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Summer 2023

^{10 September 2023
Vierwaldstattersee, CH}

^{Last Paddle Board of the Season 🏔🌞
I got back from Barcelona after midnight on Friday. Exhausted lazy Saturday, Sunday early morning paddle board, cleaned the house, worked for 5 hours and then met Erin at the Sunset Bar 🍹.}
^{I miss Lula so much😢 I haven’t been away from her this long ever. Except when I moved to Switzerland. I know she is happy and having fun in Italy with Joe and the kitties. But I still miss her.}
^{Off to Barcelona again tomorrow.
10 September 2023
Vierwaldstattersee, CH}

^{Last Paddle Board of the Season 🏔🌞
I got back from Barcelona after midnight on Friday. Exhausted lazy Saturday, Sunday early morning paddle board, cleaned the house, worked for 5 hours and then met Erin at the Sunset Bar 🍹.}
^{I miss Lula so much😢 I haven’t been away from her this long ever. Except when I moved to Switzerland. I know she is happy and having fun in Italy with Joe and the kitties. But I still miss her.}
^{Off to Barcelona again tomorrow.
10 September 2023
Vierwaldstattersee, CH}

_{Lunch and shopping}| _{Milan 26 August 2023}

_{Zaven came up this weekeend to visit his friend Aidan – I got to see him for a few hours upon arrival and upon departure.} _{Always grateful to see my boy.}
_{Another life goal met. Paddle boarding with Lula. But first, we made spectacles of ourselves. Getting the SUP and pump and paddle and dog from my house down to the lake where we put in – well I look ridiculous. We go early to avoid funny looks from lots of tourists vs. only a few odd looks from early morning tourists.
People love a dog on a paddle board, they were waving and smiling and stopping to watch us and take photos. “Practicing” standing and actually paddling with Lula vs sitting and paddling – we didn’t fall in at all, ever. We stayed close to the shore because I don’t think I have the strength to heft her on the board, from the water, even with a life vest. By the way, she is the worst water dog ever, even though she is a labrador – waves scare her and she isn’t a good swimmer. The camo life vest was also a spectacle – people were are all “EIN HUND!” so it must have been working. It is a fashion don’t 1. because it is ugly and 2. it is for duck hunting dogs and we (I) don’t believe in hunting. Once we got confident and Lula got used to the movement, and relaxed, although she is usually always relaxed, and we took off on our ausflug.
Some lady yelled, “she balances you” and she does… in so many ways. My girl ❤️❤️ I love her so. She got lots and lots of treats. During and after.}

_{19 & 20 August
Luzern, Switzerland}

_{Zaven came up this weekeend to visit his friend Aidan – I got to see him for a few hours upon arrival and upon departure.} _{Always grateful to see my boy.}
_{Another life goal met. Paddle boarding with Lula. But first, we made spectacles of ourselves. Getting the SUP and pump and paddle and dog from my house down to the lake where we put in – well I look ridiculous. We go early to avoid funny looks from lots of tourists vs. only a few odd looks from early morning tourists.
People love a dog on a paddle board, they were waving and smiling and stopping to watch us and take photos. “Practicing” standing and actually paddling with Lula vs sitting and paddling – we didn’t fall in at all, ever. We stayed close to the shore because I don’t think I have the strength to heft her on the board, from the water, even with a life vest. By the way, she is the worst water dog ever, even though she is a labrador – waves scare her and she isn’t a good swimmer. The camo life vest was also a spectacle – people were are all “EIN HUND!” so it must have been working. It is a fashion don’t 1. because it is ugly and 2. it is for duck hunting dogs and we (I) don’t believe in hunting. Once we got confident and Lula got used to the movement, and relaxed, although she is usually always relaxed, and we took off on our ausflug.
Some lady yelled, “she balances you” and she does… in so many ways. My girl ❤️❤️ I love her so. She got lots and lots of treats. During and after.}

_{19 & 20 August
Luzern, Switzerland}

_{The Matula’s visiting from San Diego} 🇺🇸 _{Their amazing and sweet son Dante is taking the photo}
_Roccaverano, _Italy
_{7 August 2023}

_{The Matula’s visiting from San Diego} 🇺🇸 _{Their amazing and sweet son Dante is taking the photo}
_Roccaverano, _Italy
_{7 August 2023}

_{Love this photo ❤️} |_{Avalon and Fawn | Mt. Hood, Oregon}

_{Chatting with BCB and cuddlin’ Figilily – she often is a Zoom star}

_{The Villa garden is complete. Just need to add the row of grapevines at the end. When I am here, I get up and do yoga poolside – swim laps then go check my vegatables (end of garden behind the adirondaks)and flower garden – appreciate the long row of lavender with bouncing butterflies and honey bees (I need some hives) – it’s pretty wonderful.
Brallo, Serole, Asti
July 2023}

_{The Villa garden is complete. Just need to add the row of grapevines at the end. When I am here, I get up and do yoga poolside – swim laps then go check my vegatables (end of garden behind the adirondaks)and flower garden – appreciate the long row of lavender with bouncing butterflies and honey bees (I need some hives) – it’s pretty wonderful.
Brallo, Serole, Asti
July 2023}

_{RFL & BCB in LU CH | July 2023 ❤}

_{I LOVED having Bronwyn and Fiona visit on the tail end of their Switzerland trek. Celebrating Fiona’s college graduation – Aerospace Engineering, already landed a job and she got her pilot’s license – what an amazing young woman – soooo impressive, lovely, kind and humble.
Enjoying Luzern and Meggen beach and then doing The Swiss Trail – bahn, boat and 3 hours 500 meters up and down – then boat back to Luzern. More challenging than I had anticipated…mostly because of the heat.
Luzern, Switzerland | 7-10 July 2023}

_{I LOVED having Bronwyn and Fiona visit on the tail end of their Switzerland trek. Celebrating Fiona’s college graduation – Aerospace Engineering, already landed a job and she got her pilot’s license – what an amazing young woman – soooo impressive, lovely, kind and humble.
Enjoying Luzern and Meggen beach and then doing The Swiss Trail – bahn, boat and 3 hours 500 meters up and down – then boat back to Luzern. More challenging than I had anticipated…mostly because of the heat.
Luzern, Switzerland | 7-10 July 2023}

_{The Swiss American Society 4th of July
I had just flown in from San Diego at 10.30 and the event was at 1.00 so I was whacked out with lack of sleep and travel, but it was fun meeting other Americans, seeing our friends Erin (pictured above) and Adrian her husband and hanging out on the lake.
2 July 2023}

_{The Swiss American Society 4th of July
I had just flown in from San Diego at 10.30 and the event was at 1.00 so I was whacked out with lack of sleep and travel, but it was fun meeting other Americans, seeing our friends Erin (pictured above) and Adrian her husband and hanging out on the lake.
2 July 2023}

_{My San Diego highlight – seeing Stephanie ❤ Love her
San Diego & La Jolla
24 June – 1 July 2023}

_{San Diego & La Jolla}

_{San Diego & La Jolla}

_{Summertime in Luzern}

_{Summertime in Luzern}

_{Avalon’s Ausflug | Mt. Hood}

_{Joe’s Birthday Trek
Gryon, Valais, Vaud, Switzerland} _{9-11 June 2023}

_{On the scent of a stambechio}

_{On the scent of a stambechio}

_{Lula. Looking at me. Never at the camera.}

_{Lula. Looking at me. Never at the camera.}

_Blooper

_Blooper

_{Zaven and his international school besties are at Wataru’s wedding in Tokyo and will spend time together touring Japan afterward. Lori and I love that our boys are still best friends and having such an amazing adventure.}
_{31 May – 31 May – 10 June 2023 | Tokyo Japan}

_{Zaven and his international school besties are at Wataru’s wedding in Tokyo and will spend time together touring Japan afterward. Lori and I love that our boys are still best friends and having such an amazing adventure.}
_{31 May – 31 May – 10 June 2023 | Tokyo Japan}

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