4th of July
It was wonderful to be back home for the 4th of July festivities. Americans celebrate their nation’s birthday by bedecking everything and “everyone” in red, white and blue. We enjoy […]
Tag Archives: UK
That which is outside the doors
Today is our travel day. We are crossing the Atlantic to re-colonize America. In this season of our journey, our family has talked often about what it means to follow […]
Football or Soccer? Ask the (right) Brits.
So we are busy packing up the house, selling anything we can, and spending fun times with dear friends before we go. As you can imagine, there is quite a […]
The Age(s) of Scholarship in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. In […]
Photo Hike
Today I decided to take the camera with me as I went about the city. I thought I’d share some of the sights we enjoy here in Durham. […]
Finding Internet Service in Durham
This is an installment in a series of posts about moving to the UK for a Ph.D, specifically at Durham University. To read more posts like this, see our list here. If […]
On My Commute
Beth has posted several photos of little treasures that she has found in/around Durham. Today I thought I would post some of mine. Last night we had some friends over […]
Open Treasure
One of the great joys living in Durham England has been spending so much time volunteering at the Cathedral. Even on days when we are at home we can still hear […]
Giving Up the Old Land Line
It is a small world, after all. We can stay connected to more people in more place in more ways than ever before. Among those ways are several options in […]
Surprises in the Garden
I remember when my friend Lynn in Alabama moved in down the road from me. Her first year in her new house was so much fun because she kept discovering […]
A Brand New Pair…. or two
While touring around Newcastle last Friday we saw a most unusual sight. Just inside the doorway of a pizza shop stood a life sized model of a horse. His head […]
I Saw a Child
Every other week (fortnight) I spend a few hours volunteering at the Washington Riding Centre. I enjoy everything about horses. I don’t mind mucking stalls, grooming, tacking up or stuffing […]
The Dirt Cake
The dirt cake at Brownie’s last night was a hit. The other leaders and I had a grand time setting the kids up for the April Fools Day snack. […]
The way we roll…
Just wanted to share a quick photo with you all. I came into our home school area one day a week or so ago and found that Meg had drawn […]
Grey Towers of Durham
We have had a very busy and fun filled day. More of my family is here from Alabama including my very adorable baby nephew. Rob went to study but took […]
Field Trip Friday # 17
Friday was a cold but sunny lovely day. Mr. Ray suggested that we drive up to a village called Blanchland. The Abbey and surrounding village of Blanchland was founded by […]
100 Days
100 Days! What could you do with 100 Days? We are in unbelief how fast our time here is moving. What should we do with our next 100 days? We […]
Imperfect Perfection
After our volunteer work at the Lego table this week we had a special tour from a friend who knows a lot about the Cathedral. We had heard interesting […]
An incredibly Small World
We have this bit of a story from back when we first met Mr. Ray. You can read about our first meeting here https://thehaynesblog.com/2013/09/24/by-shanks-pony/ Read the above post and then […]
Field Trip Friday (err Thursday) #16
On Thursday we took the short 45 minute trip over to York. We wanted to show Andrea and Rebecca this ancient and very lovely city. It is one of our […]
Sun by the Sea
It was a beautiful day today. The kids and I took our friends on a bus ride to the sea. It felt so good to smell the salt air, hear […]
War Eagle from England
Today’s guest bloggers are our friends from Auburn University: Rebecca and Andrea. When Rob called us and mentioned that his English friend Rusty had a hat collection that included a […]
Field Trip Friday #15
It was a wonderful day full of adventures with friends new and old. We decided to have a “close to home” field trip today as some new home school friends […]
Moving to the UK – Setting a Grocery Budget
This post is written mostly for those moving to the UK from American however budgeting ideas are easy to implement no matter where you live. For those of you […]
All the Pretty Little Horses
Those of you that have known me for any length of time know that I love horses. I began riding at age 10 because I was driving my parents crazy […]
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