{"id":564,"date":"2008-08-18T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=564"},"modified":"2010-07-03T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T14:21:51","slug":"england-white-dot-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"England: white dot country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-566\" title=\"eng1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Flying into England on a clear day is quite beautiful.\u00a0 And, I can tell you from experience, it&#8217;s also somewhat unusual as that beautiful patchwork of lush greens results from a lot of rain.\u00a0 A lot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-577\" title=\"eng2-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng2-1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng2-1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first time I came to England, I sat next to a man who asked me where I was from.\u00a0 I said New Jersey.\u00a0 &#8220;Ah, American,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 He went on to tell me how &#8220;unusual&#8221; Americans are, the amusing things we ask and say while on a plane.\u00a0 He pulled out a notebook with pages of handwritten scribble.\u00a0 He told me that he writes down all types of things he hears Americans saying with the intention on writing a book about it.\u00a0 Knowing my ability to put my foot in my mouth, I thought it would be best to keep it shut or his notebook would be overflowing.\u00a0 Each time he&#8217;d ask me a question, I&#8217;d politely smile and nod my head yes or no.\u00a0 For those questions requiring more, my answers were very nondescript &#8212; a shrug of the shoulders, an &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure,&#8221; or other colorless responses.\u00a0 When we started to get closer, I keep seeing the white dots.\u00a0 You can see some on the lower left of the above picture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-571\" title=\"eng4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng4.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was so tempted to ask, &#8220;What are all of those white dots on the ground?&#8221; But there was no way I&#8217;d ask as I knew he&#8217;d fling open his notebook and jot down my question.\u00a0 As we got closer and closer, there were more and more of the white dots.\u00a0 It took a lot of effort for me to keep my trap shut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-572\" title=\"eng5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng5.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng5-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, as we were nearly on top of them, I realized what they were: Sheep!\u00a0 I am so glad I didn&#8217;t ask that question!\u00a0 Now, every time I fly into England and see sheep, I always smile.\u00a0 I photograph them all of the time and buy little stuffed ones to take home with me!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-567\" title=\"eng3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng3.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/eng3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just about landed in Birminham Airport and heading to Festival of Quilts on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flying into England on a clear day is quite beautiful.\u00a0 And, I can tell you from experience, it&#8217;s also somewhat unusual as that beautiful patchwork of lush greens results from a lot of rain.\u00a0 A lot. 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