All Entries Tagged With: "Windsor"
Something to be thankful for: hitting the NaNoWriMo half-way mark
Sorry I’ve been so heavy on the NaNo posts lately, but I really want to make it to the 50,000-word finish line by November 30. I reached 25,007 words yesterday, and boy did it feel good to get to the top of the hill. We were supposed to have tried to get close to 30,000 [...]
Aunt J does Windsor and Eaton
Thursday, Aunt J and I toured Windsor Castle, visited the Christmas Market in Eaton and had lunch in a pub. Wow–this was my first trip to Windsor Castle, too, and I was really blown away. I think this better be a “must do” if you ever visit England. I loved the crown on top of [...]
A Day in the Garden with Aunt J
Since yesterday was Aunt J’s first day here, I thought it would be good to start the sightseeing slowly. And since the sun was out and the weather was good, the best thing to do, of course, was to get out and enjoy a bit of fresh air in the delightful English countryside. After a [...]
Autumn in England
The other day I was driving back home after dropping Roxi off at school when I noticed this view. The leaves on the trees had thinned enough for me to see a little church across the field. The colors were so intense that morning that as soon as I got home, I grabbed my camera [...]
Falling back and the much anticipated hundred days
There were some beautiful fall colors in Prague last week. Here in England, the trees have turned shades of yellow–not the reds and oranges I was hoping for. Still, it is lovely. The UK clocks changed today, falling back one hour. When we first moved out to the Shire, I watched a Windsor Castle DVD [...]
A Taste of Windsor
I met my friend in Windsor yesterday. It was a clear, cool, sunny day. A perfect day, really, for getting out and doing a little sightseeing. I love this statue of Queen Victoria on High Street near the Castle. No, we didn’t go to the castle this time. But, we lucked out and got to [...]
I’m off to Windsor
I’m going to meet a friend today, another expat Texan from my hometown. See you tomorrow!
7:30 is the new 10:00
The days are definitely getting shorter. It wasn’t that long ago that we had long, lazy summer days. Now it’s pitch dark at 7:30 pm and morning doesn’t come until 7:00 am. It rained a bit last night and some of the trees whose leaves have already turned have pools of yellow and red beneath [...]
Windsor Great Park CLOSED
Heather in bloom in late July. Valley Gardens, Great Windsor Park, England. Ack! I found out that one of my very favorite places will be entirely closed for two weeks!! Windsor Great Park and my beloved Savill and Valley Gardens will be closed for at least two weeks because of foot-and-mouth disease. Apparently the area [...]
I could get used to this pace of life
View from our picnic blanket. Windsor Great Park, England. We tried to go on a nice coastal walk on Saturday. We were so prepared, packed a nice picnic lunch, got on the road and… ugh! Stop and go traffic. It took us one hour to go as far as we would normally go in 10 [...]
