Pitt, Posies, and Punting

We're a little behind on our blogging, each day had been packed full of activity-- there's no time to report on it! Friday-- on America's Independence Day, we celebrated by touring the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Oxford Botanical Gardens, and punting!

The Pitt Rivers Museum is best described as a giant Ye Old Curiosity Shop-- full of masks, body ornamentations, totems, musical instruments, weapons, masks, textiles, jewelery, canoes, ceremonial cloaks, shrunken heads--you name it. It truly is something to behold. You couldn't ever possibly see all that they have-- you could wander around for days in there. If you want to check out a virtual tour of this amazing place, here's the link: Pitt Rivers Virtual Tour

Next we headed for the Botanical Gardens-- this picture tells it all... gorgeous! But then doesn't everybody's garden look like that?




After that, Claire, Linda and Deb all decided they were up for a little punting on the River Cherwell... with Philip and Ray serving as riverside photographers. Claire was our punter and she did a fantastic job-- especially manuevering past boats full of less than apt oarsmen. Deb and Linda enjoyed the leisurely trip downstream and back-- a great way to celebrate the 4th of July--British style.

Claire, Deb and Linda punting