Finally we came to the beginning of our cruise. We had a private bus from London to the ship with a stopover at Stonehenge. It was a very interesting site, but, as with all these sites nowadays, it was all roped off and you couldn't get closer that about 40 or 50 feet. The line… Continue reading CRUISE TIME
Busy streets, crowded sidewalks; but no honking horns, no one shouting, or shoving. They rush to the Underground, board, get off, push en mass up to the streets and go quietly about their lives. Street performers nearly everywhere you go...some quite good, playing guitars, fiddles, violins, bagpipes, singing. And the homeless....four years ago we saw… Continue reading THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF LONDON
RIVER FERRY ON THE THAMESROYAL PRINCESSMILLENNIAL BRIDGEMEMORIAL TO BRITIAN'S PILOTS DURING WORLD WAR II Today my sisters and I start our latest cruise adventure. We are flying to London where we will spend six days exploring that great city and then we will board the Princess Cruise Lines ship "Crown Princess" for 12 days of… Continue reading LET THE JOURNEY BEGIN
Counting day makes them seem so much longer than they really are. But departure is almost upon us at last. Sunday, June 23rd, and we are off! For today, we are going up to Whiskeytown Lake. It's a beautiful lake with picnic areas, swimming and boating; but most of the forest that surrounds it was… Continue reading THURSDAY AND TWO DAYS UNTIL WE LEAVE
Tomorrow I go to Colorado. I love visiting my daughter. It's been hard getting used to her being so far away. I always thought when my children were grown that they would live close by and there would be a lot of visiting back and forth with them; but that is not how it has… Continue reading VISITING
Tomorrow I head out to Colorado to see my daughter and her family. I'm all packed and ready....well, I was. Then I checked the weather back there for this morning and it's snowing! Last week their temperatures were right around the same as California's, but this week...well, change, right? So, I shoved in three long… Continue reading PACKED AND READY
Mid May and pouring down rain; the two don't seem to go together, but it's happening. Temperatures were reaching up into the 90's two weeks ago and now they have dropped into the 60's. The house is cold and damp and I have had to turn the heater back on. It only comes on in… Continue reading STILL MORE RAIN
It's not as hot today, but still quite warm. My sister and I couldn't handle the hot nights coming so quickly after our lovely cool nights....so last night we turned the air conditioner on so we could have a better sleeping temperature. I love summer more than winter, love the sunshine and the heat when… Continue reading SUMMERTIME OR NOT; HERE IT COMES!
All around the world Christians are pausing to remember what Jesus did for us on the cross. Incredible to know that He became a man with His death as His goal; that He knew what He would have to go through and He did it for the love He has for us. John 3:16 "For… Continue reading GOOD FRIDAY
Today is another day of plans and anticipation for our fast approaching trip to England. My sister is on her computer, busily purchasing tickets for some of the sights we are planning to see. We have three months and two and a half weeks until takeoff, but the time is passing fairly quickly. There are… Continue reading PLANS AND ANTICIPATION
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