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My little apartment over the Turl. You can see my fascination with auroras back then too! :)

My little apartment over the Turl. You can see my fascination with auroras back then too! :)

Found these too from Oxford back in 2004 summer. The amazing thing about Oxford is it stays the same despite all the bustling changes in outskirts, London and surrounding areas. I was thinking earlier how much England has changed in the last decade and more. It is VERY different now and quite cosmopolitan now beyond just London, though some areas still remain that retain true local flavor with their own charm and quirks.

Now too, we have our office in Kensington and I am spending more time in London again for music and film recordings. I look forward to it as an adult. It is very different and new. The great thing is you can always get away for a quick weekend too, which I love. 

When I was a young kid, I found some things in England boring at times, but now I find that comforting and wonderfully and beautifully familiar in a happy way! Getting older, eh? Ha ha! Happy though.

It is a funny thing to experience the world and different things and realize what you had to start with was amazing in the first place! To take the best of what you have had, to be grateful for what you have now and to keep growing -----> that's real happiness!

Some Pics of Lake Champlain

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This is back in the winter of 2004. The lake was completely frozen over by Burlington and further north. It was very beautiful to see and you could walk over to the little lighthouse by the breakwater. There were some families taking pictures and a small area was cleared, and people were skating.

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I had a good time playing and exploring with friends in town. One weekend, I went out with some locals in South Hero by one of my favorite private beaches, and we skied across the lake to New York. It took a few hours as there was a couple of areas that were tricky to navigate. It was a wonderful experience. Our little crew was quite rugged and fast. :) 

When we got over to Essex, NY, one of the guys knew the owner of a local restaurant and we sat down to a delicious hot meal and hung out with his family. It was a great workout too!