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Flowers in my mom’s garden…

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We did it!!! We reached the end! These are the very last pictures of our trip to Europe… except for a few taken on the airplane on the way back… and one really disturbing one of me naked in a shower which there is no way I am going to let go to waste… so… uh… yeah…

This is it. These pictures of our day trip to Neuschwanstein castle are the last pictures I have to share with you… almost… Oooh… look at that crazy bridge over that gorge way over there. And look at that… the … Continue reading

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The castle on the hill…

Okay, people, it’s time to head up the hill to Neuschwanstein castle!!! Yes, you can ride part way up in a horse cart, but don’t get too excited… there is still a long, steep walk in front of you. The … Continue reading

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A bunch of pictures of me… in Germany… because who doesn’t like me… and mountains… and lakes?

We all love nature… but even the beauty of this pastoral scene of a mountain meadow in the German alps can be greatly improved by the simple expedient of adding me. Okay, the thing is… and I love this particular … Continue reading

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A German lake, some mountains that may actually be in Switzerland, and some feet… oh my…

Still just zooming through these last pictures of our day trip to Neuschwanstein… Mollie took a nice picture of her feet. And, of course, no blog post is actually complete without at least one picture of yours truly! I just … Continue reading

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Okay, I am back from visiting my mom in the Bay Area and… awwwwwwwwwwww… baby swans!!!

Yes, we took a little trip North to the Bay Area… (mostly for Willie’s third birthday, but don’t tell my mom that)… And I have tons of pictures to share… of the party, and cute babies, and some awesome art … Continue reading

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And now, a fairy-tale castle and some beautiful scenery… you know… to get the taste of Nazi concentration camps out of our skulls…

Our very last day-trip in Germany, on our very last full day in Europe, was to visit Neuschwanstein castle… We drove out from Munich for a few hours and Mollie finally got to see the Alps… which you have to at … Continue reading

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Adventure walking…

Most of you probably know me well enough that you recall I have this thing I do… and I call it; ‘the adventure walk’. Whenever I am someplace besides home, I get up super early and just start walking. I … Continue reading

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The real England… part 5… (or); A really big fuss over a really small horse…

Towards the end of that fabulous day in the English countryside with our cousin Dot, where I had shared an early morning walk with my daughter, we had visited deceased relatives, and a weird house built in the freekin’ 1300’s, we went … Continue reading

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The Tower… part 3…

The Tower of London has some strange animal connections. To begin with, there are the famous tower ravens… Even in World War Two, when the Germans were bombing London, there were always at least a few ravens kept on the … Continue reading

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