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War would end if the dead could return.  

                                                                - Stanley Baldwin

Ellie's picture at the cenotaph -  it was on the front page of the local paper the next day.

Granddad on the right, Florence c. 1944

Still Here!

After a longer than intended hiatus, I am back to blogging.  I have been slogging away at some other projects - along with the usual work, home reno, and putting the garden to sleep for the winter activities - and they are nearing completion now, so back to England and Ancestry very soon.  We've had a gorgeous autumn on the East Coast this year, and I have added a new page of pictures today, full of candy-colored trees, that I've taken on walks around the city.  We've had our first snow already, just a few inches, but it stayed around for a couple of days which is never a good sign.  Fortunately, the gods have granted us reprieve with more warmer weather since.