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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
Our crepe myrtle is always a late bloomer. It was full of blossoms when we got home from our cruise, and I took this picture earlier in the week. The surgery went smoothly, and I was able to come home the same day. I’m sore, but definitely feeling better at…
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Continue reading →: Where My Heart Is
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Anyone who knows me, or has read this blog regularly, knows how I will answer this question. When we left Prague in September 1993, after living there for five months, I left a piece of my heart there.…
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Continue reading →: Springtime in the Kitchen
It may be July with a “feels like” temperature hovering around 100 degrees, but if the recipe includes primavera in the name, then it’s spring, no matter the temperature. I found the recipe for lemony ravioli primavera in the Washington Post a couple months ago. I’ve been anxious to try…
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Continue reading →: Eating on the Rivers
On our previous river cruises, we’ve sailed on one river. Our first trip was on the Rhine, and last year we travelled down the Danube. Cruising in Bordeaux is a bit different. The city of Bordeaux sits on the Garonne River, and just north of the city, the Garonne meets…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
Even on vacation, I can’t stop taking pictures of plants. I saw these roses in Bourg. These hollyhocks were beside the old wall in Libourne. I didn’t take any pictures of the plane trees, a hybrid of the sycamore and oriental plane trees, which were everywhere, but this cedar caught…
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Continue reading →: Walk On
Hit 5,000 steps today and drop your achievement here — we’re cheering you on! I would guess that, if you read this blog regularly, you’ve figured out that I walk a lot. Ken and I try to get out for a walk five mornings a week. Many of the photos…
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Continue reading →: I’ll Drink to That!
I should have figured that a cruise that is named Rivers, Chateaux & Wine would involve tasting wine and learning more about it. I think that, for some people on our cruise, wine was the reason they chose the itinerary. Wine didn’t really factor that much when we chose this…
