Life gets in your eyes

Many apologies for my long absence in writing and visiting. 

Nothing is wrong - I'm just distracted, in a good way, by life.

 Yellow finch at the feeder that I installed for Gerrit's pleasure last summer.

 Tulips in the Queen's Garden

I've been here:

 New Orleans for the high school graduation of my nephew.

And here:

 Beautiful and beloved Wisconsin...

to attend the high school graduation of my nephew 

(yes, 2 nephews graduating!  

Luckily not the same weekend)...

 

...and to begin preparation of cakes and marzipan carrots 

for a graduation party 2 weeks hence.

Then I was here:

 in London, for a wonderful short trip with my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew.

Then we went here:

 to The Hague, Netherlands (Royal Palace)

where we were met by Gerrit's older daughter Karin & her family

and then I went home with Karin

 

and did a little weeding in their big garden allotment

and a lot of catching up with the family.

And then back to Wisconsin...

to finish the cakes (carrot and strawberry) and attend the graduation party.

There is more, but right now I need to be on my way to O'Hare to meet Karin, 

who is flying in to spend a week with my family

for our annual family vacation in Wisconsin.

It should be a happy week.