^ The cemetery at the church in Droxford, which is the town where some of the relatives live still. It was so much fun meeting the rellies, although you have those moments prior to meeting where you kind of dread it (will they like us, will we like them, etc?), but everything works out in the end (and you feel silly about worrying because you had such an excellent time!). They took us to the cemetery to look for graves belonging to ancestors. I took a ridiculous number of photos there, but there's something enjoyable about elegantly, skillfully created and crafted tombstones.
^ Roses near the town hall in Droxford. The roses in England and Germany were astoundingly gorgeous!
^ Just a headstone at the Droxford church cemetery. We managed to find the graves of a number of relatives there from about a century ago. A little wander away from the cemetery is the place near the stream where a great-grandfather planted a chestnut tree (I think it was). Kind of strange to be in another country and see things your relatives were involved with there.
^ Winchester Cathedral from the side. The cathedral is really beautiful and is the burial place of Jane Austen. And speaking of Winchester Cathedral, Saint Swithun's day is coming up (July 15). Swithun was a bishop at the cathedral from 852 to 856 (yes, more than 1000 years ago). July 15 is meant to set the pattern for the weather for the next 40 days.
"St. Swithun's Day, if thou dost rain,
For forty days it will remain:
St. Swithun's Day, if thou be fair,
For forty days 't will rain nae mair."
^ Light sculpture in Winchester Cathedral.
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