We're Leaving' on a Jet Plane

About 31/2days to go before we leave for Italy. Here is my luggage for our three-week holiday. I'm learning to pack lighter with each trip. Aren't you impressed? In the red suitcase is my day pack and my telescoping cane, just in case, as well as clothes and all the other miscellaneous stuff one carries along on a trip.

First email post

Good morning!

Still trying to sort out posting methods to our blog. Please bear with me as I may have to do this several times.

Getting Ready

We are on the countdown to Italy - 19 days in Tuscany, Umbria, and Rome with friends.  I had planned to blog from Italy while travelling, but alas, the technology I had planned to use has failed, so I will resort to old-fashioned e-mail and post to the blog when we return in late May.

In the meantime, here are a few photos from our 2010 trip to whet your appetite.......

Penguins!

Here are some penguins at the Calgary zoo. I think they are enjoying their new high-class digs! We visited the zoo in February.