During one of the last weeks of summer, we finally took a trip to a place we had been meaning to go for a long time now– Dedham, which is part of Constable Country. This area is where the painter John Constable was from, and inspired the landscapes in his beautiful works. One of the […]
There’s somewhere special that I would like to take you. Wyken Vineyards is one of our favorite spots, and I have the pleasure of doing regular photography for this beautiful property, which includes extensive gardens, a restaurant, a farm, and a vineyard. I heard that the grape harvest starts this week, so I had to […]
Fall has come early this year, and although summer is my favorite time of year, England is really at her very best in autumn. So this is a wonderful time to make the most of living in beautiful Suffolk for a few more months. I hope to share some great day trips with you this […]
One of my favorite things about living in England is the ease of finding interesting, natural places to visit– and with great walking paths built in. A place that my family goes back to again and again is Pin Mill. Pin Mill is a hamlet on the banks of the River Orr, and has a […]
Whenever the weather is really beautiful, I find myself wishing that I was near water. We live about an hour from the coast here, but it can be so cold and windy even on sunny days, that we wait until summertime to head to the beach. But on a boat in a marina? You never […]
Today I have some photos to share with you. Jeff and I enjoyed a date last Monday. It was Martin Luther King’s birthday, and Jeff had the day off but Amelia, being in an English school, did not– so we had babysitting! We went to Wyken Vineyards to take some photos. We have had a […]
How do you buy your eggs? The luckiest ones among you have chickens, and just take a stroll into your back yard to pick up your breakfast ingredients. While that worked for us for a while, we ended up rehoming our chickens because our rambunctious new dog Jack was stressing them out too much. I […]
Something we’ve wanted to do for a very long time now is to rent a boat and explore the channels of the Norfolk Broads. Jeff’s birthday two weeks ago was the perfect opportunity to do this! We had our last set of visitors for the summer, and the weather was nice, so we packed some […]
Let’s go to a cattle show! It will be fun and interesting, I promise. Red Poll cattle are the oldest breed of cattle in my region– Suffolk, England. They are popular for not just being gorgeous, but because they are also exceptionally useful– raised for both meat and milk. They are named for their color […]
Last Sunday, we headed out to another National Trust property not too far from us– the Wimpole Estate. The weather was sunny and beautiful, and lots of people were out enjoying the change. We saw a mansion, extensive grounds and parks, and a small farm. The very best part, however, was the very large, walled […]
