Florida

Did I mention I was in Tampa for a couple of days? It was really hot there.  The work part went well and then I had lunch with an Auntie who lives in the area before my flight home yesterday.


I had a nice view from my room.

When I had a break from work I sat here and knit.

I finished a scarf made from a lovely alpaca yarn right before I left.

It's soft and will be very warm.

And I knit most of a sock whilst in Tampa.

Flight delays are no big deal for a knitter :)

Until Next Year

The gifts have been distributed and opened.

The cookies are delivered.

The knitting is done.

The socks are likely already on feet.

It's fun having little kids around for Christmas.

If a bit tiring.

I have a new owl hot pad.

A jar full of chocolate.

And a new book to look forward to.

And I finished a scarf for myself.

Hope everyone had a fun Christmas!

Little Decorators

Today the pseudo-grandkids came over with Girl-child to finish decorating the tree.

I saved some non-breakable ornaments in a box so that they could have a go.

Of course, the job was done quickly and then they were on to different things.

Ya gotta love the technique small children have at tree decorating time :-D

Last Stop: The Library

I don't believe I'd ever been to the British Library before (not sure how that happened), so that was my last stop, after the Victoria and Albert.

There was an Alice In Wonderland Exhibit.

That was about all that could be photographed though.

I remember this image from when I was a freshman in college ... a friend thought I looked like Alice and she sent me a card with this on it during finals.

I also enjoyed looking at everything from the Magna Carta to the Beatles' notes.

There was a great bench in the entrance.

After that I went back to the hotel to rest up.  I was too tired, my feet hurt too much and it was too expensive to go to a show. 

I did think this was an odd combo at Heathrow airport.  I guess you can drop off the kids and go have a smoke.

The trip was a lot of fun; it was just what I needed.

Now I guess I'm ready for Christmas.

Whirlwind London: Day the Second

First thing on day two I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum.  Unfortunately, the special exhibitions don't allow photography, but since I got there before they opened I ended up taking a few pics in the South Kensington neighborhood.

This is, I believe, the Natural History Museum:

Random art-deco style building:

Sticker on a post.  No idea what it means.

Empty church (Catholic).

Italian sports cars.  In London traffic.  What a waste.

People don't need phone booths any longer, but WiFi, yes.

I do love old and new together.

When Soak Becomes Spill in front of the V&A

This is one of the exhibits I saw at the V&A.  It was wonderful.

I also saw an exhibit on Indian textiles and jewels from India.  After four hours I had to get something to eat, so I skipped the permanent collection.