• summer soiree 2007

    July 31, 2007

    Left to right, people: Amber, Will, Eric, John, Cindy, Miles, Liam, Mark, Katie, Annette. Front: Harley (California Sea Lion)  

  • Penniped Pals

    July 29, 2007

    Liam and I are now Penniped Pals. At the Newberry auction in the spring I successfully bid on the Wild Adventure at Brookfield Zoo, so today we went on this adventure. We visited the Pennipeds, which are sea mammels with feathery or webbed feet, such as seals, sea lions and…

  • American crafts at met

    July 26, 2007

    Wed 07/25/2007 14:39 Image850 Wed 07/25/2007 14:39 Image851 Wed 07/25/2007 14:40 Image852 Wed 07/25/2007 14:41 Image853 Had a brief visit to the met before a meeting in ny. Very cool american crafts exhibit

  • License plate

    July 25, 2007

    Thought you in Dublin might enjoy seeing the license plate on the minivan I was behind on Western Avenue today.

  • Japanese Garden on the Wooded Island

    July 22, 2007

    Today we visited the Japanese Garden on the Wooded Island, in Jackson Park, which is right behind the Museum of Science and Industry. The Japanese Garden was built for the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, the same year our house was built! The Japanese Garden is really nice, very well…

  • Music night at the Old Town School

    July 21, 2007

    Liam and Miles’s first session of camp finished yesterday, with a great performance in the auditorium of the Old Town School of Folk Music. Miles’s group, the Magpies, sang two songs about food: I Like Chicken Pie, and Feed The Birds (from Mary Poppins.) Liam’s group, the Egrets, did an…

  • Garden update

    July 15, 2007

    It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything, we’ve been busy at camp and work. Here’s an update of what’s blooming in our garden. These black-eyed susans have suddenly come out in full bloom. In a way they defied the odds–I bought them in an end of year sale at…