They are called sheet piles.

Exception! The “funny chairs” could be quite comfortable for little people. Seriously..

Simple and functional. I like it a lot!

And wearing a GAP sweatshirt, no less..”fall into the GAP”..

Nice one!

I can't believe how low the Onyar River is!

Hard to tell. There’s likely been some evolution taking place between then and now.

Better late than never, eh? Thanks for the good wishes. We need to find a time to get together in November when we get back.

A little late catching up, but Happy Birthday, Dodie! What a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday!

Dodie liked the facial expression also. As do I.

But I would. That expression makes me think of the quintessential British former military officer, retired.

Of course. Starvation or automat pizza is an awful choice to be forced to make, but automat pizza wins out in that case.

I’m pretty picky about pizza too, but it was automat pizza or nothing that day, with breakfast some distance down the road the next.

Good spotting, Dotie! Eurasian kestrel, a close cousin of the kestrels we see back home.

I think we are pizza picky. There is only one place near us that makes a pizza that Dodie can enjoy and she really prefers Steve's homemade from scratch. Our grandkids claim Grampa makes the best pizza ever. We scoff at frozen pizza, won't touch it.