Sunday, March 02, 2008

Lions and Tigers and Bears


Oh my.

Just a lion. But a big one at that.

This picture is for Claire. We visited the 'motherland' in June - July of 1966.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry, ....er....which is which, please?

Anonymous said...

C'mon Deb. Were you one of those myriads of Yankee tourists who pestered the life outa hard-working cops?

deb said...

a nonn (aka dickiebo) HAHA

and to your real-self... what? Why would you think 3 Americans with a rental car would cause havoc for the UK cops?

We did quite well, thank you. No problems and traveled from southern Scotland to southern England without incident.

BTW, we've got friends heading for Hay-on-Wye in April.

Anonymous said...

B and I love the Hay-on-Wye area. We frequently drove up that way for a nice day out.

deb said...

C and E are super nice folks. He is a retired Chief of Surgery for a MAJOR Boston Hospital. But one would frequently find him up to elbows in dirt/muck/debris/cement while restoring an antique home. They've owned up to 5 at a time, but now are down to one large farmhouse with several enormous barns literally restored to the hilt with all period materials etc. Their current home was featured in Art & Architecture mag.

They make yearly trips to the UK and this time C says they will be staying in a couple quaint cottages.

Claire said...

Thank you Deb!! Nice 'old photo' colours too!

I love those lions, still remind me of Aslan in the Narnia books I read when I was a kid.

deb said...

You're welcome. Does 'old photo' make the subject 'old' as well? Drat, I age every time I turn around. At least it's not a sepia tone! LOL

Of a month long trip we only spent 3 days in London. Those three days were the only totally rain free days of the trip.

Did the usual tourist stuff in London.

Not so much typical the rest of the trip...best part for me was going to the Cavern Club in Liverpool on my (and Paul M's) birthday. (oops, must forget dikiebo was celebrating that day, too!)