Theatre, Books & Lovely
“An interactive love letter to the universe”. That’s what the crowds are doing in Millennium Park, Chicago in the first 5 photographs. The Beckoning of Lovely, something you should watch. Perhaps you can’t quite see how many people were there…
Weekend Reading
A couple more of the photographs I took while wandering in the rain, these I didn’t think we’re brown enough to make the cut for Friday’s blog post… but perhaps the scenes are still pretty enough to share, despite the…
Mikey’s Birthday
We’ve been so busy around these parts over the past week! My parents arrived from England on Monday of last week for a long visit, then it was Mikey’s 4th birthday on Friday. So we’ve been running around seeing the…
Grass and Leaves
Monday began my husband’s first full day of school for this semester, and also Mikey’s first day of a more deliberate schedule of play and learning. We woke early, starting the day by seeing daddy off to school and then…
Weekend Reading
Some photographs of the Forget-Me-Not’s that Mikey planted from seeds that he chose himself in early summer. Sadly, most of the seeds that were planted got eaten by some strange bug before they could properly bloom. Only two plants were…
At the fair on an evening in August
A few photographs taken last Friday at Will County Fair. I feel as though I must have packed last week a little too full, I’ve barely had time to stop. Visiting Mikey’s vovô and vovó, and going to the fair. Making…
Weekends in Late Summer
Playing out on the sidewalk in front of our apartment building, dashing between water sprinklers. A quick trip to the zoo downtown and coming home to eat pizza. Weekends spent forgetting the busyness of the week ahead. I’m going to…
Blue Skies
On Tuesday afternoon we took a trip into the city to see the Nikola Tesla exhibit at Navy Pier. The exhibit itself was smaller than I’d expected, but the demonstration of different Tesla machines were fun and the photographs they…
Summer Treats
The beautiful colours of fresh fruit and vegetables at the farmer’s market has to be one of my favourite things about the summer. Even if we don’t end up buying some of the most delicious looking fruits, I can still…
The Pool
In the pool last week at a friend’s house, cooling off during wicked high temperatures. Mikey loved this little inflatable boat. Linked at: Project Alicia, Live and Love Out Loud, The Paper Mama
Hottest Days
We spent some of the hottest days this past week staying out in the suburbs with my In-Laws, where we could splashing around in the water and cool off some instead of sweltering in our little city apartment. Mikey was…
The Heat is On
My temperament doesn’t do so well in the heat, and my hair doesn’t do so well in the humidity. Hot, humid summers forever curse me with a cranky disposition and fluffy, 80′s looking, hair (and the hair issue does nothing…
a British expat living in Chicago with my husband and our 4 year old son. I love to take 
