Hotel Room and Elevator Mirror Selfies: Travel OOTDs

A little over two months since we left for Italy, life is busy and full of challenges and joys back home. . . and I’m finally posting some photos of What I Wore from my Carry-On
Capsule Wardrobe.

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Change, Generations, and a Scramble of Garden Photos

A story about my grandson and a story about my grandma, connected across the generation by a change to . . . well, you’ll see if you read the post. And I’ll update you on my garden while we’re together. Click through, please.

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Mindful Energy Consumption (Personal Energy, that is, in my 70s)

In a busy week as the visiting Nana-in-charge, Something(s) Had to Give! A post about how I conserve (and spend) my energy so as to be My Best Self . . . illustrated by What I Wore photos and a surprising candid shot of a neighbourhood visitor. Click through to read and see more . . .

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Via Francigena Prep, With Skunk Cabbage

I took grandkids and memories of my mother on my annual hunt for a favourite indigenous Spring-appearing bloom. Click through to see this year’s version of a recurring theme on the blog. Happy New Season!

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Mending Memories

23 years after my father’s death, I’ve finally begun mending a vest he once wore, handknit for him in the mid ’40s, ravaged by moths a few decades later. And then I started sketching his face from a favourite family photo of him and his brother. Memory work in progress. Click through to see and read.

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Copyright

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