Three Galena Favorites

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Every Spring Ted and I make a point to head out to the small town of Galena, Illinois – one of our favorite day trips from Chicago. Ted and I first visited the historic town when we were in college and have many happy memories there. My favorite being when Ted proposed to me our senior […]

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This Year’s Balcony Garden

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The weather in Chicago has finally gotten warm enough to start gardening ! When springtime comes, whenever I’m in any hardware store I make a point to walk through the garden section even if I’m not looking to buy anything. Looking at flowers and herbs  just makes me happy. And now because its Spring I […]

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Exploring Paris

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I was cleaning out my computer a few weekends ago and came across a bunch of photos from a long trip to Europe that Ted and I took the summer we graduated from grad school. We did the typical “Euro” trip and blew all of our money on some very well made memories. It was […]

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