Anglophile Friday - England Red

 The  British Museum - London

You'll probably realize that I'm getting desperate to find a theme for new Anglophile Friday posts. It's not easy, considering the fact that I've posted most of my photos already. So many of them are now doing re-runs as part of other themes. Thus, although you may have seen some of these, you will not have seen all of them, and never before have they been posted together as 'England Red.'

One thing that's always bothered me about the above photo is that you can actually see those two people in the foreground, real people who are here on my blog. Isn't that creepy, when you think about it? It's like I'm stalking them online!

 Phone Box in Cambridge

And every time I see that sign, I first think it says 'ESTUARY' until I remember that it actually is 'RESTAURANT.' And then, of course, Estuary reminds me of a song that Hugh Laurie sang. (Crazy how this mind works.)

My favorite red door  - in Kettlewell

Bike-in at Littlefairs in Hawes

Double Luck Takeaway - in Ripon

You can see Ripon Cathedral at the end of the street.

Hawling - in the Cotswolds

A little store in Muker

Narrowboat on the canal - Skipton

Someday...

Near Bolton Abbey

Okay, I know. I'm really smitten with phone boxes and post boxes!

in York

 - in Kettlewell

- in stark contrast to the dignified beauty of York Minster

(I'll put York Minster in another post)

the gaudy York sightseeing bus!

Last, but not least...

My very favorite 'red' England photo

Kettlewell

You really notice bits of color when most everything else is made of stone.

Am I complaining?? NO.  The stone is beautiful!

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 This post is linked to:
Photo Friday 
and
Saturday Nite Special
and
Serenity Saturday 

Have a great weekend, everyone!

 

Muker, Pronounced 'MEW-ker'

I plan to be back visiting your blogs next week. Until then, I'm taking a break with the family, enjoying the grandkids, too much good food, and the unseasonably warm weather here in NW Wisconsin!  I posted the following earlier, but thought you wouldn't mind seeing that cute little sheep again:

You may have noticed the annoying little munching sound when you visited this blog in early 2011. If you had scrolled down to find the source of the racket, you would have seen 'Muker,' my (virtual) pet sheep. I've had his sound turned off since then because evidently he was annoying to some people. Can you believe it??!

Muker is named after the sheep pictured here, who was one of those indescribably cute sheep grazing in the Askrigg Common, an area of the Yorkshire Dales. It's a beautifully bleak and harsh area one finds when driving from Askrigg to Gunnerside, LowRow, and Muker (from whence comes the name of my sheep.)

Here are a few more pics of Muker. There's just something about those little Yorkshire villages that is so appealing to me and makes me want to go back. It seems to be this time of year every year when I want to make plans to go to England. And, believe it or not, I particularly long to go back to the Askrigg Common and look up those lovely sheep.

Alas, airfare keeps me looking at photos instead.

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England Red

Kettlewell

I have never been to England in the late spring or summer, when the flowers are in full bloom. Some might think that England looks a little bleak in mid March, but there is something hauntingly beautiful about all that stone and brick. Look at that steep hill that's the backdrop to this photo! Besides, you're bound to find bits of red here and there! (many of which are courtesy of HRH)

 Rainy Cambridge 

 Rainy Muker

Beautiful Hawling

 York

 York

 Ripon - Double Luck Takeaway

Cathedral in Distance

 My Favorite Door.

Kettlewell

Richmond
with something that blooms in March

 Portobello Market, London

Nr. York Minster
These must be primroses?

London

So, until airfare becomes reasonable, I'll be enjoying virtual travel to England.

Have a great weekend, everyone!