Archive for April, 2009

Not Swine Flu

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Did you know that if you have been out of the country within the last two weeks and you have “flu-like” symptoms, your doctor doesn’t want to see you; instead he sends you straight to the ER?
And when you get to the ER they slap a mask on you and admit you right away. You […]

Caroline and . . .

Friday, April 10th, 2009

We miss Caroline A LOT, but fortunately she visits with people who take pictures.
Here she is with Caitlin at Windsor:

With the LeDucs in Paris:

And with Kate Trudeau at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia:

One Girl Home

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Caitlin returned to us Wednesday after six days in London visiting with Caroline and Aunt Meg and Uncle John. The trip in January to Egypt and London paid off in that she easily navigated all the travel. Apparently all she needs is a good selection of movies on the seat back in front of her. […]

Fort McHenry

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Yesterday’s spring break outing (no, I don’t plan to have one a day) was to Fort McHenry. Baltimore is full of good tourist things to do and now I would put Fort McHenry near the top of the list.
Our tour started in the visitor center which didn’t have much except for a movie which […]

Sugar Snap Peas

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

I have found staring at the ground doesn’t make things grow. I know because lately I’ve been searching for signs of the sugar snap peas John and I planted. I gave up on the first round after nothing happened in about 10 days.
According to my web research sugar snap peas don’t germinate well so […]

Spring Break

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Oh, look I have a blog. I guess I should write it in sometimes. Well, maybe now that spring break has started I’ll get to it. I think those 5:30 wake up calls for school just take a toll on me.
My first day of spring break was great (gardening, working out, Old Town, reading), […]