Give me a fork

I've had such a great weekend.  I went to a wings and wheels show on Saturday with Graham and I was bored out of my mind with the poor display of wings and wheels.  If I'd had a fork I may have poked my eyes out.  Oh.... and I saw "Thunder Flies".  Sounds like an exciting Aerobatic flying group doesn't it?  Nope these are tiny little flies which swarm in and seemingly are attracted to white.  I know this because I was wearing white.  I was brushing them off for most of our time there.  Yet, I still enjoyed the day as a whole.  Afterwards we went to a seaside town called Skegness.  It's about one and a half hours south of Grimsby.  It was such a gorgeous day and we just walked around and soaked in the atmosphere.  It is a bit like Niagara Falls without the falls of course but with a beach.  Then I came home and spent the evening with Amy.  We baked cupcakes (5 Dozen) and brownies for a party of a co-worker(Laura).  Her daughter turned 3 today and we had such an enjoyable day out in the sun.  I have not done a lot of people photography since being here so I brought my camera and took many pics which I can't show you (other peoples children and all that).  They will be great memories for her when she grows up.

Riley

A kit car/ Alpha Romeo

Triumph Stag

A bit older than the one mom and dad had and then passed on the Steve and I.

I love that all these beaches offer donkey rides.

The Pier in Skegness

Seaside at Skegness

Most towns seem to have a beautiful clock tower, this is Skegness's.

A Selfie with Graham.

Homebound in just 12 days.

Tour de Sheffield

I spent the day today in Sheffield.  I really tried to work up the courage to go tomorrow but I hate crowds and the idea of millions of people going to witness the end of the Tour de France was more than I could bear.  So I went today.  I was wishing while I was there that I had waited but roads would be closed and what are the chances I would get close enough to get a good picture.  I did enjoy the energy that it has brought the city.  Sheffield was great, it has historical architecture with a mix of contemporary city and I was again blessed with a gorgeous day.
Today's adventures kept my mind off the fact that in three weeks I will be home. Yippee!!!!

Sheffield City Hall

Two young guys having some fun.

Large knitted flowers for the tour are all around the city.

Inside the Peace Gardens

The name "Bird of Paridise" finally makes sense.  At least I think this is what it is, if not it should be.

There were many more than this.

Selfie

Just chill'n in a park watching the tour.  This is my idea of getting in on the excitement.

These two were entertaining the crowds on stilts.

This beautiful water fountain is in front of the train station.

Nail polish at Model's Own.

I made a stop on the way home at Meadow Hall shopping centre.  I found a bathing suit for the summer and enjoyed another exceptional soft pretzel.  What a great day, it made up for a very exhausting week at school.  We are working with clay and the prep work is overwhelming.  I can't wait for the summer to begin.

I'm coming home...

for the summer that is.  I was unsure whether I could raise the funds to get home but I managed.  The idea of not seeing Elexis for two years was killing me.  Not to mention everyone else I love but Elexis is growing up fast and I hate missing so much as a week.  Come July 25th I'm outta here for almost 5 weeks.
Today Graham took me to the transport museum.   While this was not my thing I was enjoying the opportunity to take pictures of various trollies.  Next week at the camera club there is an themed competition titled "Transportation".  So I could have got all I needed in just an hour or two but Graham wanted to ride each of the trollies.  Can you guess what I did for 5 hours today?  Some were interesting for the first 5 minutes,  but that was the extent of my attention span/interest.  I did get some neat pics though maybe not prize winners.

Mirror looking down the double decker stairs.

These buses are post war and they are made of wood with beautiful fixtures, this is one of about 20 lamps in the ceiling.

 Some flowers to break up the monotony.

Beyond saving

Front emblem of a German bus

This is my favourite of the day.

Also not a trolly.

Looking up double deckeker stairs

Vera, a 1943 French Tram