I'm glad you readers made sense of the last several blog posts! It was a really busy day and I posted stuff from several days at once, as I'm sure you noticed, not in any particular order. Two items I neglected to mention, our pet snake Skittles died yesterday 🙁…

Vegetable garden covered by a net to discourage the starlings. However, I caught a squirrel yesterday on top of the net, weighing it down and munching on the red pepper plants! (yes neighbors that's what I was referring to when I shouted "Ah ha! It's you! Get OUT!" I was…

Not sure if I’d get a better shot of the gown–here it is! Carrying the gown to school

Yesterday was the last day of school for both kids (Liam because 8th graders are done after graduation, and Miles because he's missing the last 3 days) Liam makes me look short It's a big day for Miles too–next year he'll be in the upstairs part of the school, moving…

Liam and John heading out for graduation The students lined up by height to walk into the auditorium–as one of the 2 tallest, Liam was first to walk in! Liam's class sings the class song. Liam was in the back to the right–not in the view. Liam receiving his diploma…

Live coverage

We took the bus to Navy Pier today and walked south along the lake to Millenium Park. The city has painted these trees and installed them on the west side of LSD, just north of Monroe. Salvia in bloom in Millenium Park. I've planted a few clumps of this in…