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7 May 2011 Not a lot of Wind

May 9, 2011

but a lot of fun in Newport News this weekend.

5 May 2011 Strawberry Fields Forever

May 6, 2011

or at least 8 acres of them at Critzer Farm at the foot of Afton Mountain.

16 April 2011 Science Museum of Virginia

Apr 17, 2011

29 March 2011 Back on the Road Again

Mar 30, 2011

28 March 2011 Raggedy Ann

Mar 29, 2011

This is my childhood Raggedy Ann sitting next to a Holly Hobbie doll. I used to play with these a lot. I never, however, played “battle” with them, as Sam did today.

27 March 2011 A Silly Conversation

Mar 28, 2011

With Granddaddy, all conversations are silly.

A trip to Pennsylvania would not be complete without a game of baseball or two. Granddaddy had to reteach Sam how to play, since her time in the UK seemed to have erased her memory of the quintessential American game.

Please Mind the Gap

Mar 23, 2011

This video is likely of interest only to me, but I wanted to preserve it, because it is so representative of our time in the UK: a train ride through green and wet countryside, Sam gazing out the window, and my reading of a book (in this case, Watership Down) interrupted by the automatic train lady voice reminding us …

12 March 2011 Ragged Mountain

Mar 13, 2011

That’s the name of the mountain and the hike, not the name of this crossing, although AC’s gait does look a little ragged 😉 More pics from this hike soon– it was beautiful and not far outside of Cville.

10 March 2011 Picasso in Richmond

Mar 11, 2011

Grand-mÃ¨re treated Sam and me to a viewing of the Picasso exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. It is a fabulous exhibit, made all the more special to me because I saw many of the pieces displayed 20 years ago at the MusÃ©e Picasso in Paris. The art work is just as fresh and exciting as it was in 1991. But me, I …