Our windows are in bad shape – we decided to go with a window restoration company instead of replacing them. Our fully rehabbed windows were installed on Friday (just the six in our bedroom and bathroom). They look smooth and clean and trim. We didn’t have to change the already great design that was integral…

Claire and I went for a walk at Fort Sheridan. She was on an acorn hunt. I was smitten with hummingbirds eating from the jewel weed. There were more than I’ve ever seen – ten or twelve – flitting around – busy little things. Too busy for me to get a photo but I did…

Chicago’s Lyric Opera tries to get people excited about opera with a couple free outdoor concerts every year. They are held at the Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park. It’s fun to have a picnic and listen to the music and feel like you’re in the center of the busy city. We had to hop over and…

Once or twice a year I hear a ding…. ding…. ding sound out my window. It’s the old timey knife sharpening man. He pushes his cart around and it makes that slow ding as he makes is way around the neighborhood. Last week I finally ran out and asked him to sharpen a couple knives…

She gets an idea and she has to do it right now. Nothing can get in her way. She had to make two penguins.

I have a few more photos to post from our Switzerland vacation. We stopped for one night in a town called Neuchatel on our way to the mountains. We were in a bit of a jet lag fog but we still enjoyed seeing the beautiful gothic style castle and church plus all the old buildings…

Labor Day Weekend – it’s hot and we decided to go up to Wisconsin to pick Raspberries.  The girls spent most of the time complaining and sitting in the shade. We had to bribe them with a promise of cheese curds at Culver’s just to keep them from hanging on me. But enduring the heat…

Well the school days have been rolling along and we’ve already settled into our routine. I’m enjoying my time to myself when when both girls are at school.  We found out that there are two other kids in Claire’s kindergarten class that lived in Zurich. And amazingly one was born in the same hospital. The…