Our Neighborhood

Some of you (my parents really) have asked to see pictures of our walk to school. Austin is attending Elms Road Nursery school which is a 3/4 mile walk from our house. I make this trip twice a day, five days a week totaling 3 miles of walking. It's great when it's not raining and I get in a workout!
Here is the first picture, heading down our street, then through the hedges on the footpath.



Then around the a few corners through the neighborhood. Most of these homes have beautiful flowers year-round. Daffodils and crocus, then tulips and hyacinths. Now lilacs, phlox, daisies, forget-me-nots, roses, magnolias.....just to name a few. My favorite is a house with wisteria overhanging one end. The beautiful purple flowers that look like grape clusters. So pretty!


Around the next corner and past our bus stop we take into the city. I had to take a picture of this cottage. We walk by it each day. You don't see many of these in the city!


Down the busy street, past another bus stop and the Botley shops. Then Elms road on which the school is located.


Here is Austin in front of the school. Of course the day I bring the camera they are busy repairing the shingles or something! Austin loves his new school hat too which he's required to wear on sunny days while at school.