I always start by saying that I’m hoping to find more time to write and share here, but that time seems hard to come by – in part because I’m using my free time to write and paint and read, and in part because I constantly have a not-quite-a-baby/not-quite-a-toddler climbing all over me (and all over everything else, including but not limited to the dining room table). So, here I am again at the change of one season into another and I’ve compiled lots of photos from our winter in England.
We spent all of the winter in England, saving up our money and travel time for when the weather warms up a bit this spring and summer. Kyle worked a lot (too much, really) this winter, but we did manage to explore some areas nearby that we’d been hoping to see. We spent a lot of time being cozy at home, and visiting our favorite “local” places like West Green House and The Beckford Arms…
My favorite thing we did this winter was stay a week in Cornwall. We stayed at a friend’s apartment in Padstow, the loveliest little seaside town…
We traveled all around the Peninsula, visiting Tintagel which was one of the most amazing places I’ve ever been…
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PINWe had a really amazing pre-Christmas celebration at Pendennis Castle where the girls danced to bagpipe music, met Father Christmas, painted marzipan, ate minced pies, and made wreathes while Kyle and I sipped mulled wine.
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PINWe stopped in Mousehole (pronounced mao-zull) and bought ourselves the lovely childrens’ book The Mousehole Cat…
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PINWe drove through little harbors, to Land’s End, and back to Padstow during the most beautiful sunset…
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PINWe visited Lanhydrock where the girls met a different Father Christmas, and played in the garden…
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PINOn our way back home we stopped at the Dartmoor Zoo, the zoo written about in the memoir (and made into the movie) We Bought a Zoo, and we got back home just in time to celebrate Roux’s first birthday, followed by Christmas, and then Gigi’s seventh birthday…
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PINWe took a couple trips to our favorite place, the Jane Austen’s House Museum, and Chawton House…
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PINJanuary and February were for hibernating, enjoying any/all spring-like days that came our way, visiting our favorite spots, and spending a lot of quiet days at home just enjoying Roux – turns out babies make great dolls for big sisters.
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PINIn mid-February I turned 35, and to celebrate we spent four days having a wonderful “stay-cation”. We went on a day trip to Bath, and another to London, and then we spent a couple of days at home being cozy… the best gift was having Kyle home from work for two extra days…
I’m just going to go ahead and state my intention that I will come back more often to share, but really, I’ll probably be back as this spring turns to summer with a lot more photos.
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