Thanks Book Creator Team! I think putting the prompt on the send page makes sense. I should have sent the issue right to you guys. My team of teachers was meeting last week to talk about some curriculum stuff, and everyone was impressed that you commented and would think about the issue, thanks!

Of course the dog has to be there!

Love it!

If only someone would write a book helping us be more mindful in our use of technology then maybe we could overcome that total lack of movement...

Well, I think they are real enough in my mind!

Yes, it is in the book. But the drawing in the book shows a very thin bird, and I was not sure they were the same!

Thanks Claudia! After you identified it I saw a picture of a song thrush on a tea towel in the National Trust shop, and I am sure you are right.

We have big baskets and small bits of luggage. For just a weekend, we took one cary-on size bag (small, no wheels) we each had a backpack, and Alex had the camera bag. I am really enjoying figuring out how to get everything done with a bike. We are going to get big baskets and bring them home. The important part seems to be the brace on the front. The ones we have in the US just hang off the handle bars, so no wonder they don't work well.

The next day when we were there they were marching back and forth in the snow, which did not look like much fun. We were talking about the sort of "royal style" and how some of these things really are like other palaces, rather than really national. There is a room here designed like the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, and there are French, Italian, and German paintings and decorations too.

Now the question is, do I remove the comment spam, or leave it because without it your comment makes no sense?

There is much less guilt in eating scones if you burned calories to get to them! And yes, this is the kind of trip we should have taken before having kids, when we were a young couple. So great to be able to do it now.

I know, it makes so many sentences in novels make sense now!

I don't know if anyone would recognize the trolls in that movie as zwerge, but there are plenty here in all the shops!

Alex did not even have to give a presentation, he is here to meet people and see what is going on, but he does not have to really do anything!

I wish I could claim the hat as English, but I got it in Chicago when we lived there. I am so glad I remembered to dig it out of the ski things, I need it here!

Thanks Margaret!

Christy, kaffee und kuchen in the garden sounds great, especially if the garden is warm. We are enjoying looking at ours, but don't plan on sitting there anytime soon, high of about 38 F today!

Nice photos! What time did it get dark.