It's been a while (Picture time!)

I might have to make quite a few updates! It's been several weeks since I've given an update, and I've got a lot to share. Perhaps I should break this into several posts? Let's start with some fun stuff and see where this goes.

It's museum time again!

But this time with more DINOSAURS!!!!!!!

I had a LOT of fun one day a few weeks ago at the Natural history Museum here. I spent several hours walking around and texting pictures to the friends whom I thought would appreciate them most. For Hannah, dinosaurs, for Cami, scary fish and silly birds ;P

(for WAY more pics, see Facebook!)

Also there was the Pitts Rivers museum, a cultural history museum:

WITH SWORDS!!! SO MANY SWORDS!!!!!!

And other weapons

Also, I got to go with a group of renenacters here on campus to a historical market type thing. Like a renaissance fair except inside and more just the shopping, no shows, etc. It was fun! So many cool people, but everything is SO expensive it's not even funny!

On the way home, we saw the brightest rainbow I've ever seen!

I've also gotten to visit other cool stuff in England and in Oxford, here are a few:

I also got to see THE MAP

ONE MAP TO RULE THEM ALL

ONE MAP TO FIND THEM

ONE MAP TO BRING THEM ALL

AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM

....okay okay. So this map THIS MAP. It was found in the copy of the Lord of the Rings that Pauline Baynes (illustrator) owned. And it's covered in J.R.R. Tolkien's handwritten notes to Baynes to help her make a new version.

Baynes was also the illustrator of my favorite books of all time:

Finally, for pictures: here's a few fun things, and some pics of me and funny hats I got to wear for various reasons :P

I've got more to share, that's for sure. But I'll make another post for the rest.

Sorry this was just kind of a picture dump! I'm trying to play catch up. Most of this is from before that last Rugby post.

Thanks for reading, as always.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.