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Love

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

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love, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Chinatown, Philadelphia

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

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Chinatown, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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City Hall, Philadelphia

21 Friday Jul 2017

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City Hall, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Street art in Philadelphia

20 Thursday Jul 2017

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, street art

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Ben Franklin parkway

01 Monday May 2017

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Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

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New U2 Album

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

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music, U2

I just downloaded the new U2 album.  I love it.  Of course, since they are my favorite band, I would have loved anything they produced.  It’s kind of like my love for the Buffalo Bills – you stick with them no matter what.
The album brings me back to an older U2 sound that made me fall in love with their music to begin with.  Thanks guys!  You rock!

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Endless Summer

07 Thursday Aug 2014

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daylight, Finland, sunshine

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESFinland is often called the land of endless summer.  And even here at the southern most tip of the country, I would argue that this is still true.  I took the picture above a couple of nights ago.  I took a little after 10pm outside of our apartment.  Yes the streetlights are on, but I think they are just timed to come on regardless of the sunlight.

It stays light well into the 10 o’clock hour and is light well before we get up in the morning.  It’s pretty wild to not see much darkness.  Of course this will change as we move closer to fall and winter where the darkness will overtake daylight in rapid succession.  Each day we lose several minutes of daylight.  I saw somewhere that by the end of August, we will have lost about 2-3 hours of daylight and that amount will speed up as fall goes on.

For now, we’re enjoying the warm weather and the daylight.

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Packing has Started

24 Thursday Jul 2014

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Finland, packing, suitcase, ziploc

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWe packed our first three suitcases for our trip to Finland.  We are allowed nine more plus carry-ons.  This is a good start as far as I’m concerned.  And we have a good system down.  My wife determines what all is going in to the suitcase and I figure out how to get it all in.  So far we have only worked on suitcases for three of the kids.  There’s more for each one, but I was thrilled by how much we were able to get into a suitcase.

The big surprise was the weight.  The limit is 50 lbs.  I think the closest we came to that was 40.5 lbs.  This was a bit surprising.

We also found something that we love – the Ziploc travel bags.  You stick some clothing in, shut the bag and push the air out.  We used this for our oldest’s winter coat.  It worked wonderful.  We ended up with a coat that was 1/3 the size it normally is, if not smaller.  We’re searching out more of these bags.

 

 

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Yay Germany!!!!

13 Sunday Jul 2014

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futball, Germany, soccer, World Cup

Congrats to Germany – winners of the 2014 World Cup.

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A beautiful day in Harrisburg PA

23 Monday Jun 2014

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capitol, Harrisburg, PA

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