Our dog has built herself a fort under the ottoman out of her bed, her blanket and at least a half dozen of her toys. 🛡

Hear me rooooaaaarrrr!

Photo of our 12 y/o son’s bedside table. He’s currently reading Leviticus from the Bible and book one of Churchill’s The Second World War. Nothing light about his bedtime routine. 📚

University mascot with attitude.

Also, a number of protests against China’s suppression of Tiananmen square discussion written in chalk.

Yesterday was completely overcast but today’s hotel room view is a bit better

Two for one at the hotel, made with a local bourbon

Contrails in the morning

First time seeing/eating Thai Rolled Ice Cream. Good stuff!

Good morning from today’s hotel ☀️

Very cool ceiling

Me after last night’s dinner

Gotta have something to do while waiting for our dinner, right? 😉

It is an absolutely beautiful day today! I like the mix of cool old school buildings with modern ones.

Our son’s cohort after their 6th grade graduation walk. Their ‘one word’ for the year: resilience.

Our son graduated elementary school today (6th grade) and in lieu of an indoor event the school organized a drive thru parade with a GLOW theme. So we started attaching glowy balloons, glow sticks etc to my car. No final picture but here’s an in-progress shot.

It is so great to see and hear fans at Premier League games! And the players are really responding!⚽️

NB I need to clean my screen

These kushi oysters were so damn good!

First time eating in at our favorite sushi place in over a year. We all loved it.

I love a good Manhattan. Sadly mine are generally rather poor. But I tried a different vermouth today and the result was good. Not great but at least good. I shall persevere!

This end up ???

Cortado + seltzer at a local coffee shop.

I’m so glad to be able to do this again. No masks in sight today.

Lovely sky. Taking a break after spreading some top soil.

Chemtrails and a Chinook. Oh no!!!

Note: I don’t believe in chemtrails.

After the rains

A bashful flower 🌸

Note petal partly covering the pistil

Wispy with a bit of flare