Missing England Already: The Sky

 So, if you are related to me or saw the Facebook announcement, this won't be news.  But not everybody may know, so here you go:  we're moving home.  Not just "home" as in, we're moving back to the U.S.  "Home" as in, we're going back to the city of my birth. 

It's not immediate.  Jason's accepted a position at St. Louis University, but made it a condition that he'd start in September 2014.  So, we have fifteen months to say good.  To soak up as much of this wonderful place that I feel is truly where I belong.  So, I'll be putting up a lot of pictures in the future that aren't there for any other purpose than to feed my spirit when I'm missing home.

Wales: Peter Rabbit Found Us

Easter requires an egg hunt.  Even when you are on vacation in Wales. 

Beautiful England

 All of these are just because.  I opened up my photo library and started uploading images that wow me.

Lyme Park

 Some time last spring, a group went to Lyme Park -- the Pemberley of BBC's Pride & Prejudice.  Just some random photos that I don't want to forget.

This is the pond that made Colin Firth famous.

Kirkstall with Cousins

 Just because Grandma Jeanne will want to see these cute grandkids of hers hard at play.

Oh and a son-in-law playing with his new toy.

Kettlewell Traditions

 Every year after the Scarecrow Walk, we let the kids throw rocks in the River Wharfe.  It's a gorgeous place to play in the water.

Bread meant for the ducks.

Are They Scary

Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival 2012

Tea Party in the Maypole.

 We have established the summer tradition of going to the Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival.  It's such a neat event -- charmingly rural & really clever.  The villagers put up scarecrows all over & the children can follow a map to find clues to a puzzle.

 With London 2012, there were more than a few nods to national pride.