Tagged: Wisconsin

Saying Goodbye to Miss Elisabeth 0

Saying Goodbye to Miss Elisabeth

…or as Rubi­ says, Miss Sipsipee This past Saturday, we were invited to Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis to say good-bye to Elisabeth, who is off to work and study in Wisconsin. She has been wonderful to have in our home. She will be missed. People come and people go...

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Unions Caving

An interesting article in the TownHall: Apparently Gov. Scott Walker knew exactly what he was doing. Before he signed the bill limiting collective bargaining privileges, teachers unions throughout the state were slow to respond to calls for salary and benefit concessions. They believed their members should be held harmless during...

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Christmas Presents 2008: Birch Framed

It’s not even Christmas yet, and alread I am feeling the blessings of the season through gifts, and as usual I like to share with them to my blog readers. My very FIRST present this year was from Enric and Miranda. They noticed my reaction to the lovely birch trees...

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Mother’s Day 2008

Mother’s Day was a day of recovering from my trip and I spent it with my mom, together with my sister and her family. For this mother’s day, I thought I would share this lovely photograph I took of Miranda and little Silas. I took this image as we hiked...

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Back from Wisconsin!

Our family went to Wisconsin to see the newest addition to the family. Baby Silas is so sweet and precious!   Likely I will be saying more about our time in Wisconsin over the next days or weeks, but I thought I had better rush out an update to anyone...

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Appleton

My son would like me to move to Appleton, Wisconsin. I looked it up, it looks like a lovely place. It looks like a place I could take my camera and just have a grand time. I suppose it’s not out of the question. 🙂 So I named my latest...

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On the Road to Toledo

Saturday, Miquel, Laura and I, took to the road, with the objective to meet Enric and Miranda in Toledo, Ohio. This was going to give Miquel a chance to go back to Wisconsin with them, getting a taste of college life for a month, practicing tennis with a student there,...

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Get Me to the Church on Time (part 1)

This date loomed before us with happiness and part dread. We had to be 800 plus miles to Wisconsin from Maryland overnight and back the next day to get the children back to Maryland, 800 plus miles more, in time for the vans leaving for camp. When it was planned...