Falltime means Christmas in London!

Mom and Bob going to get some groceries down in Balham

Oxford Circus at sunset (which is at like 6 p.m. now...)

Oxford Street has their Christmas decorations up, and I love it! (it's ok to put up Christmas decorations here in October because it's actually cold, I don't think Halloween is that big here, and of course there is no Thanksgiving!)

Leaves changing color outside of Spitalfields Market

Some bunny statues outside of Spitalfields?

The Christmas shop is open in Liberty of London

Haha who woudn't want that animal in their house? (I thought at the time it was a deer, but it kind of looks like a donkey now)

An entire portion of the Christmas shop dedicated to candy!

So the days are getting much shorter and colder! When I first got here, the sun came up at 4 a.m. and it stayed light until almost 11 p.m. Now it's getting dark at 6 p.m., and in the dead of winter it will get dark at about 3 p.m. The temperature will hit freezing for the first time tonight in London, so I have stocked up on winter wear-jackets, gloves, and contemplating some ear muffs (people actually wear them here!). I hope I will actually be able to use some of it when I get back to Houston!