Welcome to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

The choice of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV greatly welcomed by all the peoples in St Peter's Square and around the world. A Pope born in Chicago, United States of America and of the Western Hemisphere. The enthusiasm and spirit of the Western Hemisphere has been brought once again to the Vatican. Mind you there has also been plenty of enthusiasm and spirit from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Catholic Church through the millennia. 

Finished up the first batch of matches and starting to extract the matches from FT DNA and Living DNA (will also check GedMatch for Ancestry matches). I need to check Ancestry once again as more than a month has passed since I last extracted matches from there. 

The day ran away on me somewhat but I did get all the branches broken up and out to the street for pickup today. I watched some more of the latest documentary on the Blitz in England - the original reels added in here and there are quite amazing actually. One wonders how they ever survived all of that and yet London was beautiful when we were there. The stains of war were still there though when we visited the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Bermondsey but renovations were happening and already painted over and replaced but still more in the process. My Beard family was at St Mary Magdalene and my Buller family had been at the Church of St Olave but that burial yard had been moved to Bunhills in London when the extensions to London Bridge were added. There are plaques under the extensions showing the look of the area before the extensions including Tooley Street where Christopher Buller had his sail/slop shop. All in all, London was a marvelous experience. We walked 18,000 steps and more most days from the hotel near Waterloo Station into London as far as St Paul's Cathedral and then into Bermondsey and down Long Lane where the Buller family lived back to Waterloo Station and we did that several times with several different paths in mind. I had plotted that all out before we went on the maps. It was an amazing five days that we spent there that particular time in 2010 before we went on to a tour of part of Western Europe (France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France). Edward and I both liked to walk. 

I must finish off the will though first thing today and perhaps start another one. I would like to complete that task. I have a lot of different tasks on my plate now but it is good to always be busy at something that interests you. 

Monday we learn about the Cabinet I think although did hear on the Power and Politics series last night that it was the week of the 12th rather than the 12th itself so it may be later in the week. However Parliament opens on the 27th with the Throne Speech that date is set in stone now. I am glad that it is televised as I do not see myself going downtown. I much prefer to watch it on the television and have for quite a few years although I still love to walk and run for that matter and do do that but primarily at home. 

Kettle on and soon teatime.