2026–Turkey and Sicily

We walked around and looked at everything again. churches, buildings, alleys. Went to a very small church and saw this very old painting with newish jewelry added on. I kinda get the crown, and even the necklace, but am honestly struggling with the earrings on Virgin Mary. Same church. Wish…

I like their graffiti here… they don’t usually color over each other. And you have to appreciate the label at the bottom!

A lot of people take the ferry to go to different towns on the lake…but the ticket lines are long and the ride is long. Max and I had decided to skip it. But my sister, Virginia, is staying with us and wanted an adventure. So we woke up early…

Sometimes (well like every 4 minutes) there is something here that is breathtakingly beautiful. But really hard to get on the camera (for me). Which makes it feel even more special when you see something and the photo has the same feeling as what I saw. I am starting to…

About ten years ago a quilter came to Italy and saw tile floors. As quilters will do, she figured out how to make quilts that look like this. I love this floor—will never make a quilt like this!

I’m so proud of us. We took a train to Lake Lugano (with a bunch of family) walked around and then took the train back. My plan is for us to do day trips from Madrid and Budapest, but I wasn’t sure it would work. It worked beautifully today. My…

It was amazing in every way. The most amount of Auntie tears were shed when her engineer danced their choreographed first dance— the concentration, love, excitement when he made a complicated move and pure fear all showed on his face….and he did it all for his wife who loves dancing!