We are making our way across the country — In East Texas this morning. No pictures downloaded yet — but there will be current travel posts soon! Today, however, is still reminiscing about a decade ago, when we were loving our stay London — and starting our first Blog.
Ten years ago in June we were in London, the second month of a three-month stay. It was the year of our Golden Wedding Anniversary — and the London adventure was our celebration gift for each other. (Our actual anniversary is in the Fall, but summer was better for this trip.)
Memories from ten years ago
These are pictures (rearranged) from a couple of our first-ever blog posts at the beginning of June, 2007. So, in addition to making it to another momentous wedding anniversary year, we're also celebrating our tenth year of blogging.
It still makes me laugh when I think about the way this hobby started — we'd barely heard the word 'blog' before that trip … but we did take a laptop with us. I mentioned in an e-mail that we were trying hard to keep everybody updated (as well as making sure we kept our memories alive) — and presto (I'm sure it wasn't that easy for him quite) our youngest son wrote and told me he had set up a Blog for us. So on those evenings when we got back to our tiny London flat early enough (and with Geoff's e-mailed advice) we taught ourselves how to blog. It would have been smarter to think about how to do it before we got there — but it worked.
Back then, I never once imagined we would still have a blog in ten years… and I am so glad to be here! (Our first blog post is here . Skills have improved slightly over the decade.)
Well, of course we have our laptops with us on this current 'voyage' as well — but blogging (and visiting) may be sporadic. Much depends on Wi-Fi connections and personal level of energy. (The latter does not seem to have improved over the past ten years.) I will catch up as soon as I can!
LINKING these memories to: OUR WORLD on Tuesday; SCENIC WEEKENDS; MOSAIC MONDAY; ALL SEASONS; WEDNESDAY WATERS; SKYWATCH FRIDAY; and THROUGH MY LENS. Thank you to all of the hosts.
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