the last bit of our stay at st. david’s on monday, august 17th

Mar 30, 2016 | Wales 2015

after touristing all around st. david’s, and resting a bit in our nice room, we decided that we’d take a hike.  this was our last chance to go on the pembrokeshire coast path, and even though we’d looked forward to not hiking, by the afternoon we...

HAPPY (day after) EASTER!

Mar 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

near the end of what had been a very un-eastery easter sunday, we got an unexpected surprise… a visit from the EASTER BUNNY! of course he passed out easter treats… …and was happy to pose with the surprised gathering. he even posed with darling...

continuing with monday, august 17th – ruins of the bishop’s palace

Mar 27, 2016 | Wales 2015

after we left St. David’s Cathedral in the morning, we walked over to the mediaval bishop’s palace  ruins next door. it had started to get a bit busy over at the cathedral, but not so many folks at the ruins. it was impressive, and we had a good time...

the end of our trip to florida!

Mar 25, 2016 | Florida

i was doing so well, posting all those photos of our trip…but then life got in the way in a big, big way.  so many different things going on, all at once, and it’s a little hard to believe it’s friday  already. our last full day in naples…i...

More art from the Baker Art Museum

Mar 19, 2016 | Florida

when i was finished walking around the museum, wanda asked me, “did you take a picture of everything, grace?”  no, not everything, but quite a bit.  and i’ve managed to whittle my photos down somewhat, but there were just so many interesting things...

kevin post-op update

Mar 18, 2016 | Uncategorized

things went well for him yesterday – not much pain, didn’t need to take any of the strong drugs early in the day, but it got a little worse as the day wore on.  i managed to tape his patch back over his eye, and he slept well.  but today there’s a...

our final full day in Naples – Tuesday, March 8th

Mar 18, 2016 | Florida

I started the day with another good run.  and then, on to the Baker Art Museum.  What a great museum! here’s something i just realized about Naples – after going there, i said that i don’t really care about going again.  but i can’t think of...

it was all going so well…

Mar 17, 2016 | Uncategorized

i felt really good about doing such a bang-up job of posting posting posting photos of our trip to florida, and was so very hopeful that that’ll motivate me to get the many, many photos left from our lovely trip to wales LAST SUMMER… but then life got in...

the beach! my favorite place to be

Mar 13, 2016 | Florida

after all the garden-walking at the botanical garden, i was happy to drive to the beach. i chose the Lowermilk Beach, because it’s just north of the Naples Pier, not a terribly long drive from our house. because it was later in the day, it wasn’t crowded....

final photos from the Naples Botanical Garden – Monday, March 7th

Mar 13, 2016 | Florida

here’s a pineapple growing at the Naples Botanical Garden.  i don’t recall ever seeing a pineapple growing before. Lego duck with babies and an egg!     i think this was my favorite lego art, maybe because it fits in so well with the grasses and...

more pictures from the Naples Botanical Garden

Mar 13, 2016 | Florida

flowers!  beauty!  blue skies and palm trees blowing in the wind! there was a small cactus garden, very nice.  everything in the whole place was just laid out so nicely, and obviously the people who designed it really knew what they were doing. i’m in love with...

going crazy with the photos at the naples botanical garden, monday, march 7th

Mar 12, 2016 | Florida

Naples Botanical Garden is the #1 rated attraction on tripadvisor, and i know why…because it’s fantastic.  i took a more ridiculous amount of photos than usual, and did my best to whittle them way, way down, but there are still a preponderance of them....

sunday, march 6th in naples – a great boat ride, after a very good run

Mar 12, 2016 | Florida

5.26 miles!  that’s how far i ran on sunday morning in naples, and i still can’t quite believe it.  here’s the  screen shot of my fitbit statistics.  now, these stats are obviously not entirely correct – there is no earthly way i could ever,...

the beach! marco island, on saturday march 5th

Mar 12, 2016 | Florida

we stopped at home to regroup, then made the rather long drive down to marco island.  i know a woman who has a condo there, and she told me that she and her husband love to just hang out on the beach, and that marco island is a lovely place.  mom and wanda read about...

florida, last saturday, march 5th

Mar 12, 2016 | Florida

blue skies!  warm weather!  i’m really appreciating that now that i’m back home, where i don’t think i’ve seen the sun at all.  it’s been various shades of gray since wednesday.  when he picked us up at the airport and it was very gray,...

more florida!

Mar 11, 2016 | Florida

we were much more busy on friday.  i started the day with a 3 1/2 mile run!  i can’t tell you how great it was to run outside in the warm weather with all the green grass and so much vegetation blooming all over the place. i stopped to take a picture of this...

florida!

Mar 11, 2016 | Florida

mom, her friend wanda and i got back from sunny naples on wednesday.  while there, not only was i going to post some photos of our trip, i was also going to somehow get many photos from wales photoshopped and ready to post. of course i did none of that at all. we had...

St. David’s! Monday, August 17th, touring around like tourists

Mar 1, 2016 | Wales 2015

we were looking forward to a day of not hiking on the coast path; instead, we got up and headed over to St. David’s Cathedral, hoping to beat the crowds. first, a hearty breakfast of poached eggs on toast.  mmm, it was a tasty start to the day. we walked over to...