to decide which formal clothes to take for those special nights. There are usually 17 special nights and then all other evenings I wear smart casual which is very dressy but not formal. I think there is a real happy balance on the Amsterdam. I found too many formal nights on the QE2. I know all this info is boring to a lot of my followers since I went through the same items before leaving in January last year but there will be some newbies to my blog so this is for their information.

When I returned this year in late April our fawns were not yet born. I was able to get this photo of mama and one of her twins. It was fun waiting for all the babies to be born. I have three babies and two mamas living close to my property and spending a lot of time here. In addition there are several bucks and one dwarf deer and I am not sure of its sex. It has been a long time since I posted so I want to make sure I know what to do and I needed to practice with my text but also a photo; hence the deer photo.