I got back from a 10 day trip to England on Monday and I am starting to feel like myself again. It wasn’t really 10 days, I was gone that long but with the time change and some serious jet lag in both directions, it was really more like 7 days.
Anyway, I did lots of stuff, I will post pictures of that another time. This entry is for the awesome things I bought while there!
Seriously, yes, I did bring home toilet paper, haha. Call me crazy, but you can not buy this here in Canada. How sad! As you can see, one pack is floral and somewhat old lady-ish and the other has silver stars and makes me feel like partying. I don’t know when I will get around to opening and using these, maybe never. I also always bring home GB Smarties-they are highly superior-and Polo Mints. And there were 2 Flakies but one seems to have disappeared. Other candy, not pictured, that I brought back were marshmallow shrimps and pig snouts and gummy pig tails.
I also brought a pile of gifts for Ari that included pajamas, magazines and crystals that grow in vinegar.
My uncle, who is 84 this year and is still working on a farm, gave me this rock which is a bit of a mystery to all of us. He says that when plowing fields (in southern Kent) he occasionally comes across a round rock and will put it in his pocket. His collection was small, maybe about 40 all together, and were varying sizes and colours. A couple were broken in half and appeared to have a thin outer layer covering a white stone (maybe chalk?) and hollow right in the middle. The one he gave me, pictured here, is dark green but it was the only one like that, most were sort of brown. Kent is covered in flint, but they are not that. If anyone has any insight, like maybe they are fossilized poo? Feel free to tell me.
I’ve been waiting to see what treasures you’d brought back!!!
Cait , I am not sire if it’s genetic! but I am now obsessed with finding spherical stones/pebbles .
Please help
It’s because I’m so cool.
Perhaps they are geodes or some type?
I don’t think they are but you aren’t the first person to suggest that. I think not because they aren’t crystallized inside, the ones I saw that had been broken in half had smooth interiors. So. I’m actually thinking of taking them to a museum to see if anyone there can figure it out.