Maddie had a choir concert last week, with a very prominent solo earned through an audition! Here she is starting the song off with here with her solo. Amazing singing, Maddie! We had a great visit from Barry between his visit to Wisconsin and flying back to London! We also…
We were down in Michigan this weekend, getting the house ready for winter, with the first freezing temperatures of the winter, but still nice enough for some lovely sunsets! Despite being busy we managed to find time to drive up to Grand Rapids, with our friends Karen and John, to…
After a lovely week in sawyer, we drove back to Chicago. John headed off on a business trip and I worked a few days while Paddy and Kathleen visited some of their favorite spots like the bean and added some new adventures like taking an architectural boat cruise and –…
It was the first trip to Chicago in a while, but we started it off with something new, a week down in Sawyer, enjoying lots of 30c/80f days, some great fall harvest fruit and vegetables, and cool evenings to enjoy sunsets and swims! There were lots of arguments as to…
We had a lovely time in Michigan with friends Brian, Chantal and Emily. Lots of fun including sunset swims and fresh fruit! Emily has some very fashionable lounge wear! The wildfires in Canada have been making for some hazy skies especially visible at the horizon at sunset. The sun will…
After our fun holiday weekend, John had some work back in Chicago and I stayed put for a few days. It was quiet and I worked a lot but also had some nice beach time! On Friday the Groves arrived by car and then John arrived by train. By morning…
We just finished a pretty eventful and fun week back from vacation, it’s hard to believe we just got back from vacation a bit over a week ago! It’s also hard to believe how tall the false sunflowers in front of our house grew while we were away! On Monday…
On Friday, we got moving early for a visit to Newgrange, or as the whole experience is called, Bru na Boinne. The same crowd as the Howth walk on Thursday went, but this time we got a group photo! Bru na Boyne is a group of Neolithic mound sites north…
We arrived in Dublin to some really refreshing temperatures in the mid 60s, much more comfortable than the 90s in Italy (and for what it’s worth, also back in Chicago!) Rory had found the clay that I left him in portmarnock and we set out to play right away. A…
We returned to Milan the night before our flight to Dublin and we stayed overnight very near the train station. Here’s a view of the quite elegant train station from our hotel (where we had a Juliet balcony!) Great trip to Italy! Grazie mile!