Traveling Again

In April Dan spent two weeks in Puerto Rico with Church of the Brethren Disaster Assistance rebuilding homes damaged by the hurricane in 2017.  I spent that time in Arizona visiting my brother.  

Today we are headed north to New Hampshire to visit daughter Emily, her husband and our two granddaughters.  We haven't seen them since the Christmas holidays.

We will experience early spring again up there which we both missed here when we were away in early April.  

We will get some quality time with granddaughters #1 & #2, ages 5 and 2.5 years.

The nice thing about where we live now is we can just lock up and go.  We do tell the concierge of our days away so they don't worry about where we are. We don't worry about the security of our home or trees falling across the driveway or whether the house looks deserted or stopping the mail.  You know what I mean.

Our home used to be called Vantage House.  It has a new name now: The Residences at Vantage Point.  It has a new website too.

Check it out.

It is a really nice place to live but visiting family is especially nice too.

A Day with Granddaughter #3

Tuesday I spent in Greenbelt with Granddaughter #3.

In the the morning we took a walk and I spied this gorgeous rhododendron.

While she napped in the afternoon I mulched the flower beds in the backyard.  Sarah and William are preparing to sell their home before they move to New York State.

These lovely iris came from my garden before we moved.  Before that they were in my mother in law's garden.

After napping granddaughter enjoyed a snack on the patio and we both enjoyed the cool breeze while we sat in the shade on this warm day.

I spied this nest in the tree beyond us.

Probably belongs to a squirrel.

My days of watching granddaughter once a week are dwindling as the move north gets closer.

From the Files - 13

This is an occasional posting to savor the moments from past travels.

2016 River Cruise plus Helsinki before and Munich after.

The subject is food.

The open air market on the water in Helsinki.

The glass enclosed market in Helsinki.

My lunch there.

Lunch in Helsinki.

Marketplace in Budapest.

Snack in Vienna.

Lunch in Cresky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Lunch in Landsberg, Germany

The Cacti in the Garden

My sister in law has become quite the cacti gardener for someone who once gardened in New York state.

Here are scenes from her garden.

Using FaceTime I shared a walk through the garden with my granddaughters in New Hampshire and they were fascinated by all the varieties of cacti.