Here are some photos from our last bit of the girls’ spring break. I still haven’t seen a hedgehog (Igel) but I did see this particularly dramatic poster. Claire wanted to make a watermelon bag – so we added a watermelon pocket to a canvas bag that we had around. The girls and I went…

Just few more photos of the last day of our trip to Sicily. It was a good vacation – mostly because the girls were fun and up for lots of walking. On our last day, before we had to fly out, we went to a park near our hotel in Taormina and then took a…

feel nice!

I think everyone agreed that the volcano hike was the highlight of our trip. I didn’t know much about Mount Etna before but I learned that it is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. It has constant activity – from gas bubbling up through the ground to major lava explosions that seem to happen…

For the next part of our vacation we were going to a new hotel but on the way we wanted to check out a gorge that we heard about. And we wanted to go for a hike. Well, it didn’t really work out as we imagined. We did see the gorge – with it’s interesting…

The next day of our trip we spent at a nature reserve called Vendicari and then to a beautiful city called Noto. We saw flamingos! And lots of little lizards. I loved our walk. We went along some wetlands and along a rocky shore of the Mediterranean Sea and then up a hill with colorful…

Syracuse was founded in 734 or 733 BC by Greek settlers. It was a very important area – rivaling Athens even. So in the middle of town are super old ruins surrounded by lots of baroque buildings that came after some big earthquakes around 1600. Everything is made of layer upon layer of history. The…

I’ve been trying to get all my photos down to just a few that represent the fun trip we had to Sicily. I’m reminded of my dad showing slides of our vacations to various family members. We were captive in the dark since it was a slide show. I have the most vivid memory of…

Oh I do love the relief of Spring. The warmth, the colors, the sunshine. And Easter – for me – a chance to celebrate it all. I’m thankful that coloring Easter eggs never gets tiring for us. Bea says even when she’s 35 she will happily color eggs with me.  This year the Easter Bunny…