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!