Tag Archives | Diesel Duck

Cheers,
   For someone who lives on a boat, I truly have no real interest in them or naval history.  Or military history in general though I am beginning to wonder how we won the Revolutionary War given the great British Navy.  Lots…

Cheers,
  With all of the recent horrible weather around Great Britain and Europe, Randal and I have been quite lucky avoiding it.  We spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Portsmouth at the Historic Dockyard and most of Thursday making our way back…

Cheers,
    We are now officially the owners of 100 acres of mountain top land in Roanoke County.  One day our home will be up there overlooking the Roanoke Valley.  We will again become land lubbers!
This is the official noti…

Cheers,
   Yesterday Randal and I raced over to the British Museum to join up with a www.walks.com tour.  Today I had my third life drawing class.  Time is flying!  
Our cruiser group is passing a set of germs around and …

Cheers,
    It was a very overcast day weather-wise, but Randal and I had a lovely Thanksgiving Day here in London, or Rotherhithe to be exact.    I think it’s the first time that I’ve actually thought about Pilgrims r…

Somehow I decided Hanukkah and Thanksgiving started on the same day….glad I just noticed this reminder from my sister.
So Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate!
Ru

Cheers,
    While reading about The Monument to the Great Fire I’d read about the tiny mice sculpture not far from The Monument.  Monday afternoon I went to find the “insect hotel” at St. Dunstan that I’d missed the first 2 …

Hi All,
  I could blame it on bad eyesight but I really have no excuse.  Elizabeth was only 9 years older than her husband… at least I think. 
Ru

Cheers,
   Well maybe cheers isn’t the right way to start on the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination.  I believe history would have been different. 
This is email is about All Hallows Undercroft.    I sho…

Cheers,
   My emails seem to be fewer and further between since we returned to London.  Just too much to research about everything we see.  During the walking tours we hear lots of stories, but there’s no chance to write them down…