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I’m Grace Hughes, from Springfield, IL. Welcome to my world of fun, mostly involving cats and sometimes travel.

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Other Stuff in August.

Other Stuff in August.

The fun things in August were Kevin's birthday celebration, including an awesome kayak down Long Bay, plus a festive birthday dinner. And then the fair with Bev was also enjoyable. But after the...

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Incidentally, have you seen that movie? It's one of my favorites for sure. But that's not what I'm writing about today; many things have happened and many photos, and I was trying to find a "before"...

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The Fair!  Part Two

The Fair! Part Two

Way back in August, Monday Aug. 17th to be exact, after leaving Conservation World Bev and I headed over to see the Butter Cow. I'm looking kind of bedraggled here; I think that's just how you get...

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The Fair! Part One

The Fair! Part One

Bev and I went to the fair on Monday, August 17th, Senior Day, and had a grand time. We hurried to get there because Bev wanted to see her former tapper group perform; they were scheduled for 9:45....

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Farewell to New York…

Farewell to New York…

Our plane didn't leave til 3:15 in the afternoon, so we had plenty of time to get out of the hotel. Or rather, we would have had plenty of time, but instead there was much scrambling and packing and...

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After the Fall…

After the Fall…

After Mom fell and broke her shoulder walking up the stairs at the Frick Museum, and got a diagnosis and a sling at a walk-in Urgent Care, we had lots of stuff to do. We left the Medrite Lenox Hill...

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Our Fateful Walk through Central Park

Our Fateful Walk through Central Park

Mom and I left the hotel about an hour after I returned from my run/walk. I wonder why Mom didn't get a phone photo here? Maybe we were in a hurry. We headed to the nearby Stage Star deli for a...

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The rest of my walk through Central Park

The rest of my walk through Central Park

I'd never seen this statue before. It's inscribed, Dedicated to the Indomitable Spirit of the Sled Dogs that relayed antitoxin 600 miles over rough ice over treacherous waters through Arctic...

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Monday morning in New  York

Monday morning in New York

When I woke up on Monday morning at around 9:30, on our last full day in New York, I looked out the window to see what was happening down the avenue. There was a guy on the roof across the street....

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