Lebanon Cedar -Highgate Cemetary

This Lebanon cedar tree grows in a mass of earth at the center of this structure. These Mausoleums were built circularly,
and so create a sort of giant pot for the tree. The tree is as old as the cemetery which opened in 1839.

Oh my...

More sorting through old photos..

This was just after we moved back from Brussels in 05'...clearly I was handling motherhood and moving with no problem. ;-)

I'm dipping into my photo archives...here's todays selection ;-)

Reading to Nan, 2 years ago.

Can you see Brian and James?

Click and enlarge to see if you can see them as stick figures on the mountainside...Brian is on the left and James is in front.

Just a little wind blown....

Poor James has Mom around to take the best and worse shots! The wind is blowinging right through him here. He and Brian braved the windy heights of a hillside in the Connemara this summer. The rest of us sipped tea and hot chocolate in a pub and watched them from a long way away scale the mountain side like ants. I have to say, despite the wind the walk looked like a great one. :-)

The Gang

Ireland, back in the summer just before we moved over to London.

Luke

So, What's up Soc?

Brian soaking up any essence of Socrates left behind.

Grandma and Allie out for a run around town...

Too bad it's not named Princess street....

Showing Grandma and Grandpa around the London Natural History Museum...

The boys favorite, as well as Grandmas, this is the precious gems and medals room...Grandpa and James above.

Snowy London evening

Brian taking advice in the Paris metro ;-)

Bubbles over Paris

16 days away...Paternoster Square from atop St. Paul's Cathedral

Downpour outside St.Pauls

Happy December 1st!

She had to pose for the picture...

Now I have to stand here and look at it!

No comment...

Just another friendly British sign...

A walk in the rain with Aunt Faith....

We are all very happy to be showing her around this week :)

Mulled Wine at Borough Market with Tante Faith and the orange hat lady

tue

View from our rooftop today....

Rain drops and a rainbow shoot from our chimney this cold rainy Sunday :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

As always we are so very thankful for all our family and friends, and in turn thankful are we
of the wonderful land from which we come!
We think of you always and miss you very much...
Love from us all!
Sam, Brian, Luke, James And Aletheia

Breakfast with Allie...

I see you...

James trying to view the landscape before him...
Botherly irritation, Allie like a window you're a pain! ;-)

Casting big wishes for her 5th Birthday....

What to do.....?

Some leaves left....

Saturday walk in November

A noon walk along the Thames walkway in Richmond...Get you wellies out ladies and gents!
The tide is known to rise over ones knees in certain areas!

Allie in her rain gear. ;-)

Stomping around out front in the rain...

Here is...

Another one of my horrid phone pics. For fun I have started posting
them to our picture blog, eventually I'll have real photos up there
from the real camera! For those of you who would like the address to
take a peek of old and new photos go to:
www.cometosea.blogspot.com
Miss you all!
Love from all,
Sam.

Today: Two kids in a tree....(Luke was at a birthday party and so
absent. :-( )

Market flowers.

She carried them all the way from the city.

Fw: Waiting for a call. ;-)

Making his way..how far had he come to get to the temple?

He didn't drop one....

so sweet.....

Can you see the face in the mountains?

One serious artist...

The Fam

Gull Rock, Monhegan Island, Maine

Allie is learning to spell

Look what she wrote with alphabet cookies!

Ommm

More from our budding cinematographers

What kids do when left alone with a computer

More watching of the whales...and kids

Whale watching

Luke's first day of soccer, 2007