you still have time!

it’s not too late to get tickets to our show – here’s a LINK TO TICKETS right here, so all you have to do is click and buy online, or call them up.  easy peasy and i guarantee, money-back, that you’ll laugh! you might not laugh as much as the...

ARE YOU FREE TONIGHT???

if so, please COME SEE OUR SHOW, “The Dixie Swim Club!”  it opened on friday, and the audience laughed a whole lot, and it’s soooo funny…but the crowds could be bigger.  tonight will be a spectacular night to sit outside at new salem and be...

Friday, August 21st 2015 – Powerscourt Gardens, Ireland

We started our day with another lovely breakfast at the Riversdale House B&B in Glendalough.  Here’s kevin in the nice sitting area.  do people ever sit in the sitting areas at B&Bs?  because so far we haven’t ever done that. the view out the...

happy (belated, kind of) birthday to me!

yesterday was my birthday, and it was certainly…different.  i worked in the morning, we had a tasty sushi lunch, and later in the day i went to rehearsal.  no cake at all!  but that’s ok, because cake is going to happen later. maybe i’ve mentioned it...

Thursday, August 20th – a looooong hike up…

we started our morning at the charming Riversdale House B&B, happy that there would be no driving at all today.  instead, we’d be doing a lot of hiking.  the weather looked a little gloomy, but that was OK.  kevin had healthy oatmeal… but i opted for a...

Wednesday, August 19th – first day in Ireland

we started our day with a delicious breakfast at the charming Archways B&B, conveniently located right up the road from Rosslare Harbour. they have their own animals and garden and everything, so it’s all homemade.  i had both black and white pudding, a...

video from Tuesday, August 18th

lots of travel today, from St. David’s to Marloes by bus, from Marloes to Pembroke Dock by car, by ferry across to Rosslare Harbour, Ireland, and then one more rental car. to our B&B.      

Sailing from Wales to Ireland, Tuesday, August 18th

once i came back inside on the Irish Ferry, there was a four-hour ride ahead of us,  so i decided to run all around looking at things.  it’s funny, because it was a large ship, but nothing like the grand Queen Mary 2. This is an historic moment, because kevin is...

one more day of hiking

as i said, we didn’t intend to hike much on thursday because we were a little beat from wednesday. we drove over to the parking lot for st. louis canyon, so we didn’t have to hike over there. it looked like the canyon was right off the parking lot.  but...

lots more hiking at starved rock…

last wednesday, we headed out at the crack of 9:00 to start hiking.  luckily, the weather had cooled off quite a bit; it had been in the 80s on monday, but by wednesday it was much cooler. even more luckily, we started by walking down these steps in back of the lodge...

happy friday!

i hope you have fun weekend plans, and if you’re here in spfld, i hope they don’t involve any outdoor activities because it’s supposed to rain a lot.  but of course you never really know about the weather until you’re actually right there in...

good monday morning to you…

it’s that time of year again – it’s a little warmer than usual, we had six big scoops of mulch delivered to our driveway, there’s so much to do outside…that’s how i spent most of my weekend, starting on friday morning.  i’m a...

sunday morning…

and it’s another beautiful, warm sunny day.  yesterday i accomplished many things, and i’m feeling it’s all because it’s so great outside.  nice weather just makes everything better. *never mind about that.*  now it’s early on monday...

good grief.

april 15th, tax day!  except it’s not, luckily.  we did the bulk of the work on the taxes, but they need to be filed, by monday. i’ve been busy, i’ve been gone, i’ve been more busy.  i started writing this post, for example, at about eight in...

lester! plus already april here in illinois….

so many photos, so little time…i realize you might be craving a les paul fix, and i of course have many, many adorable photos of him lying around here on my computer…things have been busy around here, and this morning i’m taking a road trip with my...

HAPPY (day after) EASTER!

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...

the end of our trip to 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

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

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

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…

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...