The azaleas are in glorious bloom. It is wonderful yet bittersweet to wander among these bushes in our front yard. It is because we love the azaleas that we planted them here several years ago. Each year the bloom is more prolific than the last but most likely next year someone else will be enjoying this glorious azalea bloom as their own. For now we are enjoying it to the hilt and trying to chronicle all the blossoming glory on our little piece of property.
London’s Imperial War Museum in Southwark founded even as the First World War raged offers insights into the myriad costs of the wars of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It was a most disquieting but valuable reminder of the myriad costs of war.
The two of us have long been fascinated with the history of canals and their role in the history of transportation, industrialization, and more recently recreation. This stay in London has given us new opportunities to explore and learn more about how canals contributed to the growth of this great city and how they are being used and preserved today.
It was a most educational visit to the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery at Trafalgar Square in Central London. We were intrigued with the contemporary approach to presenting British History.
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