The garden is very green, both because we’ve had so much rain and because it’s been cool, so a lot of brighter colors are a bit late in blooming. It’s still been a lovely place to relax, fix a bike, or grow some lettuce! Fixing the squeak on John’s bike…

Going back to the Tanuki figures in Millenium Park by ceramic artist Jun Kaneko, here are some photos of his Dangos, or “rounded form” or “dumpling” sculptures. I always thought of them as more monumental, interesting that he calls them dumplings. The colors and patterns are really amazing! Even though…

Today was the last day of school for Liam and Miles. Thought you might like to refer back to the first day of school. Miles is gaining on Liam in height! Have to include two photos, the first to demonstrate the brother lean-in: And a more stand up straight account…

With the weather turning nice, new bike lanes all the way down to the lake and her new bike bag, Cynthia is commuting by bike, all 14 miles each way!

Liam participated in a benefit ride for climate awareness last month, with a team from the eco club at his school. Here he and John are before the ride (John did his part by riding down to the start point with Liam!)

Needed: a way to post to the blog directly from my camera. I’ve just found pictures that I took and totally forgot about posting, so this definitely falls under the catching up category! John and I went on a librarian pub crawl about a month ago. John dressed as author…

Over a month ago, we went to a really lovely evening performance event in Humboldt Park, and I just remembered that I never posted a photo of it. A performance group called Operamatic led a parade through the park at dusk, around the lagoon, while a boat in the lagoon…

This morning I went down to meet Sarah for yoga in Millenium Park (yay, that means it is summer!) and saw half of the Jun Kaneko sculpture exhibit there. This half shows the Tanuki figures that Kaneko has been making. From the exhibit web page: “The North Boeing Gallery features…

We had lots of fun this week with debbie and madeline!

As Liam gets ready to enter his last year of high school, they all have their photos taken for their high school photo. Here’s a quick preview