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Published… Etc. Guides

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:53:27 +0000

Very exciting… some of my pics have been used, with my permission of course, in the “Lancaster. Morecambe. Etc.” guide. I got credit, no pay. That works for me right now. Building that resume and all. Check out the website. Not much on there really, but if you click the blog link there’s a bit more. You won’t see my photos displayed anywhere with my name connected to them on the website, so don’t worry yourself with looking. Just kinda cool it’s there and I’m in it. Simon, the guy who was the brain behind it all, sent me a copy of the guide, which was cool of him. I’m excited.

Posted in LiFe, Photos Tagged: city guides, etc. guides, etcguide.co.uk, lancaster, lancaster morecambe etc. guide, morecambe, photography, travel guides, travel photography

Looking Over Lancaster

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:51:58 +0000

Looking Over Lancaster, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

I’m going to sign off now from the United Kingdom. This, the final view I’m leaving you with from our time here, was taken from up by the Ashton Memorial looking out over Lancaster. You can see the River Lune, the Lancaster Castle, and Morecambe Bay in this photo. It’s been a great trip. We look forward to returning.

Posted in Photos, The U.K., Travel Tagged: england, european travel, lancaster, lancaster england, townships, Travel, travel photography, united kingdom

City Hall

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:39:52 +0000

City Hall, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

Posted in Photos, The U.K., Travel Tagged: architecture, city photography, england, lancaster, lancaster england, structure, travel photography, urban photography

Ashton

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:30:20 +0000

Ashton, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, England.

Posted in Photos, The U.K., Travel Tagged: ashton memorial, england, lancaster, lancaster england, memorial, photography, Travel, travel photography

Ashton Memorial

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:19:50 +0000

Ashton Memorial, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

We walked from the Castle and Priory on one hill through downtown to the Ashton Memorial and butterfly house on another. There’s a fantastic view of the city, Morecambe Bay, and the surrounding countryside from up there. We went into the butterfly house, the small beast house, the small mammal house, and wandered the grounds a bit. It was a gorgeous day. We passed a nice cricket game, all gents dressed in white.

Posted in Photos, The U.K., Travel Tagged: ashton memorial, england, lancaster, lancaster england, memorials, photography, structure, Travel, travel photography, united kingdom

Walking in Lancaster

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:11:44 +0000

Walking in Lancaster, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

We took a walk around Lancaster a couple of days ago. This was taken in the downtown part of the city as we left the castle priory behind us on the hill and walked through town.

Posted in Photos, The U.K., Travel Tagged: england, lancaster, lancaster england, lancaster united kingdom, old towns, photography, towns, Travel, travel photography

Lancaster Priory

tokenhippygirl — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:04:55 +0000

Lancaster Priory, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Here we are on the eve of our return to the states. I’ve just finished uploading all of our photos from our two week sojourn in the United Kingdom. We took nearly 2000 photos. Insane, I know. These last few I’m posting today were taken in and around Lancaster. It’s been good to us. We took our daily morning walk to Cafe Nero for our usual extra hot skinny chai and latte this morning and the girl behind the counter knew our drinks. We were impressed and told her, sadly, this was our last morning here. We did say we’d return, and she said she would try to remember. She’ll probably have to have a long memory, but cheers to her for even suggesting that effort.

Posted in Photos, The U.K., Travel Tagged: england, lancaster, lancaster church, lancaster england, lancaster priory, photography, Travel, travel photography

More Downtown Lancaster

tokenhippygirl — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:57:41 +0000

More Downtown Lancaster

Originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl

Lancaster, U.K. – Downtown

tokenhippygirl — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:56:02 +0000

Lancaster, U.K. – Downtown

Originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl

One of the last photos I took in Lancaster when we went out to get pasty and chai.

Pasty

tokenhippygirl — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:52:40 +0000

Pasty

Originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl

Our Last Day In Lancaster was spent hanging out at Mary and Martin’s place, taking a jaunt to the Cornish Bakery for a couple of pasties and Cafe Nero for some chai, packing, grocery shopping with Mary, going to the University to pick up a couple of t-shirts, and going to dinner at The Meeting House to celebrate a great vacation and a wonderful visit with the kids.

We had a great time in England and Spain and are already thinking about where we want to venture to on our next trip over. Luckily we won’t have to wait too long to see the kids again as we’re going to meet them in New Orleans in January which we’ll follow with a week long visit here in Portland.

As for Lancaster and our trip. We loved Mary and Martin’s house and the town. It’s nice to feel good about where they are, having now had the chance to see it for ourselves. I know that Karen, especially, feels that. It’s good to know they’re OK. And in fact, they are better than OK, which is so very nice.

I guess, since I’m writing this two days after returning while sitting at my desk at work, I should say a big thanks to Darla and Kevin for house-sitting. Weston was in good hands and we very much appreciate your time and attention with the little man.

And now… well now it’s time to get my head back in the work game. It’s tough, always, when one comes back from vacation and is still not totally acclimated to the work environment. They key word here is… concentration. Yeah, that’s right… I must concentrate. Say it like a mantra… concentrate… concentrate…

Cheers…