travels with toby

Here we are on New Year’s Eve taking stock of the year. My year included a couple of trips, one to Chicago in March another to northern Virginia to see my mother, my sister and extended family over Labor Day Weekend. I hadn’t seen my mother in over a year and a half so I wanted to see her again. That turned out to be the last time that I saw her alive as she passed away December 15 after a nasty fall. She basically did not recover from the fall that broke her nose and left her in a lot of pain. I am sad that she is gone but thankful that I had her for as long as I did and I’m thankful she is no longer in pain. Included at the end of this gallery are a collection of photos of my mother. She was the best mom a girl could have. I love you Mom. Until we meet again. Godspeed.

I plan to write more about my mother at a later time. For now, here’s a photographic summary of my year. Happy new year everyone.

sunrise, winter 2017

close up art, Walker Art Center

so lifelike! (diorama at the Bell Museum in Minneapolis)

Sardinian paella, Biaggio, St. Paul

Yolk for breakfast in Chicago, yum!!

Lou Malnati’s(Chicago) with family

Museum of Science and Industry

Warhol-Art Institute of Chicago

one of my faves by Renoir-Art Institute of Chicago

cousins and extended family lunch, at Hub51(Chicago), fun!!

bridge detail(Chicago)

trillium

my gal, the violist

day lily-Landscape Arboretum

day lily-Landscape Arboretum

water lilies-Como Park

water lilies-Como Park

sunset over 11th Crow Wing Lake, summer 2017

art building – Bruce Nygren(MN State Fair)

MN State Fair-RESIST(crop art)

the largest gourds-MN State fair

Still mourning the purple one-MN State Fair(crop art)

another llama-MN State Fair

Names of victims both perished or survived-Holocaust Memorial Museum, D.C.

we must bear witness-Holocaust Memorial Museum, D.C.

Renoir-National Gallery of Art, D.C.

El Greco-National Gallery of Art, D.C.

Degas-National Gallery of Art, D.C.

Miss M, senior year

Miss M, senior year

Miss M, senior year

autumn

autumn

I love this grass

morning glory, early autumn

autumn

A separate gallery for photos of my mother:

At 15 with her father, 1938

Izzy and Goldie, 1940s

Izzy and Goldie, 1945

Goldie and Sarah 1947

Aileen, first grandchild, 1974

Mom and me 1988

Miss M, last grandchild, 1999

Aileen and Dave wedding, 2005

Joel’s 60th, 2007

Joel’s 60th, 2007

Nina’s 50th, 2008

2009

we four, 2009 at 617 Santa Fe Street, Carpentersville, IL

Thanksgiving 2010

Ad and Ron, 2011