Trying to get back into the groove. Yesterday Kirk and Steve resumed the house renovation project and Karen returned to All Children’s. We did celebrate Independence Day with our silversmithing friends at Deb & Win’s house. They have a wonderful spot for viewing fireworks out on the dock. We could see the St Pete Beach fireworks in one direction, downtown
St Petersburg in another, and Gulfport in yet another direction. Our heads kept swiveling!
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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