Happy Birthday Mom!

Feb 26, 2024 | travel

Mom is 88 today, and she’s doing phenomenally. We have no warm weather trips this year, but we did get up to Chicago in January to see Randy Rainbow, https://www.randyrainbow.com, a very funny fellow who posts many funny and well-executed videos on youtube. We...

Third and Final Hike in Starved Rock

Dec 10, 2023 | travel, Uncategorized

The thing I didn’t mention in my previous post is that while we were hiking I suddenly realized I’d lost my hat. Kevin bought the hats before we went hiking in Wales and they have flaps and are very nice and I was very sad that I’d somehow lost it....

A Mini Break

Dec 5, 2023 | travel, Uncategorized

In November Kevin and I drove up to Starved Rock again – we went in 2021 and haven’t been anywhere together since then. How can this be rectified? Must find a cat-sitter willing to care for our herd of cats. They’re very nice cats, BTW, in case you...

leaving the beach…

Apr 6, 2018 | Florida, travel

I hated leaving Seagrove Beach.  but it was a great bit of time, and hopefully we’ll either go there or maybe somewhere nearby next year.  we had to vacate the premises at 10 on Friday morning, Feb. 24th, and we had time for one more walk on the beach. as we...

last day at Seagrove Beach

Apr 4, 2018 | Florida, travel

next time i’d like to go for a week.  I wish we could find a condo on the beach that allowed cats so we could stay for a month, but on the other hand, would we really want to traumatize our kitties with such a very long car ride?  kevin and I were aggravated...

biking in florida

Apr 2, 2018 | Florida, travel

  we took our bikes with us on the trip and it was great to have them.  on our second full day there, we biked down the nice bike/walking path alongside county hwy. 30A.  30A is a big deal down there in florida, at least to the people who live/visit there.  we...

more of the denver dogs

Jan 12, 2018 | travel

i love this picture of christine’s dog Kita, with the soft glow of the lights on the tree. i took Douja for a run with me to the nearby park in christine’s neighborhood and we both had a great time.  i haven’t gone running with a dog in quite a while...

a quick visit to denver…

Jan 11, 2018 | travel

this has been an odd day.  it started out warm, got up to about 64 I think, and i was able to go running in a long-sleeved t-shirt.  but the temperature is dramatically dropping and we might have freezing rain and it’s going to get down to 18 tonight! and then...

vegas plus lots of photos from the plane

Jun 11, 2017 | travel

we didn’t leave las vegas until around noon on friday may 5th, so we had enough time for one more lovely sit by the lazy river. here’s an arial view of the exact spot where we lounged the first two days – right there in the middle. and here’s a...

more las vegas

Jun 4, 2017 | travel

whew, where have i been for the past 10 days?  outside, or trying to recover from the infinite amount of yard work.  but i love to be outside so much now that the weather is warm – i haven’t even opened my e-mail in a while and i shudder to think about how...

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...

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...

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...

first day in New Orleans – WW II museum

Apr 23, 2017 | travel

our first full day in New Orleans was sunday,  march 12th.  it was fun to take the quick ferry ride over to New Orleans proper.  it was rather chilly and grey so we decided we’d head for the WW II museum. here’s the Confederate Civil War museum next...

thursday doors from mississippi and new orleans

Apr 13, 2017 | travel

we left orange beach, AL on saturday, march 11th.  as we drove away from the beach, we encountered a huge line of traffic headed towards the water.  spring breakers?  or maybe this is what it’s like all the time there in alabama?  hard to say, we were just happy...

a very very active day down south

Apr 2, 2017 | travel

thursday march 10th was our last day at orange beach and the weather was once again perfect.  we were going to run on the beach but kevin was having issues with his glucose meter so i ran by myself.  there was a pier down the way and i decided to run all the way...

more of the beach in orange beach…

Mar 31, 2017 | travel

as i’ve said, these little sandpipers are my favorite birds at my favorite place, the beach. here’s a video. but as i watched them i realized that one was hopping on one leg – somehow he’d lost a leg, poor little guy.  i bet it was fishing...

the gluttony that is lambert’s throwed rolls…

Mar 29, 2017 | travel

we started driving south on monday, march 6th, headed for orange beach, AL.  we’ve always seen billboards announcing “lambert’s throwed rolls,” and kevin said he’d gone there with his mom one time, and maybe we should stop for lunch? i...

final photos of NYC

Mar 25, 2017 | travel

whew, that took a while to get to the end of my photos from NYC…i tried not to take so many pictures when i took my next trip four days later, but you know how that goes… i love this building at the south end of central park.  i guess i’m like a...

a thursday door from central park…

Mar 23, 2017 | travel

on our last day in NYC, bev and i spent a good amount of time at the met, then we walked through central park.  we walked by the central park zoo, which i’d never seen before for some reason.  i thought it was funny that it had a llama and a sheep…...

more photos at the met…

Mar 19, 2017 | travel

the thing is, even though we were there for more than three hours, it felt like we’d barely been there at all. i’d never seen this fabulous room, called the Wisteria Dining Room.  here’s part of an essay written about it.  The house with this dining...

the day after returning from a trip. or two.

Mar 17, 2017 | travel

as previously mentioned, i was in NYC with my friend bev for a week, ostensibly to help her daughter move, but then that didn’t happen so instead we did a bunch of stuff.  i came home and three days later kevin and i headed out for gulf shores, AL, and then new...