Last time I did a substantive update, I had nearly completed the recap of my fortieth birthday trip. I had just had a truly glorious massage at the La Cantera spa. We immediately left the spa and headed to Bandera, home of the Medina River Company, where we had reserved two kayaks to take down…
Category: Holidays and Celebrations
South Carolina
This shall be picture-heavy and text-light – but here’s some pix of our week in South Carolina with my in laws. It’s about a 10 hour drive including stops, which ain’t no small feat. We left a little late, and got there too late for swimming, but the boys were up and at ’em first…
Lilypads
Hello strangers. I have worked the last two weekends and I’m working this one too (life is terrible), but Things Have Happened and I’ve missed sharing them in this space, so here comes a photo dump and brisk whisk through the last few weeks! When last I left you, we had just returned from a…
Mardi Gras, Easter, Tall Ships, and Bed Bath and Beyond
I have just fought with my computer for at least two hours to try to get my phone photos loaded on my Mac, and then up to this website. There were tears. In this age of modern conveniences, NOTHING IS EVER CONVENIENT. The lengths I go to, to keep my three or four loyal readers…
Mardi Gras Recap – Do I Even Remember At This Point
We started the Mardi Gras season off right – eating a doberge king cake and watching some floats slowly drive down the road behind a police escort, heading from their den to the lineup. The first parade of the season that we attend, generally, is Cleopatra, and the children were wild with excitement on the…