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A new camera at Safe Haven Farm

This is what happens when I get a new camera and the sun is actually shining outside ….

Safely home again … but not for too long!

It’s so cliched, but there really is no place like home. We arrived safely late Tuesday night. I could have posted in the interim, but I was afraid I was going to let our big surprise slip! The Nomad came home with us! It’s a really long Only-God kind of story, and I won’t go…

Fake Baker Street and the coolest street market ever

So yesterday was crazy and I didn’t get a post up. We got The Ginger off to meet her flight early. It’s kind of strange how you get the airport in London. You actually take the tube. The Piccadilly Line goes straight into Heathrow. But once we saw her off, we went back to the…

Famous sunflowers, river boats, beefeaters, and gelato

Well, if you thought yesterday was crazy, today will wear you out. I don’t know how many miles we did around London, but we’re all exhausted. It was a 12-hour day for us. The Nomad made sandwiches again, and we loaded my backpack down. Then we all took off for Trafalgar Square. The passage in the…

Clock towers, churches, underground bunkers, and palaces

Yesterday was beautiful. Today was freezing! It rained pretty much all day long, and if it got to 50 I’ll be surprised. But we went out and saw the sights regardless! Even when we were soaked to the bone from the rain and could see our breath, we still kept going! It started with an…

Breakfasting at the Dover Hotel London

I’m sitting in the breakfast room at the Dover Hotel, listening to the family across from me talk. When they first came in, I thought they were speaking another language. But as my coffee kicks in and I get used to them, I’m realizing that they’re just speaking in a very heavy Scottish brogue. From…

The lake town with the silent W

Yesterday was a total blur, which is why I’m posting the next morning! For our time here so far, we’ve had beautiful weather, and yesterday was no exception. It might have sprinkled on and off, but that was it. We slept in a bit and went to the Shabby Scholar for lunch. The Shabby Scholar…

Cathedrals and castles and Dutch Uncles, oh my!

Ever want to feel young? Like you haven’t been around for very long? Spend the day wandering buildings that were built 800+ years ago. You’ll feel like a toddler, even though your feet and your back are aching from all the walking. Today, The Padre, The Ginger, and I went to Carlisle Cathedral in the…

Redheads, video shoots, and fajitas!

Who would have thought we’d have to fly to England to film a promo video for our upcoming books? I certainly would never have guessed. But a friend of The Nomad’s who works with her here offered to help us film promotional videos for the two books coming soon from Crosshair Press–Kenan and Namesake. So we set up…

Tornadoes at home and black pudding here

I managed about six hours of sleep last night, and I woke up to lots of Facebook posts with videos of the tornado that passed dangerously close to Safe Haven Farm last night. Of course. We have to wait until both The Padre and I are out of the country for the tornadoes to close…