Elizabethwix

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• Moth and Wren

  

  A moth came in my houseso I decided to catch it.I am studying it very hard.Then it went on the studio window. When I caught it, I took it to my bed.Then I spat... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2011 DIARIES

• Up

  

  On 22nd Street I look up to discover that they are working on the roof high above the trees. I'd rather them than me..... A tree in Union Square looking rather... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 CREATIVITY

• Postcards

  

  Saturday night and the Empire State Building (in a rather bad photo!) is rainbow colored to celebrate the fact that everyone can now get married. I hadn't... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2011 DIARIES

• Friends and Family

  

  This has been a busy week Knut has been over often. He likes to kiss people. That is something I do not do.This is him looking pensive.This is him and me... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2011 DIARIES

• Traveling

  

  When we next go to Morocco --probably next spring we'll certainly goto Essouira --we've been there every year for the past thirteen years and it's always a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2011 TRAVEL

• The High Line/Part Two

  

  The newly opened part of the High line -- between 20th and 30th Streets -- was amazingly busy last Saturday afternoon when the weather was sultry. More of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 DESTINATIONS

• Summer Solstice

  

  The longest day of the year when summer approaches, and the year tips towards its decline a little triste, of course and causing one to think melancholy thought... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2011 CREATIVITY

• Funny Things

  

  These are two dogs that work on a farm in England.All they have to do is sit around.The dog on the right is a lab. That is like the sort of dog Mum's friend... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Balham

  

  The previous post showed rather swanky people at Clapham.I continue my tour of South London (and relatives houses!)We had a splendid English lunch --half at... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2011 TRAVEL

• Wimbledon Then Clapham Junction

  

  What on earth can these people be doing all dressed up buying tickets at the station? Even the gnome is pretty impressed. And then when I got to Clapham Junctio... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Overdue and Fly Hunting

  

  I have not been writing my blog because Mum has been in England and Dad does not do as much writing as she does.Sometimes I was looking out of the window.This i... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What If?

  

  I'm not quite sure how I ended up being a teacher -- though I loved it (mostly). If I were to start all over again, I think I'd like to be either a garden... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Elements of Paradise

  

  Man's first occupation was gardening though I'm not sure Adam was very good at it. However, he was jolly sorry when he got chucked out of it: see Masaccio's... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2011 GARDENING, HOME

• Wet Day in Hampshire

  

  A day of teeming, interminable rain which reminded me of the opening line of Jane Eyre......"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day" Even a local... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hampshire

  

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson, once rented this house and apparently Sir Arthur Conan Doyle came to stay here. The stained glass windows look a bit Burne Jones-ish. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Kent

  

  A little early in the season for strawberry picking but we drive to Kent anyway and turn off a country lane. Long rows of raspberry canes with some fruit ready... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Long Evenings/London

  

  These photos were taken about half past nine at night looking north from south of the Thames in London. The lights are all on in the buildings but it's still... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• London Skies

  

  After the sweltering heat of New York (100'F) yesterday the cool of England is a welcome respite --other than geting soaked to the skin in a downpour sans... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Haircuts and Things That Happen on the Street

  

  Milo has had his hair cut and now he looks......a lot more like me!He has the same noble profile.Darcy had her hair cut tooso Enzo had his picture taken with... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• At the Jardin Majorelle/Friday

  

  I think a visit to the Jardin Majorelle should come top of the list of places to visit on your weekend break to Marrakech Even the little ticket office has... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL