Less about me

I stopped off for a couple of weeks in Edmonton on my return from Britain.
I had friends to see...

Karen, Gail, Me, Dawn, Robin, Jan and Greg

...some business to attend to and several health professionals to visit. Getting old has its consequences! On that note I also celebrated my birthday.
This birthday doesn't have a 0 in it but any birthday over 50 is significant!  The kids were over to celebrate for a BBQ at Keith's house.  Now that the house is for sale it may be the last time we're all together here.

Jason, Andrea, Stefanie, Keith and me!

But the news this trip was not about me. It's about our daughters!

Andrea and Jason are building a house and took me out to see the lot, the road having just been put in.













Kristine and Jeremy, who are expecting their first child and Keith's and my first grandchild this autumn, just got possession of their home.

And... Stefanie is off to Portland Oregon in the fall to attend Chiropractic College at the University of Western States.

Canterbury, Cambridge and London

Well I did make the most of my trip. I played the tourist, sightseeing parts of southern England.
Canterbury was quaint with its old tudor style buildings, cobblestone streets, rivers and streams with punts and of course the magnificent gothic cathedral originating in 597AD, the home of the Anglican church of which I was a member.

Cantebury Cathedral

Inside the chapel, quire and halls with the high ceilings

Punting on the river

Tudor style pub

Hilarious street names

Cambridge, the old, wealthy and stately university town I cycled around and visited an old friend who is privileged to live there. 

King's College - City View

King's College - Park View 

Thatched roof house

Surrey, home to Hampton Court Palace and several monarchs beginning with the young Henry VIII and subsequently William III and George I and II and its spectacular gardens and maze.

The Gardens

Henry VIII and one of his many wives!

Made it to the center of the maze

And of course London -  cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly than my previous visit but still with the charm, history, art and architecture.

Westminster - Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Regent Street - empty of vehicles following the Pride Parade

The London Eye

A female guard at Whitehall

Liberty of London

Isis in Kensington Park

And of course, what is Britain without Mr Bean!?