I Spy Friday featuring Sugar Bear (and Stonehenge)

 I've skipped the last two I Spy Friday posts, but with very good reason!

I have only had eyes for this one...

My daughter arrived on the 24th of May for a two week visit.

I might have made a little scene at Heathrow, but who can blame me.

Her first words when she saw me were "Don't cry!"

She just left on Wednesday.  Sad face. 

But, we had SUCH a wonderful time!  It felt so good and right to share England with her.

We didn't give her a chance to mess with jet lag.

On the day after she arrived, we loaded her into a rental car

and headed out on a road trip to Cornwall.

The Southwest coast of England is Spec-tac-u-lar!  I can't even tell you!  

But, I will attempt to show you as the week goes on.  I'll be writing several posts about our trip. 

On the way, we made a quick stop at Stonehenge.  It's only about 90 minutes out of London.

When you first come upon Stonehenge out in this big field, it's surprising how small it seems.

In my mind, it was this huge massive monument so to actually see it is surreal.

 TE and I had visited before but it was closed.  This time we did the whole audio tour thing.

 

 The audios were informative and discussed many of the theories about the henge.

There were stories of Merlin, giants and the devil.  Aliens even had an honorable mention.

Isn't she gorgeous?!

 

There were quite a few people there, but it only took about a hour to get through.

(I have a blogger confession to make. 

I have this thing about getting random people in my photos.  It makes me crazy. 

But you can't really shoo hundreds of people out of the way at Stonehenge, can you?

Please tell me it's not just me.)

 Once you get up close and really start looking, Stonehenge becomes large and epic again.

Every time you  look at it you see something different and interesting.

I could walk around it for hours and take pictures.

I just wish it was like Avebury Henge where you can get in there, touch and explore. 

 

 Here are some more Stonehenge photos.  (Just pretend that you can't see the other tourists.)

 

I love the colors of the lichen on the stones.

 Doesn't the raven in the foreground seem appropriate?

 

 

I can't wait to share more of Sugar Bear's visit!

Stayed tuned for Polperro, Tintagel, Land's End,

Harry Potter Studios, London Zoo and so much more.

Thanks for reading and commenting.  It means the world.  

xoxo

Selena