This is in Fort Douaumont at Verdun. They didn't redo this section so you could see what it was like during the 10 month battle.

The ossuary and cemetary at Verdun.

A fairy tale castle in France.

I went to France for my Easter holiday for three weeks.From the doorway of an abandoned little building on a Pyrenees mountain in Collioure, my friend Elaine.
Andrew laughing in Orlèans.
Light from a little window inside Fort Douaumont in Verdun.
Ladder to the top of the 155 mm gun turrets in Douaumont.
Distorted by glass, Andrew sits.

Today it's hands and feet:

Because today is such a lovely day here in England, I decided to take an adventure (which resulted in injury).Lane near my residence hall

Keele Hall

Keele Hall's gardens

England - we've got fields!

This is Keele's answer to USM's climbing tree, although not nearly as good.

This screams Tolkien

The Magic Woods

The rope that caused my injury (!@#$%).

Tiny baby pine cone

This was the view up from a stream bank

The Magic Woods


This is my injury. It's way better if you click the image though to see it full size. I scraped all of the skin off that side of my finger. This picture just shows the blood; now I've cleaned it off and it's just muscle and lots of lymphatic fluid. I was sure I'd broken it, but now I'm thinking maybe I just bruised it badly.

Twin trees

And the daffodils next to my dorm to lighten the bloody finger mood!