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Covid-19 Face Masks

Posted on April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 by Sandra

I can’t believe it has been a month since I made our face masks. When I was making them, I honestly just wanted a Saturday afternoon craft project. I don’t have my sewing machine or fabric collection here in Atlanta, but I do have a tiny travel sewing machine and some leftover fabric from some…

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Birthday Portraits – James is 10

Posted on April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 by Sandra

We took some portraits of James on Monday celebrating James’ 10th birthday! I was surprised his tongue wasn’t completely hanging out of his mouth in the portraits because he played with a lot of friends along his walk to Old 4th Ward Park for these photos! Spring is here in Atlanta and the trees have…

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Happy 10th Birthday James!

Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 by Sandra

Today is Monday April 13, 2020 and it is James the Poodle’s 10th birthday! Last year, James was really sick on his birthday. Thankfully James is doing great one year later. But this year is a little, odd, too. We are in the middle of a global pandemic and we are under ‘stay at home’…

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Neil Diamond: Hands, Washing Hands Song

Posted on March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 by Sandra

If you’ve ever been on a cruise, you’ve heard the crew musicians playing this version of Sweet Caroline to remind you to wash your hands. And now here is Neil Diamond singing it during this crazy time of Coronavirus Covid-19. At 0:46 you can hear the Sweet Caroline Wash Your Hands version: A cruise ship…

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James the Poodle: Six Weeks Old

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 by Sandra

I posted back in September the old photos I found of James when he was three weeks old. I realized today that I never posted his six week photos! James was so tiny – he could be bathed in the kitchen sink! James and all of his Standard Poodle littermates: One puppy wandered off the…

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Venice, Italy and the Coronavirus

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by Sandra

I saw this on Twitter today – the canals in Venice, Italy are clear because there is no traffic in them. I’m sure the constant movement of boats, ferries and gondoliers stirs up the bottom so the water is never clear. Look at this tweet from Kaveri in Italy: Dolphins are also showing up in…

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Poodles Love McDonald’s

Posted on March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 by Sandra

We were on the road all day the other day and we decided to stop and get some food while on the road. Thanks to Siba, the Best in Show winner at Westminster this year, we decided to get James some McDonald’s grilled chicken! We were in the drive through and I asked for a…

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Presidential Portraits at the Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC

Posted on March 10, 2020March 2, 2020 by Sandra

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC is one of my favorite museums. I’ve definitely spent more time at this museum than any other museum and I’ve visited this museum the most. Since we have been in Europe, the new presidential portrait for Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have been completed and they…

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Walking Around Geneva, Switzerland

Posted on March 6, 2020March 2, 2020 by Sandra

I am enjoying walking around Geneva. There is lots of shopping and there are a lot of public spaces and parks all around Lake Geneva. The Jet d’Eau is a famous landmark in Geneva and it was fun to watch! While walking around shopping alone one day, I came across this group of musicians and they…

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Spring in Switzerland

Posted on March 5, 2020March 2, 2020 by Sandra

It seems like it has been a long and cold winter. But the days are sunny and the temperatures aren’t quite so cold here in Geneva (we still have our radiators on though). I was excited to see signs of Spring in the park: crocuses and daffodils! We planted a bunch of bulbs in our…

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Apartment Tour | Geneva, Switzerland Airbnb

Posted on March 4, 2020March 2, 2020 by Sandra

We are in Geneva, Switzerland! The city reminds me of Washington, DC – clean and modern yet quiet for such a big city. We are in a residential area, but it is a short walk to the heart of town and Lake Geneva. Check out our Airbnb:

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Travel Day: James

Posted on March 3, 2020March 2, 2020 by Sandra

James gets so much attention when we travel! I think it is really cute. People often stop and pet him as they walk past him. We are on our way to Geneva, Switzerland and these children got so excited when they saw James. Of course James gets excited, too, and he rushes over to say…

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Apartment Tour | Lyon, France Airbnb

Posted on March 2, 2020February 26, 2020 by Sandra

Since we arrived in Lyon on a rainy day, we decided to film our apartment tour at the end of our stay. We really love our apartment and the neighborhood. The best part is the short walk to what is now our favorite bakery in all of Europe: Boulangerie de la Martinière (24 rue Martinière)….

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Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France

Posted on February 28, 2020February 26, 2020 by Sandra

One afternoon we took a break and took the metro down to the Confluence Museum in Lyon. The museum is at the southern tip of Lyon where the Saône and Rhône Rivers meet. I loved the light and bright architecture on the outside and entry areas of the museum. Then once inside, the exhibit halls…

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Farmer’s Market in Lyon, France

Posted on February 27, 2020February 26, 2020 by Sandra

We’ve been waking up before the sunrise to go to our favorite bakery in Lyon (Boulangerie de la Martinière) and since we were up so early, we decided to walk along the Saône River (it joins up to the Rhône River just south of Lyon). Along the east side of the river, vendors were setting…

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Amphitheater of the Three Gauls in Lyon, France

Posted on February 25, 2020February 19, 2020 by Sandra

The Amphitheater of the Three Gauls is right by our apartment. It was built in 12 BC and enlarged around 120 AD under the reign of Emperor Hadrian. This amphitheater seated up to 20,000 people! The amphitheater was part of the federal sanctuary of the three Gauls dedicated to the cult of Rome and Augustus….

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Walking Around our Neighborhood in Lyon, France

Posted on February 24, 2020February 19, 2020 by Sandra

James is feeling better and we have been walking around our neighborhood a lot. There is an odd wall near our apartment that says “Curiosity killed the cat, nine times…” It is funny that the text is in English. But I suppose that is an English expression. Did you know that Lyon is known in…

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Emergency Vet in France

Posted on February 21, 2020February 19, 2020 by Sandra

It is funny how I always make a mental note of the veterinarian clinics I see as we travel around Europe.  Everywhere we stay, there is always a vet nearby.  And every time I say to Chris, “There is a vet but we aren’t going to need it.”  It is just a nice peace of…

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Lyon, France

Posted on February 20, 2020February 19, 2020 by Sandra

We are in Lyon, France! We arrived by train from Marseille. It was a high speed train and that is good but it was the most crowded train we have been on in Europe! We booked two seats (not all trains need a seat reservation but for some high speed trains it is required and…

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Palais Longchamp in Marseille

Posted on February 19, 2020February 18, 2020 by Sandra

We decided to leave James at home to rest and we took the metro to the Palais Longchamp in Marseille. The metro in Marseille is very modern and clean. The gardens were huge and we wandered around for quite a while. James would have been tired but I know he would have loved the dog…

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