England photos for those of you asking for them

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         I am getting ready to make another visit to my step-mother, who's British and who lives in England. She's not able to travel anymore, so she sends us tickets to come see her instead. Nice! HOWEVER, I'm going this time in January, when the weather there can be pretty wet, so I've decided today to post photos from earlier trips.  That way together we can all imagine the beautiful England I might be visiting, with its magical light for making photos, instead of the England I will more likely be experiencing. Stay tuned.

Last spring's trip included my daughter and granddaughter, which means traveling with a car seat.  The headline on the newspaper locates us in time and place! There may be some more photos of this patient five year old, so I am introducing her at the get-go.

garden path, from car to the house

Friends have a dog who is trying to be the pheasant hunting kind of dog.....

photos leaning out of the third story of the house my father and step-mother used to live in, very early in a spring morning

using the zoom lens to show more of the street, still early that morning -- can you find the first photo in the second one???

 

more of High Street (i.e. Main Street), in Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds, an hour or so later (clues: more cars, more light)   Remember the British cars have the steering wheel on the right side of the car.

Maiing a postcard to Kentucky a day I was leaving to return to Kentucky... proof that I mailed it even if I got home before the postcard would.... I suppose this is my lame idea of being clever...?

an antique inside  - formerly called a butler's chair

flowers everywhere, in every season

 an antique outside -- Market Hall, from 1400, on High Street

inside the wool market -- been there awhile!

back before cars, wagons, trains, etc. I'm not sure what "the beginning and the end" really means. I will find out next week, if I can.

View from nearby Hidcote Gardens, closed to the public in winter

one end of the village of Admington

outside of a tea shop on High Street

The following photo marks a renovation in Paddington Station, where the bear from the book has a place of honor.  I will be in this train station this trip, while in London, and I will try to get a photo of Paddington Bear in his new location.  

 

  There's so much more, but this is all I have time for today. I'm sure I won't see Prince Harry or anything like that, except perhaps on the front of all the newspapers... I know not everyone gets to travel like this, so I am glad to be able to share some of what I see when I go to be with family.