Panorama

Took this on Friday but couldn't upload it:

Getting Thomas from College

Here's the view from the 12th floor of Travelodge.

A walk along the edge of Lake Michigan

This one is TWO FLOORS with an ELEVATOR!  I bought... markers.  Always with the markers.  These were even more fancy ones than before, but I already had a discount card.

Jami has a weakness

Happy Birthday Frederick!

Windy!

...and now it's Summer

Spring slowly springing

 It was in the high sixties today, and nary a cloud in sight, so we circumnavigated Big Seven Lake.  After so many false starts, I think the leaves are scared to come out.

Thomas's not so secret side

Because Thomas runs only if burning the candle at both ends and in the middle, being a full time student (and for Thomas, being "full time" means "speeding through a four year program in three years") fails to challenge him adequately so he took on the job of "adjudicator" for local (Chicago) high school debate teams. He started this last Fall for something to do on Saturdays and to earn a bit of scratch. He sent me a photo of this with these words a few months ago:

"I judged for a HS tournament today and got nominated for and won the best adjudicator award, this gift card." Thomas claims that this if further evidence of the power of his "do gooding." I am just glad to see he is wearing the purple cardigan I knitted for him this past winter (with a zipper--if only he had any idea of what a pain it is to install a zipper into a knitted cardigan!!)

And then THIS happened: It's good to be appreciated, that's for sure.