Home Sweet Home

We took a vacation to Wisconsin this past week.
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful
Our vacation truly began while we were searching for the Milwaukee Whole Foods and spotted a beach. So, being on vacation and all, we stopped looking for the right street and went to the beach. And how wonderful it was!


It was beautifully sunny with just the right amount of defined, long afternoon shadows, and the air was perfectly fresh and cool. The sand was so soft and warm, but when I dug my feet in or stepped in a shadow it was surprisingly chilled and refreshing. Looking out into the lake was arresting. The water washed up on the sand making the most soothing sound and despite its appearance of endlessness, it was a lake and therefore pleasantly devoid of all things dangerous. It was heaven!
MonkeyBoy played in the sand, jumped from the giant mounds and ran through the icy surf, stopping just long enough to engage and enchant the other beach-goers.
Squeakola decided that though the sand was terrible for eating (via faceplant) it was Great Fun to kick and throw.
The two hour drive that lay ahead couldn't budge us, but eventually our tummies rumbled and our muscles ached and we finally had to give in and move on.

The rest of the trip was just as magical.
Wisconsin in the autumn is so rich, seductive, disarming, magnificent.... It would take a literal thousand words to describe....

Squeak playing in the fall leaves

I felt my soul lifted, my pain eased, my whole being soared.

Me and My Beautiful Sister Ella



It was the best thing ever. What we truly needed.
I returned home a new person.

Our hearts and minds are still lingering in Wisconsin, only our bodies have made it home for now.

Pictures? hopefully tonight....