Graduation day very nicely filled up with all kinds of activities. We had 4 big parts of the day, a history department brunch, the graduation ceremony, dinner, then a party. First, we had a look at flowers blooming in our neighborhood, and when miles came over he opened up his…

We arrived in Portland with a day and a half or so to enjoy the city’s delightful flora, food, friends and fun before Miles’s graduation. We had a yummy pub dinner and then took a walk through Laurelhurst park where we saw the band Johnny Franco play, with Miles’s friend…

We had a great visit with Isabelle and Katie at the end of March. So many great photos! They are both very photogenic, did a lot of fun stuff, and were really good at taking and sharing a lot of photos, so I think this is going to be a…

We usually keep focused on the bigger picture here but I have to share that I went swimming tonight and shared a lane with a swimmer who made such a splash and left such a wake that it was like sharing a lane with Neptune and his team of white…

Funny that c&c down under readers should ask how the other two kennymen are doing, we had a report lined up from miles. Portland got its biggest snowfall in 80 years last week, and everything closed. Everything! Including Miles’s college and work. And far away in Merida, we had our…

As mentioned in the last post, after happy hour on the patio (it can be hard to distinguish between the many happy hours on the patio, but in this one I had a locally made kombucha!) we went to Catrin on Wednesday night and enjoyed the outdoor patio with animated…

We took a bus from Cancun airport to Merida last Thursday, which was a very pleasant 4.5 hour trip. Super relaxing and comfortable! We checked into our Airbnb and have been enjoying this peaceful and relaxing spot ever since. We’re staying in a traditional style home in the Centro, or…

The nice thing about February in Chicago is that it’s really easy to catch sunrise and sunset- at about 7 am and 5pm, these are times when one can be up or heads up from work and noticing these things! Here’s a nice sunset in the park. Then, sacrificing much…

Very excited to post beach photos now, and I’m including coastlines even if I didn’t swim there. Sounds like this librarian is comfortable establishing category rules then ignoring them! In date visited order, not much can top a Christmas Day swim at maroubra beach! Lifeguards in Santa hats and perfect…

On to describe swims I had in the rock pools category! A couple of things to note: kudos to the writers of Ocean Pools. (Thanks to Colette for sharing this link, very much wish I could see the exhibit at Clovelly!) I’m already finding that it’s tricky to sort through…