tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6835663030893418882024-03-13T09:47:48.401-07:00our home cloudHannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-40063320802867472162016-03-17T08:00:00.000-07:002016-03-17T08:00:11.812-07:00BACK IN THE MOTHERLAND<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently I had the pleasure of a flying visit back to the UK so made best use of the opportunity to do a little tourism and visiting friends. Starting with a trip to Greenwich and Blackheath. Then visited London again with the parents though this time slightly wetter. Then finally finished up with a visit to lovely Lincoln to see my friend Tim.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's a few snaps from the flying visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the BBC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A very wet london on the way to The Design Museum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mentioned I was going to the design museum which Hannah was fine about missing until I mentioned they had a temporary cycling exhibition with some awesome bikes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got no photos of Lincoln itself but enjoyed a classic Charlie Bingham pie (and a very tasty Japanese beer) from Waitrose, oh I miss that place!!</span><br />
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<br />Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-57748167906226883922016-03-15T08:00:00.000-07:002016-03-15T08:00:08.548-07:00#PARENTS ON TOUR - RANDOM SNIPPETS <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rest of the time that my parents were here was filled with little day trips, a spot of shopping, lots of good food and just generally chilling out. Here are a few random snippets of the rest of their time in California. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can no doubt already tell Macintosh's favourite person to sit with is my dad. He was regularly found snuggling up to him on the sofa. He's such a spoilt dog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>PS. Mac is no longer allowed on any furniture. That means no more sleeping on our bed or on the sofa. He is less than impressed!</i></span>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-13565509911685402332016-03-08T09:00:00.000-08:002016-03-08T09:00:12.486-08:00MACINTOSH MONTHLY<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This month's Macintosh Monthly is actually quite a sad one, albeit a little odd. Saturday evening Andrew and I decided that Macintosh was rather stinky and needed a bath. There's nothing unusual about that, it happens every so often. The actual bathing process was the same as always. There was a fair bit of cajoling and holding onto him to ensure he endured the full bath experience. As usual when he got out of the bath he shook himself off and covered us in water before proceeding to rub himself all over the lounge and do a bit of preening himself. See the photos below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Intermittently he would have a good old shake to remove more of the water and this is where the sad bit occurred. We didn't notice anything unusual until the Sunday morning when we realised his tail was bent. It turns out he had got 'Beagle tail'. Apparently after a bath (or swim) beagles sometimes shake themselves so violently that they give their tails whiplash! This means they can hold only the first inch or so of their tail up and the rest droops down. It usually resolves itself within a few days, but until then their poor tails are rather painful, especially when shaken. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Those of you who see Macintosh photos regularly will note that his tail is always so straight and pronounced, its really odd to see it all droopy. Naturally I took photos to show you all, that was the responsible thing to do! </span></span><br />
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-68682125879439393712016-03-07T09:00:00.000-08:002016-03-07T09:00:17.915-08:00#PARENTS ON TOUR - GRAND CANYON EDITION<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Grand Canyon. I really don't think I'm going to be able to put into words just how majestic this place was. We had two days to explore it and the nearby town of Williams, but I feel like we could have spent weeks at the canyon and still not seen all there was to see. I have to admit it does look slightly fake at first, just because you can barely take in the sheer size and scale of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first day we were there we started off at the visitors centre of the South Rim and walked along the canyon rim trail. We didn't go as far as we had anticipated but there was a lot of stopping to take photos and the icy conditions made you a little more cautious, especially as there wasn't a lot between you and the edge of the canyon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Day two we did more of the Canyon, but from the other end of the South rim, so that we could see the Desert watchtower. Then we spent the rest of the day in Williams looking round the famous route 66 town. There wasn't a lot to do there as most of it was shut up for the winter so we didn't spend long there. We did eat (for the second time) at an amazing little Italian bistro which had a brewery attached. The food was insanely good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My flower obsession has not diminished in the slightest. My Pinterest is still filling up at a rapid rate with pins of a variety of bouquets and floral arrangements. I think I might need to take a floristry course at some point. I think it would be insanely fun. In fact, my day dreams about owning a bookstore now involve a florists in there too. I think books and flowers go very well together actually. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this bouquet its something about the pale colour tones. They are so gentle and delicate. The moody backdrop colour probably helps with their beauty as it provides a good contrast. Such a shame our climate kills bouquets before they have a chance to be enjoyed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This house is majestic. I never thought I'd like three story houses, until my parents bought one. Now I find myself secretly wanting one. Well alongside my country cottage! I like the formal-ness of this house though. Makes me feel like it should be painted in dramatic and possibly moody colours, from the Farrow and Ball collection obviously darling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My love of cycling is slowly increasing, much to the amusement and happiness of my husband. However I'm finding that I am much better at watching the sport than actually participating in it. This is rather frustrating as I have a lot of perfectionist tendencies and I can't bear not to be good at something. Andrew sent me this pin as inspiration and also a reminder to just carry on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That photo is from the California coast line. Its up near Big Sur. As the weather has been warming up nicely I can hear the coast calling our name. Perhaps a trip up the iconic Pacific Highway is in order. Stay tuned, you never know!</span></div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-28257644411982716882016-02-29T09:58:00.001-08:002016-03-06T21:19:44.159-08:00#PARENTS ON TOUR - HOOVER DAM EDITION<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whilst my parents were here we undertook a rather long road trip, about 7 hours to be precise. Our destination was the Grand Canyon in Arizona but on the way there we decided to take a detour via the Hoover Dam. The dam itself is built on the border between Nevada and Arizona so it was an excellent way to ensure Mum and Dad properly visited the two states. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s and is one of the largest concrete structures ever. As my Dad is a civil engineer by trade, and a rather big fan of concrete we assumed this would be a good stop off. I was expecting him to be rather excited but to be somewhat underwhelmed myself as funnily enough I've never been that impressed by concrete! I couldn't have been more wrong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We arrived at the the dam having driven past Las Vegas and we drove over the top of the dam to park on the Arizona side.We then walked back across the dam so that we could see it from all sides and angles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love those photos, they make me think of those government adverts where you see people in their work place talking about pensions or how the new working wage is helping them. Sorry, my brain thinks weirdly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Huntington Library and Gardens gave Dad an opportunity to really try out his new camera, particularly in the Chinese garden. It was a lovely warm day and we enjoyed meandering round. Sadly as it was winter there were fewer plants and flowers out, but you can imagine how beautiful it will be come the summer. Here's a few photos from the Chinese garden, which is my favourite part. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only photo I took from the exhibits indoors was this one and I'm afraid its because something about it made me laugh. This was in the European art area. They had allowed a modern artist to come and place art instillations around the existing exhibits. Most of them rather annoyed my mum and some of them I really didn't get, but this one made me chuckle. Its almost like an ancient superhero in my mind. I love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for the Getty Center, we arrived on another really warm day and made the most of the views of Los Angeles, sprawling out below us. Dad took an architectural tour which he really enjoyed. I wish I could tell you some important facts about the buildings and the concepts but all I remember from Dad's recap was that the architect fell out with someone over the garden area and refused to come back onto site. So there we go, fun fact! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He behaves really well off lead on the aqueduct (pictured above) so we let him off whenever we go there. He's also been behaving pretty well on the Pacific Crest Trail up near our house. He loves running ahead but always waits for us to catch up with him. So again we have been letting him off there.</span></div>
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Above is a picture of the area of the Pacific Crest Trail we usually walk. It doesn't really show you how steep it is but you can guess its fairly high up because the wind turbines look small. Anyway we went for a walk along this trail with our small group from church. There was quite a group of us and despite the cold wind it was great fun. However Andrew, in his infinite wisdom, decided letting Macintosh walk off lead was a great idea, despite the fact there were lots of people and it was harder to keep an eye on him.</div>
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At first it was great. Mac ran backwards and forwards between all the groups of people and kept the children amused as they chased him. So I began to relax and not worry about him so much, especially as Andrew had "got it under control". Then it happened, the inevitable. Macintosh smelt something and off he went. Slowly at first, but then gathering more speed. We watched him zip down the side of the hill we were on and up the next. I began to panic obviously and this only got worse when we saw the rabbit he was chasing. Now I knew we were going to lose him! </div>
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Up until this point Andrew was insisting that Mac would simply come back when called, but despite pretty much everyone calling him Macintosh was simply ignoring us. When he went over the brow of the next hill Andrew decided that my stress and panic was clearly too much so off he charged down the hill after him. Thankfully my husband runs like a mountain goat when needed so he got down pretty rapidly. After a few mini games of hide and seek, and being cut off from the other side by another rather quick lad, Macintosh was eventually apprehended and placed firmly back on the lead. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing Andrew and I had been so excited to do was to cook a traditional Christmas dinner for our friends. We had already cooked one on Christmas day, but making one for a larger number is much better. We didn't manage to snap any photos of the dinner, other than one right at the beginning because we were all too busy munching away! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New years eve was going to be the highlight of the week for me as we were going to attempt to ski for the first time. Andrew, Nicole and I had signed up for a half day of ski lessons. Nicole had done it a long time ago, but Andrew and I were novices. I was super excited prancing around in all my snow gear and the first half of the lesson went really well. I didn't really fall over but Andrew did. I was beginning to feel confident. Then we went onto the slopes. It all changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our instructor was a bit of a wally and I didn't really get on with him. He kept pushing me to go further or faster than I felt comfortable and I just kept crashing out. Andrew was maddeningly good (as always). He was trying to help out a little bit but I just couldn't seem to stop crashing. Then on the final slope of the morning I got my revenge, albeit accidentally. I was skiing down the slope, as instructed, and ended up heading straight for him. He didn't hear me coming and I couldn't stop quickly enough so I took him out! Was not so amusing at the time as he landed awkwardly on my knee but Andrew and Nicole were rather pleased I did it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The afternoon however was better. I managed to stay upright and skied a fair bit. It was possibly made better by the fact that Andrew kept falling over on the last slope of the day. It may have made me feel a little more excited. But here are the few snaps we got. The last one is us at the end of the day feeling cold but happy with ourselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We celebrated after skiing with a meal out and then some rather exhausted partying back at the cabin. The dogs, who had spent all day in the cabin just chilling out pretty much looked how we felt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we pressed on, played some games, watched Jools Holland (via the wonders of the internet and delayed tv) and rang in the new year pretty much as we crawled into our beds! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One New Year's Day our final lot of friends arrived having had an awful journey saga. They had tried to fly across the country to Lake Tahoe several times but due to a variety of insane issues they didn't make it until the penultimate day. As we waited to hear whether they had finally made it Andrew and I took a walk and spotted a guy being pulled along on his snow board by his dog. Obviously that got us thinking and we tried to get Macintosh to pull us on a sledge. The affect was no where near as cool. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over Christmas and New Year Andrew and I took the opportunity to head up to Lake Tahoe for a winter holiday with some friends. Lake Tahoe is half in California and half in Nevada so we managed to tick off another state during the trip, which is always a bonus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We rented a cabin which from the photos looked idyllic and did not disappoint when we arrived there. It was set back slightly into the woods and surrounded by snow. There were giant icicles hanging off the side of it and it just look picturesque. The amazing thing about it was that the backyard was sloped which made it perfect for sledging!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first thing we did when we arrive was obviously to start building some runs. Andrew and Christian naturally took the engineering role and started building. Poor old Penny was still a little unsure of the snow at this point, which was natural as it was the size of her. However Macintosh was fully embracing it and spent the entire time exploring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Macintosh </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">quick<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ly discovered that running down the sled run ahead of the person on the sledge was rather exhilarating and began to do it quite often. Thankfully he is a rather speedy dog so there were no collisions! We spent ages the first couple of days just enjoying the snow out the back. I don't remember when I last saw snow that deep. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The lake itself is stunning. Its nestled in the Sierra Nevada and its actually the biggest alpine lake in the whole of North America. I was struggling to capture the sheer size of the lake and its beauty, but we did manage to have a wander around by it one day. We captured some sweet couple shots of us and Nicole and Christian. The dogs mostly behaved for the photos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Obviously with such a large lake just sitting there you had to make snowballs and see who could through them the furthest. That's just a must! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first half of the holiday finished up with the arrival of our next set of friends and more time just messing around in the snow and playing games. One game we played, that I was rubbish at, but enjoyed playing was called Suspend. It's basically a balancing game that you take in turns playing. I was so rubbish at it because I struggle to grasp the basics of physics but it was fun to play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">So there we go, there's the first half of Lake Tahoe. Hopefully it won't take me too long to put up part two!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial", "helvetica", sans-serif;">H</span>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-71595701916450119282016-01-11T08:00:00.000-08:002016-01-11T12:03:27.410-08:00MACINTOSH MONTHLY<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well Mr Macintosh certainly had a great Christmas. He had lots of walks (some even off lead I might add), lots of food, tons of snow, toys galore, friends to play with and people to pet him. He even had a cosy cabin to snuggle up in. He was certainly spoilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a photo round up of some of his Christmas events...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went to visit a ghost town, from the old gold mining days. Whilst there we got to have a little ride on a mini train. Macintosh came with us, which he was equally excited and scared about. His ears were flicking around constantly with every clunk of the rails and his nose was going crazy trying to capture every smell around him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see there were more than a few naps! He loved staying in the cabin in Lake Tahoe because after playing in the snow he could just come inside to the warmth and chill out. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there we go, Macintosh's Christmas in a nutshell. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(You'll see more of Lake Tahoe and what Macintosh (and us) did there later in the week as the posts get written!)</span></i>Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-3368076265641962752016-01-07T08:00:00.000-08:002016-01-07T08:00:12.665-08:00CHRISTMAS DAY<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year Christmas day was rather quiet and strange as it was our first one in California away from all the family. This time round we were somewhat prepared for the silence and the less busy day and so we actually really enjoyed our day. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had all the usual Christmas traditions; stockings, present opening, a HUGE Christmas dinner, a walk after lunch, some games and of course the Queen's speech. We did manage to Skype a lot of family which was great fun too. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a few snaps from our Christmas day!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It definitely was a good Christmas day, especially as we ate SO much! I was practically in a coma by the end of the day. Why is Christmas food just so good?! Its not fair.</span></div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-84301083379022115332016-01-06T08:21:00.000-08:002016-01-06T08:21:28.359-08:00SAYONARA 2015<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am rather behind on our blog posts as its already January 6th and I've not even updated you on things we did over Christmas, or said goodbye to 2015. I apologise. For a start we took a trip over New Year which put us all out of sync but then we launched back into the regular rhythms of life and haven't had a chance to catch our breath. But I'm on it, I promise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting with our round up post from 2015. It certainly was a busy year. I feel like we visited a lot of places, had some visitors and generally achieved a lot. It was also a pretty big year for a certain husband of mine too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's our top ten events of 2015:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Having Andrew's family come over to visit us. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Travelling up to Seattle by train and seeing the beauty of the West coast.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Watching a couple of American Football games, particularly the Seattle Seahawks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Our friend Tim's visit and seeing Yosemite and other great places with him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. A certain someone turning 30!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. The amazing Alaskan cruise. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Meeting Mr James Corden himself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Going home to see all the family, especially Mr Elisha after turning 1!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Seeing the band Muse perform, and watching Andrew's face as the drones flew round. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. The stay at the beautiful cabin in Lake Tahoe (more to come on that later). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see its been a pretty busy 2015 and unsurprisingly 2016 is shaping up to be just as crazy. We have a visit or two lined up with family members and then in the middle of the year we are going to be celebrating my brother getting married which means a trip back to England! Yay! There's also the scary event of me turning 30, but we won't mention that again. Ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are so grateful to God for all the things that happened in 2015, even some of the tougher things which have allowed us to grow, especially as a couple. We look forward to facing 2016. As ever, updates will be on the blog so you can feel somewhat involved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the giant snowflakes they have on the wall here. They look so delicate and I imagine they take rather a long while to create (if they aren't shop bought). Its a simple decoration through and they are set off by that giant garland hanging on the bannisters. I rather wish we had stairs here so that I could decorate them, guess I'll save that for the next house we have that has stairs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another simple Christmas decorative feature are these flowers. I love the ribbon round the simple glass vase and the little berries add a wonderful accent to the crisp white flowers. Shame that flowers don't last too well here otherwise I could try it myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now this image captured my attention a while back. It is actually a gift card for a store over here in California but I just loved the fact that it was a beagle. He looks so cute and it made me want to put knitted antlers on Macintosh! Oh and a coat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These gingerbread cookies look gorgeous and probably taste amazing too. Haven't made gingerbread in a while but I might have to bake a batch soon. I have a feeling my icing skills aren't quite up to par with the photo but I'll give it a go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, this image grabbed my attention because it reminded me of what we are going to be doing after Christmas. Along with some friends we are heading up to Lake Tahoe, to a wonderful wooden cabin to stay in a snowy winterland. I'm already planning lots of tea drinking and reading in cosy corners whilst observing the snow. We may go out in it occasionally, you never know!</span></div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-562435166420724612015-12-09T08:39:00.000-08:002015-12-09T08:56:37.289-08:00MACINTOSH MONTHLY<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This Macintosh Monthly relates to snow. I told you a little while ago in <a href="http://ourhomecloud.blogspot.com/2015/12/peter-on-tour-snow-edition.html">this post</a> that we had two trips to snow but that I was saving one of them for here. Well that was because it was a snow trip that focused entirely around Mr Macintosh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He loves snow. He loves to run in it and to chase snowballs in it. He always eats the snowball whenever he catches it too which is pretty hilarious. So when we took our more local snow trip he had a chance to catch and eat some snowballs. We took about a billion photos of him and here are some of the classics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our first trip was to Big Bear. We'd been there before, but not when there was any snow. There wasn't a lot there this time, but enough in the hills that it was cold and that we enjoyed ourselves. We went for a walk in the hills, mooched around the shops in the town centre, ate some good food and took a stroll from some of the lake. Here's a few pictures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This next picture is my favourite from the mini trip. It shows Macintosh in his true walking state. This is what he looks like when he's on a scent trail. He literally flies through the air with no regard for where he's walking or how muddy he's getting. Amazing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second snow trip you'll have to wait to hear about until Macintosh Monthly as it features mostly him. No great surprise there! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be fair the Christmas excitement has been filling our household since early November, perhaps even October for some of us. We had watched some Christmas movies and Michael Bublé was already playing. But as soon as thanksgiving was over we went straight to hunt for our tree and yes it is another huge one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We managed to get another 9 foot tree, although I suspect its a little bit taller than that. Andrew is very pleased with himself as it was one of the biggest trees there. We did look at another tree but when the guy held it up it was just too large. It would have filled our living room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Putting the tree up in our house is always fun. Poor old Macintosh always gets a bit scared and worried. He doesn't like this giant green thing that's invading his space. The size of the tree means I always end up standing on something trying to help balance it and keep it straight whilst Andrew's fixing it into the base. Eventually its done and then suddenly Macintosh remembers he likes giant green trees. They provide him with an additional water bowl and he can also crawl around underneath it whilst it strokes his back. Silly dog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So anyway, we kept the cardboard houses Andrew made last year and just added some new pieces that we bought. I tried to keep the natural look going with lots of natural textures and red and white as accent colours. Its not quite Pinterest worthy but I love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming in through the front door, the first thing you'll see is our wreath. Its the same twig wreath that I just keep adapting to fit the occasion. So far its been completely worth its money! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is our giant tree. Complete with crooked top section and Macintosh asleep on "his" sofa. The tree rather dominates the room but it makes the place feel Christmassy quite easily!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stockings are pinned up on the sideboard in the absence of a fireplace. (Macintosh has his by his bed!) The advent candle is on the sideboard too so we remember to burn it. We also got this amazing red and white patterned candle on sale last year and I've been waiting excitedly to burn it ever since. The logs were scrounged from the desert around us and hauled back by Macintosh and Andrew after their long walks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other sides and surfaces have little touches of Christmas, from garlands to cardboard houses or other bits. It helps spread the Christmas feeling around the room. Our open plan living space can feel quite large so with a giant tree and lots of Christmas bits scattered around it makes it feel cosier. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the dinning table is my favourite part by far. On one of Andrew's walks he found a long log that he adapted into this amazing centrepiece for the dining table. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That bit might actually be Pinterest worthy as I stole the idea from there in the first place. Andrew drilled some holes in the logs for the candles and voila a centrepiece. Can't wait to start eating meals at the big table. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there you have it, our Christmas decor for 2015. As many of you won't get to see us over the holiday season I hope you can picture us having Christmas over here a bit more now. </span><br />
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-68824719137119233712015-11-25T09:00:00.000-08:002015-11-25T09:00:03.863-08:00#PETER ON TOUR - THE SPORTS EDITION <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We used Peter's trip as an excuse to sneak in a couple of sports games so that we could give him an "American experience" but also so we could tick some more off our list. First up was an ice hockey match. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I chose the matches to go to and decided that since I was in LA I should really go see the Anaheim Ducks who are in fact The Mighty Ducks. Yup, I was fully expecting to see Emilio Estevez coaching them and some impressive flying V formations. Unfortunately things have moved on since the nineties and in fact this game is played by fully grown men, not kids. Shame. But they were still pretty impressive. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The NHL games are definitely entertaining and very full on. It was rather loud and noisy with lots of entertainment slots in the breaks. Every time the home team won there was lots of noise and flashing lights with everyone cheering their heads off. The cheerleaders came out on skates at different points and did their thing too. There were even a few minor fights which we enjoyed! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I have to say that the highlight of the game wasn't winning the match, it was what happened every time they scored a touchdown. Just watch and you'll see!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup every time they scored their mascot, Traveler the horse, would charge up and down the field whilst the band played and the crowd chanted! It was truly insane. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are two major things in LA we did that I want to show you about. The first is the Huntington Library and gardens. We had never been to Huntington so it was a new experience for us too. Pasadena is a beautiful place (with some lovely shops!) but the library and gardens was amazing. There were lots of buildings spread out across the grounds with different exhibits in them such as European art and books. Then scattered around were different themed gardens such as Chinese or Australian. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our personal favourites were the Japanese and Chinese gardens. They were beautiful and so detailed. I think I could have spent all day in there just sitting and admiring it all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second place I want to show you is the Getty Villa in Malibu. We have been to the Getty Center (see <a href="http://ourhomecloud.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-getty-center.html">this post</a>) before but never to the villa so that was fun. The villa houses the Getty's early collections and was really fascinating. Its a lot smaller than the the Center but we enjoyed our look round. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still we survived October and more importantly we survived those crazy flash floods that happened. For those of you who weren't aware our area had a crazy amount of rain in the middle of October, all on one night which caused some crazy flash flooding. There's an article on the BBC about it <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34546875">here</a> which just shows you a little bit of the aftermath and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvuStIQzKo">a youtube video</a> shows you what it looked like as it was happening. Thankfully where we were it wasn't that deep but there was mud flowing freely down the streets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next day everything was brown and there were still huge mud flows and puddles everywhere. This was one of the streets right next to where we live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously Macintosh thought this was brilliant and used it as an excuse to go wading through all the mud and puddles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an owner, who would have to bath him when we got back, I decided he could only go so far so he ended up having these cute little bootie looking mud patches. He's hilarious. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that was our major excitement for the month of October. I have to say the mud lasted for ages and we had many muddy walks. Until eventually the Californian sun dried tall out and then it cracked into something strangely beautiful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been dreaming about exposed brick interiors. The houses out here are generally not built of brick so I guess I've learnt to appreciate it a little more than I did before. Plus I guess the endless amount of Pinterest inspiration surrounding it doesn't hurt. The bricks just look really amazing. As long as it doesn't make the place cold...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously there's a bear somewhere in my thinking. I love this artwork. Its so beautiful. The mountains, the trees and the bear. Love it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saw this film on the flight home from England. It was amazing, quite sad in places though. But I loved the wardrobe and hair in this. I was slightly Blake Lively obsessed afterwards. Made me regret chopping off my long locks. But still would recommend the film highly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, there's so much in this image that I like. There's a lot of these bits that can be purchased at one of my favourite American stores; Target! Its the best and worst place. Best because you can get everything there and its usually reasonably priced. Plus its a great place to just browse, but that's also its downfall. You never go in and come out with just what you needed. It sucks you into buying more than you needed, always! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I love the cushion in this and the hexagonal tray is fun too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there's a few thoughts. Until next month...</span></div>
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Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03976144616141168187noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683566303089341888.post-78948492584951741822015-10-30T09:00:00.000-07:002015-10-30T09:00:04.946-07:00ELISHA JAMES<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now no updates about our trip home would be complete without a whole post devoted to my little nephew; Elisha James. He had turned one before we arrived home and it was amazing to see all the changes in him. He was only a month old when we last saw him, so it was fun to get to know him and learn about his personality. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so eager to establish who Auntie Hannah and Uncle Andrew were before we went home. He speaks to us on FaceTime but it was great for him (and us) to put a real person to the voices. We did take rather a lot of photos of him but here's just a few of my favourites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hung out with my family at Wrest Park whilst back in the UK. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wrest park is a National Trust property in near Luton. This provided another opportunity to top up on our historic buildings as we visited friends and family.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once through the opulent gate houses, and down the long stretch of drive we pulled up to the carpark. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through the gift shop we strolled through the walled gardens towards the house just as the sun broke through the clouds. It looked incredible. The french style architecture looked beautiful in the autumn sun, glowing with the leaves around just turning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As is often the case with national trust properties, Hannah and I wandered around the house collecting inspiration to use on our imaginary house. They had a copy of the architect's original letters describing the house and the work he did which provided a fascinating insight into the design and embellishments. I was amazed by the lightness of the rooms, definitely some ideas for our future ‘Manor House’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First things first I had to have my belated birthday cookie from Tim. That's a small tradition that started out of nowhere but he's kept up every year, despite the distance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a small sample of the amazing food we ate. This is from Cafe Portico, our favourite place to eat ever! It was really nice to be back there and have a chat with the owner again. We frequented it that much when we were living there that he knows who we are!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the coolest things we did when we were there was to visit Lincoln Castle. It had been under renovations for a while and opened since we moved away. We went to the Magna Carta exhibit which was really impressive, sadly you couldn't take photos. I really wanted too because that little scrap of paper was impressively older than the entire United States and I thought it'd impress some of our American friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also got to take a walk through their Victorian prison which they actually used in the TV drama, Downton Abbey. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They had loads of kids activities around the place. We even had a go putting some pottery back together. Not sure I can quite remember the purpose of pottery in a prison but it was fun attempting it. We didn't get very far!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The visit to the castle was finished off with a walk round the walls. It was lovely to look out and see the amazing city of Lincoln. Just a shame I had to go with these two!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thankfully the views more than made up for it. Our amazing cathedral. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that's about all the good photos we got. We unfortunately never thought to get photos taken with the people we caught up with, too busy eating or talking! But we did get one of our breakfast on the day we left. Can't beat a good English breakfast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next stop back to Dunstable! </span><br />
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