My Holiday - I Love Castles

Caernarfon Castle is on the water.

I love Castles!

This one is in the town of Caernarfon in Wales.  I didn't know how much I would like Wales but it is a place I would like to stay for a while and just live it.

Inside the walls of the Castle.

I like the way Castles have windy passages with surprises around the corner.

And little peep holes to look through.  Of course in the day of the Castle these little peep holes would be used to shoot arrows from. And the Castles were needed because it was an age of wars.  Not Good!

So, I would never want to live in a Castle but they are fun to explore.

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My Holiday - Lunch at Beatrice Potters Farm

I love Beatrice Potter.  

And it was fun to have a home hosted lunch in a farm once owned by her.

It looked very Peter Rabbitish to me.

And the country was beautiful.

For lunch we had yummy bread served in this pretty blue and white bowl.

And what do you think?  

We had the best Carrot Soup ever made.

A Peter Rabbit kind of a day!

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My Holiday - Duttons For Buttons!

Still in York.  At Duttons For Buttons.

Mother of Pearl Beauties!

Lovely Mother of Pearl Buttons!

Luscious Mother of Pearl Buttons!

What a fun store.  

They had some notions and other interesting things too!

And a trip to the pub for lunch after all that excitement!!

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My Holiday - York Day 2

In York, another cute child's dress with cardigan.

Toot Sweet!

I love the way the dresses are paired with matching sweaters.

A walk along the ancient wall in York…..

…with beautiful views.

Amazing to me that they built walls around entire cities!

A treat for me to have Yorkshire Pudding in York!!

We have it with our Christmas Roast every year.

Yumm.

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My Holiday - York and a Cute Shop

Smocked Dresses in a shop in York, England!!

Wandering along the streets in the evening, we found this very cute Shop.

The name of it…Lace and Magic, along with the cute children's clothes in the window lured me right inside!

 This sign was promising but the lace was really mainly doilies and runners with lace edging.  Nothing to use in sewing.  

The Christening Gowns were not as pretty as our own "Heirloom" Gowns.  A lot of synthetic fabrics on them.

But the little dresses were very cute.  Lots of Smocking.

These made by Sarah Louise.

We saw a lot of cute Cardigans over the cute dresses.

It's cold there and they are much needed.

We went to the Evensong Service at the York Cathedral (the largest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe).  It was beautiful.  The scripture reading was John, same as my Bible Study at home.  And the Psalms that were sung were beyond wonderful.  

If you arrive a bit early, you are able to sit in the Choir, right in the middle of the heavenly voices.

York is a really fun place to wander about.

Having More Fun!!

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Holiday….London.

I did get to see "At The Theater" by Renoir

We popped into the National Gallery because I wanted to see a painting by Renoir called "The Umbrellas".  I love that painting.

It was on loan somewhere else.  Drat!

We were only in London for one full  day (after our arrival day, that is) and our hotel was close to Trafalgar Square.

We walked all around.

Lots of tree lined walkways.

We walked to Buckingham Palace.

And took a tour of "The War Rooms".

The War Rooms  Museum is the original Cabinet War Rooms during WW2 that were secret and below ground to protect them from bombs.  It was where Churchill and the English government  ran the war. 

My father fought in WW2 and the information was sobering as well as fascinating.

It was fascinating.

I got a Senior Discount!!  Fun!

This photo  is the cafe' under St. Martin In The Fields.  It's called the Crypt Cafe because there are graves everywhere in the floor.  Kinda spooky!

This is actually where we began our full Day In London.

St. Martin in The Field.

It was Sunday and we went to the morning Church Service.

This Church is known for the concerts performed here.

The acoustics are amazing.

The "we" I was talking about was my sister and me.

This is a Sister Trip!

tomorrow we travel elsewhere…...

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London is Lots of Fun!

This is a childs dress made out of fine English cotton Lawn.

You know where I am!!

Liberty of London, of course.

(crowds of people in London)

Who knew Liberty of London had China?

I was in London for only a few hours when I bought this teapot.

How could I resist?

Lots and lots of pretty fabric. 

Perfect for smocking little girl dresses.

Shopping is exhausting! And the pubs are so cute.

holiday to be continued…...

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