Part time pet

We promised Rio when we moved to London that we'll get a dog. And months went by with vocal and silent recriminations...and then our neighbor rescued us by getting a black lab puppy named Brahms. So we finally got our part-time dog. And he's perfect - especially since we only take him when we feel like it & he never chews any of our shoes & we get to give him all the stuffed bears that are overfilling our toy chests.

Hampstead Christchurch basking in October sunrise

Christ Church was designed in 1852 by Samuel Dawkes and enlarged by George Gilbert Scott in 1860.
Now it's a host of one of the better parochial (as in private school quality for free - if you don't count going to church every Sunday) schools in Hampstead - Christ Church School.

Fall quickly accelerating

...as we start to count our last weeks in London

Ila's Playgroup

Bisou bisou

Sunday evening scrubbing left Ila without her "little make-up" streaks.

Circus in town

And after an hour of trotting horses, clowns blowing horns and tightrope walkers, Ila decided it's a perfect time to take a nap.