Usually we get leaves, or hearts on cream on our coffee
Apparently they thought we needed more brains on this particular day!
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Picture of the Day
It was a lovely day so I went outside and read
These were a small number of the large collection of geese that decided to keep me company
Friday, July 5, 2013
A Cornwall Adventure
"And I’d say to myself as I looked so lazily down at the
sea:
'There’s nobody else in the world, and the world was made
for me.'"
From The World of Winnie-the-Pooh By A.A. Milne
Last month Allison and I got stir crazy. We were so done writing assignments, researching, and generally being locked indoors during the summer. So, on a spur of the moment, we decided to take the week of July 4th and go on holiday. The where was obvious - Cornwall. Why you may ask? Because they have beaches - why else?
Allison took care of the accommodations and I rented the car. As you may recall I had already decided that I was going to brave the next British driving challenge and rent a manual if the opportunity arose. Well, here it was! I selected the smallest car possible for rental and crossed my fingers. A few weeks later I realized my mistake - I had rented from a place where I had to pick up the car from the City Centre (not the place directly across the street from my house). That meant shifting with my left hand while navigating unfamiliar highways as soon as I slide behind the wheel! Thankfully this part of the journey I would be taking alone so I probably would only kill myself and not Allison.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Picture of the Day
We hiked all over the northwestern coast of Cornwall
The color of the water was incredible!
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
There and Back Again
“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are
everywhere!”
From One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish By Dr. Seuss
This morning I took the bus to campus with Anni, per usual. It was a quick and uneventful trip. The same can't be said for the rest of my day.
Almost as soon as I got off the bus I realized something was wrong. As I went to get my morning Mocha it hit me - I didn't have my wallet!
Immediately panic set in. Since this realization had occurred within moments of getting off the bus I hoped against hope that it would still be at the stop. No such luck.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Picture of the Day
At the Read Me: An Anthology Launch Event
(I might have been feverish and light-headed the whole day, but whatever, everything turned out fine)
I have discovered that the older I get the more I seem to talk with my hands...somewhat reminiscent of my mother...and then I look at pictures like this and realize that I am starting to look like her...
Which isn't bad, I just wish I'd inherited her nice long legs!
(I bemoan this all the time, you'd think I'd have accepted this fact by now!)
Saturday, June 29, 2013
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Felipe's family from Mexico are in the UK for a visit,
including this cutie pie, his niece
Friday, June 28, 2013
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Happy Birthday Katherine & Becky!
Esther, Katherine, and Becky making their 'crazy' faces...
So this has been a wild time of birthdays (six in two weeks)
I think I'm good for a time - the next one isn't until the end of July
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Picture of the Day
Kung Fu Panda outdoor movie event
Good times with friends, even if it was really chilly
Apparently because it's the last week of the 'term' they are having all sorts of stuff happening on campus
Don't people realize that I have a dissertation to finish before Monday - they are making me too social!
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Picture of the Day
This week is the Warwick Arts Festival
We got serenaded by a choir during lunch and a orchestra concert before heading home to dinner
I could get used to this!
Monday, June 24, 2013
Picture of the Day
Second Birthday of the Week!
Sahil turns 25!
I am unsure exactly what is with the masks and birthday "girl" stuff but I just went with it.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Picture of the Day
I found a wonderful sunny spot to get some dissertation reading done
It made 'suffering' through reading The Silver Chair more bearable
Man, my life is hard! ;-)
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Picture of the Day
After months of wild hair, Felipe finally cut it all off
He now "looks like a Mexican gangster"
(and that's not racist because he said it, not us)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Picture of the Day
Three Perfect Pieces
There were three of us so Yerkesh, of course, cuts three perfectly equal pieces of muffin - seriously
Sadly we didn't catch the look of total concentration on he face while completing this task...
Monday, June 17, 2013
Picture of the Day
I told them to look like they actually liked each other (they were sitting next to each other looking like strangers)
Allison claimed she had just seem a fly trying to land on her food - but I'm not buying it ;-)
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Picture of the Day
Went to a "debate" today about what is appropriate for teen readers
It was held in the Coventry University Engineering & Computing Building
Isn't it rather odd? Should be interesting what people say about it in 20+ years
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Picture of the Day
So this is how I found the bins this morning...
not sure what happened last night
maybe it was the wind?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Picture of the Day
Enjoying a shisha pipe with friends
(Not me - I've recently made the conscious decision to never smoke anything)
Monday, June 10, 2013
The Lake District
“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
From The Phantom Tollbooth By Norton Juster
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Picture of the Day
I went to the Lake District for the Weekend with some friends (and friends of friends)
We were right on the coast of the Irish Sea - the sunset was breathtaking!
Friday, June 7, 2013
Picture of the Day
It worries me slightly that the squirrels in Coventry come closer when approached, not run away
I was ready at any moment for it to attack me National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation style
Thankfully that did not happen
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Picture of the Day
The New Learning Grid
Not a fan, but mostly because the undergrads seem to think it is a place to socialize, not study!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Picture of the Day
Anni is persistently collecting stamps to be redeemed on a rainy day
Literally and figuratively
She has 15 for the Grumpy Mule, plus the 3 or so she's already used
That's what I call impressive coffee drinking
Monday, June 3, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Picture of the Day
My sister came to Coventry for some quality sister time before she headed back to Minnesota
As a treat after a stressful ten days leading people through Paris I bought us a spa day
It was exactly what we needed
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Return to Paris
“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.”
From The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
After an absence of barely two months I returned to the city of lights. This time with a completely different purpose. Instead of a three day holiday with a friend, I was leading a group of twenty teens and adults from Minnesota on a ten day educational tour. With them were my immediate family, none of whom I'd seen in eight months.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Picture of the Day
How to choose a picture to represent my day in Monet's Garden?
Way too difficult of a task
So instead of trying to find one that captured the gardens essence I decided to pick the one I knew my mom would love the most - a purple iris. After the tough year she's had I know seeing these in Monet's Garden was a memorable and monumental experience.
I'm also extremely excited that it looks purple not blue (I know only shutterbugs will understand why)
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Picture of the Day
I had a good time on this trip playing with my camera
This shot only picked up green - sweet right?
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Amy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
"I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.”
From Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day By Judith Viorst
Today I had a day worthy of Alexander. In his honor I write this post.
I went to sleep last night after 1 am and this morning I had to get up by 7 and as I pulled my sock on it got a hole in the heel and when I went to pull out my entrance and metro tickets I couldn't find them and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Picture of the Day
Allison and I went to Ikea and found their summer outdoors stuff - so of course we had to try some of it out
Why the trip into town you ask?
She didn't have exact change for two singles for Anni's birthday breakfast so she bought a day saver and we decided to go wild!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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