thursday vegas doors

May 25, 2017 | travel

first, my thursday doors…this is an entrance to the signature suites at the MGM; the place has so much glass and it’s all mirrored plus i’m sure it’s top of the line anti-reflective and triple paned to keep out the blazing heat.  i’m...

CHER – “I’m 71, what’s your granny doing tonight?”

May 24, 2017 | travel

after we spent a lot of time getting ready – amy was in a flurry of fixing our hair and putting false eyelashes on us – we got in a cab for the short ride over to the Park Theater at the  Monte Carlo for the cher concert.  it may be her final farewell...

lounging by the lazy river in vegas

May 23, 2017 | travel

it was a perfect way to spend most of our day. but first, amy had gotten up early and gone out walking, and then we went together.  and we went back to walgreens, because las vegas just isn’t fun if you can’t go to walgreens at least once a day.  here she...

vegas, finally!

May 23, 2017 | Uncategorized

i took such a crazy amount of photos in las vegas on our three-day trip, and i’ve been doing my best to pare them down to show you. on the morning of may 2nd i had to take this photos of this duck with its little gaggle of ducklings down at the water before...

four years ago today,

May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized

my dad died.  it’s weird to think of it being four years ago. here’s an old photo of mom and dad at a going-away party for somebody, many many years ago.  i have no memory whatsoever of this event, but i know i was there because i saw a picture of me at...

april thursday door

May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized

as i was running on the lake road i passed this intriguing opening in the underbrush.  a deer doorway. it made me want to follow the path and see where it led…but i was on a mission to keep running and i’m sure i was about to be late for something or...

boat launch! plus more from april…

May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized

we launched the pontoon boat on april 15th, which might be the earliest we’ve ever done that, although i can’t possibly remember yesterday much less last year.  even if we might have launched it earlier one year, it always broke down. kevin did all the...

april

May 17, 2017 | Uncategorized

erica got us all tickets for the Mission Outreach fundraiser so we all got dressed up.  this is one of my favorite photos of bev, showing off her cute leggings.  we all looks so color-coordinated! a nice meal, and erica is there in the background, hobnobbing as she...

in between trips…

May 14, 2017 | Uncategorized

it was nice to be home with our kitties in march.  les enjoyed sitting on a rock in the water. i spotted a bunch of turtles on a log when running through the woods, but most of them plopped into the water before i had a chance to take a picture. isn’t that a...

thursday doors in new orleans, and one from graceland

May 11, 2017 | travel

there were plenty of doors in the garden district in New Orleans. i really liked this big round window.  it reminds me of a ship porthole. the steps are covered with actual vines. i bet they take a lot of maintenance because you wouldn’t want them to overrun...

the king

May 10, 2017 | travel

We left new orleans on wendesday, march 15th.  the bathroom at the b&b in NoLa had many cool things on the wall, and this was my favorite because it included the isle of wight, where we’ve been.  plus i’d love to travel along the whole southern coast...

last day in NoLa, chock full of walking

May 8, 2017 | travel

we didn’t plan it that way. we were tired from all the walking the day before, so today we decided we’d take it easy. here’s kevin, doing a great job of taking it easy in our comfy bed with the cute doggie Boudin the Wonder Dog on tueseday morning,...

the rest of monday in NoLa

May 6, 2017 | travel

after a great tour at the beauregard keyes house we headed out to the Fauborg Marigny section of town for some lunch. what a great sign! we asked two separate people about a place for lunch and they both said “coop’s place,” so that’s where we...

whew!

May 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

i managed to post my thursday door this week with only 21 minutes to spare.  i’m glad i didn’t realize that it had to be posted by noon eastern time today. as i mentioned in that post, i just got back from las vegas, where i took a more absurd than usual...

a coupla doors on thursday…

May 6, 2017 | travel

sprinkled throughout here are a few doors from our trip to New Orleans, in March.  i must hurry and finish the postings from this trip, because i just got back from las vegas and have approximately a million photos to sift through from that trip and post. here’s...