We had a lovely drive back to Portland and with some time before our airbnb was available, had a quick stop at Muji, our favorite Japanese retailer for stationary with stores in Dublin, Portland and New York! They have a coffee shop in there run by a robot! Miles came…

We also did some really great hiking on the Washington side. In fact, I think my favorite hike of the trip was at ‎⁨Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in White Salmon, Washington, right across the river from Hood River, Oregon. Highlights included a really spectacular view the entire time…

Massive blog oversight discovered – we never posted about our trip to see Miles in May! Not sure what happened, as cndkmen both thought it had been posted. Better late than never, hope you enjoy these photos of us celebrating early summer in the Pacific Northwest with Miles! We flew…

We spent a day and night in the Dunes with Mike and Andrea and their dog Monty. Monty is normally my swim buddy but the lake was really choppy and Monty wasn’t feeling well, so no beach photos this time. I’ve been swimming with Jeanne, Geoff and Sarah at Tobey…

In May we went to the Nick Cave exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Really amazing show, highly recommend it!

My flight back to Chicago had a delay on the ground at Nice that made me miss the connection at Heathrow that was to take me to O’Hare (will fast forward past the almost 2 hours in a rebook line at Heathrow with some very poor communication and some very…

Saturday morning we checked out of the airbnb and took a taxi to west Antibes, an area called Juan-les-Pins. This town is so close to where we stayed in Cannes we could have walked in 90 minutes! Although with suitcases and a hot sun overhead, we didn’t. Our hotel room…

We had a great weekend in Dublin before heading to Cannes. It was really wonderful to see everyone! Colette did a great blog post about the Kenny weekend and I would be sharing the same photos, so I hope no one minds too much if I link there: https://odriscc.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/kenny-weekend-2022/ The…

It’s duckling season again! May 27 was our first duckling sighting in the park this year, when we saw this mom Wood Duck with two ducklings. Since then, we’ve seen what is either a very large family or a day care situation. 13 ducklings with one adult! And this mallard…

We took a quick trip to the Indiana Dunes today and went on a favorite hike: Cowles Bog. Very sunny day and despite a cool temp on the thermometer (35 F / 1 C) there was very little wind and lots of warmth from the sun so it felt really…