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Flåm, Norway

Following our day in Bergen, our next stop was in Flåm. This was a smaller town, but it had a very informative museum showing how the railroad had tunneled through the mountains. There wasn’t a lot to see in town, but there was a lovely harbor, where people were booking […]

Bergen, Norway

Our first actual stop on the cruise to the Norwegian fjords, after a full day at sea, was in Bergen. What a beautiful city it is! When we arrived, we took a tour of part of the city; our “ride” was really cute. 🙂 Once we’d finished this overview of […]

Amsterdam

DH and I recently flew to Amsterdam for a couple of days, met up with my twin and her DH, and then took a cruise through some of the Norwegian fjords. What a beautiful trip it was! Our first stop in Amsterdam was an enormous wholesale flower dealership, where they auction […]

Thunder!

Hiding Our poor little Bisou is terrified of thunder. Rain by itself doesn’t bother her, but thunder is more than she can bear, so she finds a little “cave” to hide in until it passes, and she quivers and quakes until it does. I feel so sorry for her! The […]

A cool drink

My husband has been reworking the fountain we have in our back yard. He raised the base and repositioned the whole thing a bit, adding new plants to soften its look; the bottlebrush was already there, but he added three hibiscus plants. One gives peachy-orange blossoms, one yellow, one red; […]

A gift from a grandson

My birthday was a couple of days ago, and it was a pretty big one. 😉 My family really spoiled me with various gift cards that they knew I’d enjoy using, and there was a dinner at one daughter’s home, followed by dinner at a favorite restaurant last night with […]