Perspective from Mom

I think Mom has been reaching out to me the last couple days. I keep accidentally stumbling onto memories of her. In the last few days I have found old photos of her, remembered that things in my house (and plants outside) were gifts from her, laughed at the memory of her ferocious opinions about […]

Mayhem on the Farm

You could film an episode of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom at my house.

Lil’ Hussies

The far away chicken is doing something amazing and they are missing out on amazingness.

Eating up tulips

I needed the sunshine and bright colours to lighten my mood, and Tara needed to enjoy a rare day off from work and school.

Irish Doors

I can remember the mood and excitement of the moment when I took the photo.

Cork Graffiti

We were not looking for street art, and it was everywhere.

Castles of Cashel and Cahir

The two well-maintained and managed places we decided to see up close were in Cashel and Cahir.

Dingle Peninsula

Have I mentioned that the spot is magical?

Driving to Killarney and Dingle

We had breakfast at the hotel since it was Sunday, it was early, and NOTHING was going to be moving until 11am. We took a taxi to the airport and rented a car. We rented a car!!! You know what that means, of course. It means I had to DRIVE in IRELAND. I had been […]

Half a day in Cork

We didn’t plan our time well and gave ourselves 3 minutes to eat the buffet breakfast we had each paid €13 ($15) for. Instead of eating, we collected food into take-home containers we had saved from the day before and ran out of the hotel with rollerbags and shoulder bags, and paper bags of breakfast […]