Traveling Burks Clan

Happy Halloween 2011

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Halloween, Texas Style.

Forgot One

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Family in July Round Two

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Family in July

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My nephew was in from the military in July. Here are some photos from our get together. Mostly snapshots but I love the memories that were captured.

Merry Christmas

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Comments

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I love receiving comments. That being said, could you please sign your name (first name is all I need if you are family) so I can reply :)

M A N Y T H A N K S ! ! !

Things I saw this weekend. Part 1

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Happy Halloween 2010

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Hampton Court

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Fun

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Wide angle lenses produce a large amount of distortion on people when used close up ;)
I love this picture!

Happy Birthday Eddie!!!

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Today is my sister Eddie's Birthday and it's a very special one! Eddie is one of the most caring people I have ever met. She would do anything for anyone (REALLY). I wish I was there to help her celebrate! May you have the most special birthday Eddie. I love you!

thanks to my family for the pictures of Eddie ;)

Snapshots At the Globe Theatre

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Here are a couple of quick snaps of the two of us at the Globe. Terrible pics but lovely memories :)

Family snaps

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I got a new toy today and played with it while we were out and about in the city. The weather was dreary and the pics are not very good (I didn't have my tripod or flash with me so they are a bit dark and grainy)- but I love them.
My family is the greatest!

A little slideshow

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Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

More Hitchin Pictures

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Hitchin Lavender Fields

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All Three

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Perfect weather

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Overcast practice

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Happy Memorial Day

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Mixed up group of pictures today. Not ready for the weekend to be over!

Header

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Drew said he thought the header was too large - so I have made it smaller. I don't really like the image like this but it will have to do for now. Got to get a new family picture. To see the picture correctly - go down a few post. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend!

(Happy birthday to my best friend in the world - you know who you are - love you).

Now entering the blue zone

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Mr. Blue Eyes

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I love color

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View from Trafalgar Square.

Just one - well maybe two

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Going though my hard drive...

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Kids playing in Princess Diana Park, Red under the Thames, Gargoyle in Paris, Nik and John at a Cafe in Paris across from Notre Dame.

Just Playing

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Happy Mother's Day

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I love London in the ...

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Spring time :)

Black and White at night

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WOOHOO!

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We have a new nephew in Oklahoma :) Congratulations Samuel and Amy :) I can't wait to see some pictures! Oh yeah, double congrats to Samuel - he also joined the Air Force today.

They had ice cream :)

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Epping Forest 2.0

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Epping Forest

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Quote from Little Man

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Talking about his dad (Drew) "He's not old - he's normal". I love it :)

Red's Photos

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Red found my old camera in the garage last weekend and has adopted it as her own.

Spring 2010 -April in London

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Snapshots from Easter 2010

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Pink Tulip

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Forgot to change the iso on some of these :(

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Was playing with window light and didn't check the iso setting (again). They say the newer cameras have the iso in the viewfinder - cool.

Greenwich

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We had sun today so we headed out to Greenwich Park:) Note to self - check the weather for temperature before heading out! It was freezing today. Technical: almost all images are SOOC except the last - it has texture added (most are sharpened for web with curves adjustment for color pop).

Wacky B&W

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We had a busy afternoon. I had to take Red to the doctor - she has an ear infection. Both girls had swim lessons (Dr. said Red could swim if she used ear plugs) and Dinogirl IS SWIMMING. I am so proud of her. We had to go back to the Dr. after swim to pick up a different prescription for Red's ears and then have it filled.
I also spent some time with our neighbors tonight. I just love visiting with them - and thanks for the glass of wine :)
Weather is predicted to be nice this weekend. Hopefully we can get out and do something :) I want to go visit the Columbia Road Flower Market on Sunday (and take some snaps of course). We want to go see Alice in Wonderland but will wait till next week so maybe some of the crowds will be gone. It's late and I'm rambling.
Here are some random wacky snapshot done in black and white.
1. Kissing a snowman 2. Pouty lip, 3. CHEERS! 4. At Aunt Ginger's house 5. Just being wacky
Sweet dreams :)

Oops!

2010-03-05T12:45:00.002Z

I was too tired to post pics last night. We were watching the Discovery Channel special on King Tut and I was dozing in and out. My lovely family nudged me into going to bed (go to bed you're snoring"). So I did. Will post some family images later today.
See ya :)

Blue

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Flowers in Blue

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View On Black

Flower and more

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We took a three day mini vacation this week to go to Cornwall and see the Eden Project.
We stayed in a hotel on Carlyon Bay and the view was spectacular. I want to go back in late Spring to see the flowers in full bloom.

St Austell

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The Eden Project

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Tomorrow and/or Saturday, I will be posting some pictures from The Eden Project. For now, here is a link to it: http://www.edenproject.com/?gclid=CNqI6cP8jaACFYoU4wodRFJ2eA
If you are ever in London, it is a 4 hour train ride to St. Austell and a 10 minute cab ride. I highly recommend it.

Bye :)

test

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testing testing one two three

More from Paris

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London

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London is a very beautiful city. I love exploring. Note: I will be going back to retake this first picture when there is no construction on Big Ben and Houses of Parliament.

DinoGirl Brownie Pledge and Pin

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I finally got this download from my old cf card.

Goal

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I have decided to try and post something to the blog everyday. As you can tell, I've been looking at my Paris photos for the past two days. There will be more of them for sure. I hope we get to go back again before we move back.

Waiting for Spring

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and I'm impatient ;)

Dreaming of Paris

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Forgotten Images

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I was looking through the blog and realized that we never posted these images. The first is Red with THE Mona Lisa in the Louvre (taken with Dinogirl's p&s) . The second is Red with Degas. Third is Nikkie and Raigan with James McNeill Whistler - Whistler's Mother. The last is Nikkie and Raigan with Seurat (edited in Photoshop CS2 to make it look like they were in the original picture). These last three images were taken here: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html
The final image is my picture of the Musee-d'Orsay.

Ancient History

2010-01-18T17:11:00.005Z

We took the kids to the British Museum yesterday. WOW! It is HUGE. We only got to see about a fourth of it before Cael got tired. I recommend it anyone visiting London. Here are some snapshots of Drew and the girls with the Rosetta Stone- we only had a few seconds to snap them - it was really crowded!

More snow

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Preventing cabin fever

SNOW - January 06, 2010

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Happy New Year!

Happy Halloween 2009

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From today

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We spent the day in Greenwich Park. The leaves are starting to turn already. We had a picnic and then let the kids run their little legs off.

Update (part one)

2009-09-05T10:28:00.008+01:00

EDIT: I posted some pictures on http://sammieburksphotography.blogspot.com/ if you are interested just pop on over after you finish reading this blog.

Wow, has it really been that long since I've updated this blog? BAD BAD BAD Sammie! In my defense, we have been really busy with visitors! (YEAH).

Let's see if I can fill everyone in on the happenings of the past few months.

On May 30, I got to go to Paris for an all night photo shoot (by myself with no kids). It was awesome. I went with a Flickr group from here in London. Paris at night is something everyone should see. The city never sleeps - REALLY. I would do it again in a heartbeat!

In June we took the kids back to Brighton Beach. I actually let the kids play in the water this time even though it was only 70 degrees. After being here for over a year, 70 degrees does feel warm. We celebrated Reds birthday at the end of the month with a trip to Hamleys (a 7 story toy store here in London) with it's own Build-a-bear inside. It is an all day affair to make it to all levels.

In July, We had two rounds of visitors. First came Grandpa and Nana Burks, Great Nana, and Uncles: Ross, Jerimiah, and Kaleb. The kids were almost giddy to see family. We made all the sites - Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard, St. James Park, Westminster Abbey (I highly recommend this), the London Eye, Tower of London, St. Pauls Cathedral (Recommend this too - but you have to climb to the top with over 400 steps up). We did a day tour and saw Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Bath. Cael really enjoyed having his Uncles here and so did the girls. Our time went by way to quickly. We miss you guys!

Stay tuned for the second half of the story... MORE PICTURES THIS WEEK - I promise!

These first pictures are from Paris. The next set is from Brighton Beach. The last set is from Epping Forest.

Tomorrow!

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MIA... not anymore!
I promise that I will update this blog tomorrow. I have lots of things to tell you all about and loads of pictures. I will also be posting more pictures on my other blog as well.

Good night and sweet dreams,
Sammie

Family, bees, and flowers

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Why didn't I post these earlier?

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1. Family portrait in Paris. Yep, all of our shadows are there - Cael is in the stroller. 2. The Seine in Paris. 3. Lilac in Greenwich Park. 4. DinoGirl in Glendalough, Ireland in Wicklow Forest. 5. Greenwich Park. 6. Clock in Greenwich. 7. Drew and Little Man inside St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. This is a bust of Jonathon Swift (Drew loves Gulliver's Travels).

Ireland - April 2009

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We spent the Easter holiday in Ireland.

Night Time

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This is in Jardin des Tuileries. The building with the reflection is the Louvre

Forest Fun

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Family in Paris

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This first image is the front of the apartment we stayed in while in Paris.

Odds and ends

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Here are a few more from Paris.

Warning: Paris Catacombs- NOT for the weak at heart.

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Drew was really wanting to see the Catacombs here in Paris. I did not take my tripod or monopod (not smart, I know) so the photos are a little blurred (it was really dark down there and a flash is not allowed). It was humid and CREEPY.

Just to let you know, Little Man is feeling much better. We pray that we make it one more day without any more sick ones.

Tag teaming Paris

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For some reason, we seem to be plagued by stomach viruses every time we go on "holiday". Little Man came down with one yesterday. I pray that no one else will before we go home (please, please, please don't let me get it again - it would be my third one in 3 months).

Today Drew and I tag teamed going to the Louvre. I took Red while he watched Little Man and he took Dinogirl while I watched Little Man. It worked out well as the Louvre is open till 10 tonight.

Red really enjoyed the museum. I hope Drew and Dinogirl are having as much fun we had. Little Man seems to be on the downhill side of the virus. Let's hope he is all better tomorrow. We can't make plans until we see how he is in the morning. We may be doing more tag team exploring.

Paris part 2

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Today we went to Notre Dame and a street market around the corner from our apartment.
It was a beautiful day. Tomorrow will be the end of the good weather. Oh well, we are used to cold and rainy.

Paris ...

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Day 2... much better than day 1!

Random

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Beginnning of the snow

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I took this Monday morning when it was starting to snow.

The Girls

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Snow Part II

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More pictures from yesterday. The first is a snowman we came across in the forest. The second is the snowman that Red made. The last two are of Red in the forest. I have one picture of Dinogirl that I am working on and will post it tomorrow.

Let it snow

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Two of a Kind

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These two had so much fun together. I love how dirty their little faces are.

Happy New Year

2009-01-05T15:09:00.001Z

I can't believe my last post was on Halloween! I'm sorry for that. I will be a better blogger this year - I promise.

Here are a few pictures I took while in Texas. I don't have many to post because I seem to have caught every virus I came in contact with (not kidding).

Happy Halloween

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Click on image to view large.

Red in Bath

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Nine

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Festival

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We took the kids to a festival on Sunday. I didn't get one of Red this time.

New fav commercial

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I really love this commercial. I can so see Little Man and the girls here!

Carnival Girls

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Today we took the whole gang to Carnival-London. Today was supposed to be children's day. We saw lots of kids but there weren't many things for them to do. Face painting was one of the only activities we could find for them to do. All in all, the people watching was excellent and the food smelled heavenly.

Yearbook Photos

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I will do more tomorrow :)
Doesn't Little Man look like Austin Powers (and his Daddy). And haven't we seen D. with his hair cut like this before!

From Scratch

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Worms!

Today we set up Red's worm farm and you wouldn't believe how fast to little buggers breed! It wasn't but 2 hours and we had more worms than we knew what to do with... so we all sat down and had a think. Red suggested that we go fishing, Sam suggested we take some out to the woods and set them free. I thought that we should bake up a traditional British dish - Megadrill Pie! Mmmmmmmmmmmm! ;)

Just kidding, In truth, whilst we did set up a worm farm we only wound up with one lonely worm named Alice. I hope we can find him/her some company soon. We did stumble upon a load of blackberries (the fruit, not the pricy smartphone that desperately is trying to develop iPhone features) and decided to make a cobbler (pictured above).
Little man and I threw rocks into Eagle Pond while Sammie, Red and Dinogirl braved the treacherous thorns and brambles of Epping forest to extricate the tasty little morsels for a fantastic and seedy treat!

The message is don't despair

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No news is good news

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I am conducting an experiment for the next couple of weeks. I am staying away from the news...burying my head in the sand so to speak. I read an article a while back about how the news effects your mental health. I will let you know how it goes.

PS... don't spill any of the beans - I just don't want to know!

Bathtub fun

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Little Man loves his bath!

The Sand Man

2008-06-22T02:18:00.000+01:00

We took the kids back to Kensington/Hyde Park last weekend. I caught "Manny" playing in the sandbox.

I don't want to call the kids by their names so here are the new nicknames they will have on the blog
SRB = "Red" for obvious reasons ;)
HSB - "Gap Girl" - I think she looks like the kids used in the Gap ads
ECB - "Manny" - we call him "Little Man" but most of the time he's "Manny"

Funny

2008-06-21T02:05:00.000+01:00

Did any of you see that the UK denied giving a visa to Martha Stewart? They gave us five... now that is funny! I suppose being sophisticated folks from Texas gave ua an unfair advantage (and no real jail time on our permanent records).

Sorry Martha, the Queen doesn't want to have tea with you ;)

Photography blog

2008-06-20T10:48:00.000+01:00

My photography blog is back up and running with a new name and address. If you want to check it out,go here:

http://sammieburksphotography.blogspot.com/

Learning

2008-06-19T11:20:00.001+01:00

I know I've posted this photo before but I reworked it using a new tip I found online.

Update

2008-06-17T17:21:00.000+01:00

Warning, I am in the process of changing the name of my photography blog. I accidentally typed in the name without photography at blogspot and came across a not so child friendly (or Christian Adult) site. So now I am trying to come up with a new name. As soon as I have it back up and running, I will post the new address here.

How was everyones weekend (Fathers Day)?

Wishes

2008-06-15T16:01:00.000+01:00

Wishing all of you Dads a wonderful day! Put your feet up, take the day off - you deserve it. Our lives wouldn't be the same without you. We love you!

New Blog

2008-06-10T00:24:00.000+01:00

I've started a new blog where I can post my photography related stuff. I feel funny putting photos on this blog that aren't family or travel related.

So if you are interested in seeing the pics, come on over! If not, that's just fine ;)
I will continue to post pictures of the kids on this blog (don't worry).

The blog address is:
tinylittlethingsphotography.blogspot.com

Congrats!

2008-06-05T01:53:00.000+01:00

I have a few things to scream HURRAY about!

First: My nephew Charlie is graduating from Memorial High School tonight! WAY TO GO CHARLIE!!! Wish we were there to see you walk across the stage! Pictures please :) Big hugs to you!

Second: We have a new little niece. Levi and Jessica, can't wait to see pictures and get more information about how and when she arrived! I bet little Sophia Madelyn is beautiful. Love that name.

Happy Birthdays going out to my nephew Chris in the Navy, Uncle Aaron, and to Elizabeth our new neighbor.