canning continues...chili sauce, left, and corn relish, right...

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crab-tastic 21st birthday celebration with @luca_downs, my doppelgänger and brilliant nephew, lucas ray downs. it was fun cracking a few, nephew!!

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i’ve sung with some of these folks for more than thirty years...and some for a shorter period of time...but it’s great to gather as a group each week to make music together...

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it was pickle day...left to right, mrs. stiltz’s bread and butters, dad’s dills, and mustard seed-olive oil (the 1950s recipe says “not for reducers”). special thanks to @megsdanceky for knife skills and sharing family lore.

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tomato preserves, left, and pepper jelly, right...

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the light was just right on the morning walk...

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peach-basil-ginger jam + pickled okra...canning season begins...

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this one’s for you, mom...

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a minute in michigan...

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some details on the speed through of the art institute with the twins...

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enjoying some time in the windy city with these amazing humans... @___abby_ @mdowns.26 @elizabethlucas9

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sketchbook complete! here’s a sampling... so grateful for travel and new friends and time away from the routine and the return home!

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the day in bruges...quaint, gorgeous weather

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my name (and the tour de france) are all over this city. ps. no photos allowed at horta’s place.

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twenty-four hours in amsterdam is not nearly enough time but i walked the city, visited three museums, had some great food...and soaked in dutch culture...

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the food and drink shots so far....as i make the transition from helsinki to amsterdam on travel day...

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very sunny (and windy) final day in helsinki, full of lovely materials and details on victorian, art deco, and art moderne buildings...

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