July 25 Leftovers

 One last post here before heading back to Sønderborg.

Lots of people were here in July.

Sorting after the cycling trip

I used up the last lemon-juice cube!

Wow, someone filled the little rock library!

I loved seeing so many caterpillars and butterflies.

One more Cleveland post

 

Photo at the airport of the first
Rapid Transit ride to the airport in 1968

View of Guardians stadium from Rapid Transit

I picked four raspberries.

Fawn at my elementary school

People's Flag of Cleveland

June Leftovers 2025

I am proud that I am posting only one jacaranda tree picture this year.

At first I thought our new tree had doubled in size, but then I realized the city took out the old one and planted a new one.

C turned two!
We celebrated by taking a bus to a bagel place (I brought the sprinkles).

We have had a new early-morning visitor.

A drawing of a future bridge from the La Verne/Fairplex train station.

Take-a-plant/leave-a-plant at the library

I took C to a recital at cello camp and
was happy to see A's former teachers.

A tale in three pictures

Opossum in the tree

in the trap

on the way to a new home, we were promised

Opossums eat ticks, fleas, and lots of little creatures, but it is not healthy for a living tree to have a family nested inside. I also learned that they are the only marsupials living in North America.
 

July Leftovers

 

Olympic rings in the neighborhood

Funny sign on campus.
Do any students know what a calling card is?

Library contents in mid-July

D.'s picture taken at the LA Arboretum

Jacaranda and firework flowers in our yard 

L.A. First

 

I had never been to the Festival of Books before.

I probably would have skipped this year, too, but this ad caught my eye.

We got there before they sold out and I tried not to look longingly at their collection of each card that exists.

They recommend keeping the bamboo card dry.

KUSC, the classical music station, was giving away these tap cards, maybe because they are from last year.

I also wanted to hear the USC marching band, but not so much that I was willing to take a 7:20a train. We took the 9:20a train to Union Station and then a couple metro trains. We were lucky to hop back on the train before it left, having figured out that we could not transfer to an express bus with our tickets.

The poky wires did not stop the pigeons from nesting above the Union Station platform.

The third thing on my wish list was to hear Lois Lowry, an author of many children's books. 

We poked around Frank Sinatra Hall while waiting to hear her speak.

I enjoyed hearing her stories and learning about the other authors.

We had time to wander a bit afterward

David Shannon talking about No, David!

before catching two metros and a train home.

The second metro was so late that we started researching other ways home, but it turns out ninety seconds is just enough time to run one from train to the next. Phew!

Not Seen at Home

Cardinals, the state bird

Guardians goodies

Mixed household with an Ohio State/Michigan flag

new-to-me license plate

rust!

Four kinds of filling
(I could only find poppyseed this year)

A whole bookcase of souvenirs from A Christmas Story movie

History of peanut butter and chocolate buckeyes

Water!!

 

December leftovers

 

When we first arrived in Europe last summer we took a Flixbus from Amsterdam to southern Denmark. I had never heard of it before that and then I saw one close to home.

Maybe this is the new simplified California flag?

Not the most convenient bicycle parking spot

Morning run in Shaker Heights

On the trail in Claremont

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