of the Cotswolds…
Extra credit to anyone who can identify the B.B.C. series that the church in the bottom right hand corner was used in…
Tomorrow is our last full day in England. We spent a very long day in London today and we are bushed. No rain but cloudy all day. The last days of summer are winding down.
Since it’s hard to tell without all the sets adorned I’ll tell you that this is the church from Downton Abbey where Mary Grantham got married and Sybil got left at the altar…
…in some very nice places.
I will share more about these spots when we get home from England.
Cotswolds
Wells
The view from the house we stayed at in Cornwall.
We are now in a flat in London. My feet hurt but we’re happy and amazed at all we are experiencing.
I wanted to share a link my brother posted for my mom’s obituary and service times…
…and willingly could waste my time in it” As You Like It (Act II, Scene IV).
Stratford Upon Avon
We were here on Sunday last.
Today we have a long drive ahead of us to London.
Hope all is well with all of you.
Since we were so close to the Potteries we decided to at least make 2 stops on our way from Alton to the Cotswolds on Sunday. Emma Bridgewater was our #1 choice and Aynsley was close by so we stopped there, too.
Upon our arrival in Stratford Upon Avon Dear and Josh were called into service to the Crown…
All is well now so Keep Calm and Carry On…
We are on the west coast of Cornwall these days enjoying the wind and spray off the sea…
We are enjoying our Pub experiences and are rating them as we go along. The Bulls Head in Alton, Staffordshire was a huge improvement over the Boat Inn (1877) in Stoke Bruerne in Northhamptonshire.
Cheerio…
A dream come true for our son Josh as we stepped onto the grounds of Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. This is the home field of Manchester United and Manchester City Soccer teams.
We had our scarves from the Seattle Sounders Friendly match with Manchester United in 2011. We had great seats with privileges to a members only entrance and refreshment area and a free match day program. We had a great time and Manchester United won 2-0.
We’ve traveled a few hundred miles away from Manchester and are enjoying so many wonderful sights.
Until next time…
We are having a most lovely time seeing, eating, and meeting….
Looking forward to sharing when we return home. Cheerio!
Nadia Feodorovna Bagdanov (Nadezhda (Russian: Надежда, “hope”)
April 8, 1924 – September 13, 2013
We received word that my mom passed away as we arrived in London this morning. We are relieved for her that she is not suffering any longer but oh how we’ll miss her. A lot of you have been praying for all of us so I wanted you to know. The funeral will not be until Josh, Laura, Dear and I return from England. Please pray for our pop who lost his faithful wife on their 70th wedding anniversary…
…It comes from the French phrase à Dieu, which literally translates to “to God,” meaning you are commending someone to God’s care upon parting.
I enjoyed reading the origins of adieu this morning.
This was taken at the Hailes Abbey (a 13th century Cistercian Abbey) nr. Winchcombe, Gloucester, England in 2004.
We board a British Airways flight today for London. My posting will be scarce if at all. I’m hoping to try to post a few postcards like Judy at My Front Porch. Time will tell. In the meantime you will know why I’m not visiting your blogs during this time. Blessings!
I will never forget this day. Where I was, what I did, who I talked to. My TV was still in my living room in Washington in 2001. I sat on the edge of an ottoman in shock. I started dialing, first my husband, then my married son and his wife, (they were married 2 weeks before 9/11. I woke my 2 kids that were still at home. That day seemed like it would never end. Called my SIL to find out if she’d heard anything from my niece who was working in Manhattan. My niece was in route to Manhattan, no one at work had seen her yet. She wasn’t a casualty that day. She made it. She had to turn around and try to get home again. It took her over 6 hours to get home. Small price to pay compared to so many…
Praying that God will continue to lead and direct our leaders in how best to protect the people they are called to serve. Praying that God will protect us from evil. Also praying that God will build us up to be able to persevere and endure whatever suffering comes our way.
And now all these years later we have our dear Son in Law who will be deployed very soon to Afghanistan for his second time. We pray that God will protect him and all of the Bravo Company.
Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV) and (The Message)
The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
and from the Message Version…
God bless you and keep you,
25 God smile on you and gift you,
26 God look you full in the face
and make you prosper.
Photo credit: Jeremy Leffel Photography
Thank you to all who serve and protect including our Military, Border Patrol, Police, Firemen, Coast Guard!
