Liam’s last day of day camp was Friday. He commented that camp was so tiring, going back to school was going to seem like a vacation! Here’s his group doing their dance at the end of camp show. His group represented Trinidad–the groups were paired to different countries and the…

For some time now we have been lamenting the shocking lack of Greek Mythology action figures in stores. But recently we found some! The Moon Marble Company near Kansas City had a great selection, and Miles got some of his favorite greek gods there, Hercules, Poseidon, and Zeus. Miles doesn’t…

We have two Kenny birthdays to celebrate on July 26, Liam and Kathleen! Liam’s group at summer camp made the newspaper today for making an award-winning sand sculpture of an octopus at 63rd Street beach. Liam is the first from the left, busy at work. This is a little weather…

Mom sent me this great photo of Dad with his Porsche from around 1965. He bought the car in Germany while stationed there in the Army and had it shipped back to the US when he returned. Great car and great suit, Dad! You’re looking very sharp! This photo was…

Apologies, this is totally biased toward our Chicago readers, though in Australia you undoubtedly have a time advantage considering our Chicago readers (reader?) may already be in bed. What do the objects in this picture have in common? Rather, what story do they tell? My watch is only in there…

We went to a performance at Millenium Park today of a theatrical group called Australia’s Strange Fruit. It was so cool. These 4 performers stood on tall poles and swooned all around, with a simple little story about love and some great music to tie it all together. Beautiful! Note…

We had a couple days of very intense rain last week. The only problem this caused was more general grief for our distressed roof. They still haven’t been around to fix it! Grrr. But the garden looks well with the good watering it got. Look at our oak leaf hydrangea! …

A great night with Vanessa and Will (who moved here from Sydney and are friends with Colette and Colman) as we caught up with their attempts to come to grips with Chicago over the July 4th weekend.  A couple of questions were answered emphatically, what’s the best tv show for…