Category: a walk in the park

A TRAIN RIDE TO SINTRA

Sintra is a little more than a half hour train ride outside of downtown Lisbon though it is considered part of the city. It is a hilly area with three enormous medieval castles still standing and magnificent gardens. We arrived…

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EARLY MORNING WALK

Finally it’s mid March and I think we’ve been released from the ferocious grip of winter. Well, I hope that’s the case. There may be more snow, early spring flurries that will seem tame compared to the storms that we’ve…

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IT IS SNOWING AGAIN

I don’t have the time to post a longer blog, but I thought I’d send along this photo. And as they say, “IT AIN’T OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER.” SNOW AGAIN TODAY! I heard from a friend UP north who said…

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BEATING THE WINTER BLAHS

I’ve stopped complaining about something I can do nothing about, in particular, the weather. In every storm I believe there is a rainbow waiting to come out, and I keep looking for the brighter side to this winter that seems to drag…

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CLEARING PHOTOGRAPHY CLUTTER

I’m into clearing clutter these days, and though we drastically downsized a couple years ago, gathering ‘stuff’ seems to be as natural to me as breathing. So, lesson learned, I will not let ‘stuff’ get the upper-hand in my life.…

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GRANDCHILDREN

Ten years ago we received our first grandchild, Devon. He was born just before a bitterly cold New York winter. For the first couple of months Devon slept though many experiences, like his visit in February 2005 to The Gates,…

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