August 29, 2005
Thank goodness for friends who come over and drag you away from your computer and make you knit and enjoy a nice martini while romping with the Large Ones (Harvey and Grazzi). This produces pictures: The Landscape Shawl. Don't let...
August 11, 2005
Thursday mornings are noisy at Happy Holler. It's garbage day. Back in my growing up years, garbage day meant the garbage man drove through the alley and you hardly knew he had been there. But here, garbage day happens three...
August 09, 2005
I found a way to combine the Mermaid with Ireland yesterday. I was sitting around wishing I was motivated to go the the library and pick up a couple of audiobooks but not really wanting to leave the house (see...
August 08, 2005
When in Galway, I walked right up to some huge swans and took their picture. They hang out in the bay and despite the beauty of the bird they have exceptionally big ugly feet! And behind our B&B in Clifden...
August 07, 2005
Ahhhhhhhhhh. The heat has dissipated somewhat, returning to levels in the low 80s rather than the high 90s. Randy is off to Japan. The Ten are off to Alaska. I have a car and a cell phone again. And I...
August 02, 2005
I saw the devil in Galway City. I wasn't looking for him, and I don't know if anyone else saw him. He was in a real hurry. Luckily I had my camera on and in my hand, so I have...
August 01, 2005
I'll take a brief respite from Ireland photos to indulge in some fiber-related ephemera. But before I do, guess who showed up at my house yesterday? Ladies and gentlemen-- back from Belgium, Israel, Spain, Italy, Holland and other Lands Far...
July 30, 2005
The biggest surprise that Jeremiah had for us when we drove the Ring of Kerry was a demonstration given by a working shepherd with his dogs. Unfortunately, Jeremiah called this a "dog show" and the rest of the Ireland Eleven...
July 29, 2005
Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine. I never understood a single word he said but I helped him a'drinkin' his w-w-w-what? No, no, no! The song got it all wrong! Jeremiah is not a bullfrog. Jeremiah...
July 28, 2005
It's true-- I would have been much worse off in Ireland without my Keepsake Shawl. All that complaining about how much time it took to complete, all the moaning about the largeness of it: I take it all back. It...
July 27, 2005
In Dublin's fair city, Where girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, As she pushed her wheelbarrow Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh"! Now she was a fishmonger,...
July 26, 2005
Our trip had been meticulously planned by my sister-in-law Kim, working with a travel agent. She was dubbed "the schedule Nazi" by her sister Kami, and the name stuck for quite a while. We were what you might call the...
July 25, 2005
I would like to begin recounting my Ireland adventure with my most favorite moment. We had stopped at a beach near Kells on our way to tour the Ring of Kerry. A largely toothless Irish man had parked his van...
