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Key West in Winter (Part 2)

By Nancy February 7, 2025TravelCasa Marina, Enzo, Fort Zachary Taylor, Kermit's, Key Lime Pie, Key West, Roosters

Hubby and I had one more day to play in Key West before his conference started in earnest. We decided to walk from Casa Marina, the conference hotel, to Fort Zachery Taylor. In January, with an historic…

Key West in Winter (Part 1)

By Nancy January 31, 2025TravelAudubon, Blue Heaven, Casa Marina, Key West, Lighthouse, Wiener Dog

A few years ago, hubby’s consulting job drew us to Key Largo in January. We rented a car one afternoon and drove 2 hours on the 7-mile bridge to Key West. The most memorable part of that day…

The Birthday Journal

By Nancy January 24, 2025About Mebirthday, journal, memories, tradition

Years ago, I witnessed a "formal" interview between my 4-year-old nephew and his father on that child's birthday. It went a little like this: My brother-in-law: “What’s your favorite color?” My nephew: “Ummmm. Bwue.” BIL: “What’s…

Scruffy Little Knoxville

By Nancy January 10, 2025TravelCruze Family Dairy, farmers market, knoxville, mast general store, Not Watson's, Sunsphere, tennessee, world's fair park

This post should have been published in November. WordPress failed me on this one and two others! Anyway, about a week after our trip to Savannah, we traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, on a Friday afternoon. Neither Hubby…

Oyster Shell Ornaments

By Nancy January 3, 2025Hobbies

Every year, Hubby’s family on his mother’s side hosts a Christmas get-together for the eight siblings and their offspring. This year, our branch of the family is in charge, and we’re gathering at the Aquarium restaurant in…

Painting Little People

By Nancy December 28, 2024Painting2 Comments

It occurred to me a couple of months ago that I needed to do some portraits for Christmas. In 2021, I’d painted portraits of my great nephew and niece for their parents, and there’ve been some additions…

Savannah for the First Time

By Nancy November 15, 2024Travel

Hubby’s presence was requested at another conference in October, this time in Savannah, a town we'd not yet visited. As we strolled many of the 22 original green squares, each uniquely designed with its own flora,…

Boston in the Fall (Part 2)

By Nancy November 8, 2024Travel

Boston is so pretty in the fall! Hubby and I visited about two weeks before the peak of autumn color, but the first week of October was still a great time to go: the air was crisp, and…

Boston in the Fall (Part 1)

By Nancy November 1, 2024Travel

Hubby had another conference to attend in October, and I was delighted with this one. After listening to Veggie Tales' The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything for years, I was finally going to see “Boston in the fall!” Hubby…

Houston Journey

By Nancy October 25, 2024About Me

As you know, good, close families sometimes spread out geographically as siblings and then the children of siblings find their own career paths, have families of their own, and sound the siren call for grandparents (the…