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Where in the world did you go on this new adventure, Mr. Browne, I hear you all asking…

Well, we spent three days in London… And then we took the train up to Lancashire to stay with our cousin Dot for three more days, before a one-day train trip to Liverpool to see the Beatles museum… and then … Continue reading

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Here are just a few of the awesome places you can expect to hear about over the next few weeks…

London… because where else would I have seen the Queen of England and almost the entire Royal Family??? And Paris… because where else does one go to get pastries? And Germany… for the beer and castles… oh, yeah… And of course … Continue reading

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Oh, and we saw the Queen of England…

Let me zoom in a little… I can do even better than that… In fact, we saw most of the Royal Family… from really close up… because we went to the Queen’s birthday party… oh yeah we did!!!

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Colors… part 3…

Some colors draw your eyes to them… Red is like that. Even if I hadn’t removed the colors from the rest of the image, your eye would be drawn to this British soldier at the Tower of London… not just … Continue reading

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Colors… part 2…

This is really fun for me. I not only get to share some photos of a trip to Europe with my older daughter, but I can showcase my mad Photoshop skillz too! But really, this is to get us thinking … Continue reading

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I had another brilliant idea… hey… where the heck are you all going? No, seriously, this is a good idea… today, we are all going to try to be just a bit more British!

No, I do not mean running around saying things like; “Cor, blimey, Bob’s your Uncle, stiff upper lip, havva a cuppa, pip pip cheerio, what’s all this then, ‘alf a mo’ govnur, wink wink nudge nudge”… or any of that. … Continue reading

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Dear England,

I am so sorry about that whole ‘Revolutionary war’ thing. It was rude of us to kick you out like that, after all the help you gave us setting up for the party. But you know how it is. Once … Continue reading

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I like it when my English friends show up in greater numbers than the Americans… makes me feel so international…

Country Views United Kingdom 162 United States 131 Canada 13 Spain 4 Ireland 2 India 1 New Zealand 1

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I have a lot of photos to share…

So we should get through the Christmas ones right now… because Christmas is over… We had the usual beautiful table, because my kids love doing that. It does sort of set the mood… And you might as well use mom’s … Continue reading

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Getting in touch with my inner Englishman…

I must admit that writing a novel on the blog is a huge undertaking. The story is sort of writing itself now… the crack squirrels are speaking with English accents, which is absolutely adorable… but there are downsides to this … Continue reading

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