Twenty on the Twenty First

Pittsburgh visit Sunday August 17th at Duquesne Incline

Twenty years old? Oh my, that happened fast! Happy Birthday Michael.

First posted this collage when Michael turned eleven
(Top left-at your baptism by your namesake
Fr. Michael Joseph Zeps, S.J.  Then your Godfather Joe, Dad, FF Marlene, Uncle Joey again, Aunt Lala-August bday club and your Mom holding you on the bottom)
He is one loveable young man.

At the Museum 2

I let Michael set the pace. Two grandsons at the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History in a week’s time.

Almost Silent Sunday Guest Blog

We were walking back to the car after the TampaBay/Steelers preseason game. Grandson Michael is in from Ohio and he saw the St. Peter church lit up and took this photo. I said it could be Silent Sunday.

At the Museum

I let Charlie set the pace.

We went to the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum today.

He was allowed to touch the Meteorite and the Stalagmite and Yes , I bought him a Dirt Cup with a gummy dinosaur on top

Charlie was a was a terrific museum goer.

In the Reading Room
We are so svelte in this mirrored
Heart Pavilion sculpture by Dan Graham
Hall of Gems snd Minerals
We decided we enjoyed the National Aviary birds who were alive and breathing, more than these stuffed specimens.

Happy Birthday Laura

Whisper Dishes Work

There’s 60 feet between the Whisper Dishes in the Big Science Park outside at CoSI.

That’s Charlie in the teal shirt. He whispers and I can hear him, clear as a bell, all those sixty feet away. Amazing.


“Whisper dishes, also known as acoustic mirrors, are parabolic-shaped devices that collect and reflect sound waves, allowing for communication over distances, even at a whisper. They work by focusing sound waves onto a focal point, where they can be easily heard, and then reflecting those waves to another dish, where they are focused and amplified again

Birthday Donuts

The tradition of birthday donuts

Ready to light the candle
Buckeye Donuts open 365 days a year 24/7

Today You are Three!

August 1st! Happy birthday Roy.

Big brother Charlie holds newborn Roy
August 3 2022
Today July 31 2025 at COSI Sharks exhibit

Wordless Wednesday

From the archives 2012

Hardy Hibiscus Blossom

Thought the quarter would help illustrate size

It’s enormous!