Early posts on the letter E! This post was from February of 2008 with some additions.
E is for…
Ellen b. and one of our favorite Saturday walks at Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura, California during our sojourn in Camarillo.
E is for the Ebb of the tide
E is for Edinburgh
Dear and Ellen B. in Edinburgh in 2006. Ten years younger and 20 pounds lighter!
The elephant house in Edinburgh of author J.K. Rowling Harry Potter fame.
An Epitaph for J.R.R. Tolkien and his wife in Oxford, England. This was during a trip with our daughter in 2004. This was part of a literary tour that we put together as a graduation gift for our daughter. It was excellent!
I’m adding an early photo of ellen b. from 1958 where I would soon be seven years old.
I’m on the rug in front of my sister Vera, sister Kathy holding our new baby brother Tim and our brother Fred with the accordion. Love my goofy expression! Our family grew from 4 kids to 8 kids from 1958 to 1963. Number seven and eight were twins, a boy and a girl!
Don’t want to forget to acknowledge that today is Shrove Tuesday, also called Pancake Day and the day before Lent begins. Here in the states it’s Mardi Gras. I think I’ll make some pancakes for breakfast!
I’m linking up to ABC Wednesday started by Mrs. Nesbitt and carried on with the help of Roger and others.
I’m also linking up to Tuesday’s Treasures with Tom the Backroads Traveller with these treasured memories and destinations.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
Hello Ellen! E is for excellent post which I Enjoyed Enormously!
I am so excited to read you lived temporarily in Camarillo! I have family there & we have visited several times!
Have a fun day
Wonderful post and I love all your photos – past and present. I have visited Edinburgh (1997) with my older daughter and Oxford (2012) on my own where I met a fellow blogette. I just love England and its people and am returning to visit other friends there this year. I can relate to your photo from 1958 as I guess we’re the same age!
Leslie
abcw team
truly wonderful photo’s and lovely story to go with it… and those pounds? Never mind, just enjoy them.
have a nice abc-day / – week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
Oh oh, I would love so much being able to go to Great Britain and see where my favorite authors were! I want to go to where the Inklings met, where C.S. Lewis and Tolkien argued! I’d love to see the hills of Scotland where James Herriot tended the farm animals… what fun! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inklings#/media/File:Birdandbaby.jpg
Our tour with our daughter in 2004 was so much fun. I have posts about it. We were at the Bird and Baby, (Eagle and Child), in Oxford. We walked the walk that Tolkien and C.S. Lewis walked at Magdalene College. Went to villages that reminded us of Hobbits! We followed some of Jane Austen’s inspirations. Went to “Pemberley” Chatsworth House. I do hope you’ll be able to travel to England and Scotland!
That is so wonderful. I’m glad you got to have that good time!
That accordion was bigger than Fred! Lots of treasures in your family Ellen. Thanks for sharing and please return real soon.
How cool you and Dear look in your shades 😉
Had just seen that Tolkien epitaph on a makings-of feature on the extended cut of LOTR 😉 Fun to see it with you and Katie in the pic.
How did Fred manage playing that huge (compared to him) accordion? Good for you for resisting the E pillow. 😉
Like all your “E”s!! You had me at the first pic…I am a sucker for a wing chair!
A literary tour is a swoon-worthy graduation gift!!
Wonderful photos and a busy life shared ~ thanks!
Happy week to you ~ ^_^
Wrong link to my blog on previous post ~ this is the right ~ thanks ^_^
Your “Es” were all fun. Did you ever make an “E” pillow? I try not to look at photos from ten years ago and twenty pounds ago, but since they’re yours… =D
Hi Vee, No I have controlled myself on buying “E” pillows. Too bad I haven’t controlled myself on the other issues. LOL!
Nice Es. Oh I would love to visit the Tolkien gravesite and the Rowlings pub.
My ABC WEDNESDAY
Always good to see the coast! You know Tolkien was much more known here in the USA than in Europe? I almost did my year of residency (internship) in Camarillo, but it was a 4 hr. drive from my house and my kids still lived at home …:)
I remember those years you were in Camarillo–still miss our walks! Emma Wood!!
nice repurposed post!
ROG, ABCW
Very nice memories!
The literary tour in England that you did for your daughter sounds fascinating. I also love the charming photograph of Ellen B’s childhood. Thanks for the visit and happy ABC Wednesday!
Lovely Post, Ellen. E is for engaging, energetic and endearing that is how I found this post!
When we were in Oxford we also saw the places where Tolkien and C.S. Lewis lived. We also learned that Magdalene College was pronounced differently in Oxford than in “The Other Place”, as our guide told us. Very interesting to learn all those traditions.
Thanks for sharing these family photos.
Wil, ABCW Team
Great set of photos!
Literary exploration always adds a bonus to a walk. The mention of Edinburgh got me thinking there have been a lot of books set there.
Great photos! Edinburgh is so beautiful! What a “face” in your family photo! 🙂 Love your sweet little dress. Boy, those were the days!