Winter in Michigan, Summer in Italy.

It's snowing again in Michigan this morning. After weeks of the cold, windy weather, I need to take a virtual vacation somewhere warm.

So I went through last summer's pictures of our trip to Europe. The hottest day there - the day we toured Venice.

As we were walking through town, I caught this display outside of a shop. I immediately thought of Dad and his wine making and snapped this picture for him.

What a (virtual) vacation! Eating gelato on the hot streets of Venice, and watching Dad make wine out of home grown grapes!

A View from the Train

My husband and I got away for a weekend - no kids, no cooking, no dishes. We took a tour up to Soo Canada and the winter train ride to Agawa Canyon. 4 hours up, and 4 hours back. Because of the weather we couldn't get off at the canyon. That was OK - way too cold to hang out outside.

This is the view out our train window looking towards the engine.