Sometimes you come across things that you wonder ‘Why did I not know of this before??’ Recently I had that experience. I will have lived in my home for 20 years this year and for longer than those 20 years there has been a small privately owned petting zoo/farm only 15 minutes from me. It […]
Blog
As I plan my next journey to Ireland, I naturally look back at past trips. My first trip was with a friend from high school and it was only 6 days long. I am very […]
One of the things I love to do is participate in Irish language Immersion weekends. I’ve been too busy for the last couple of years to study outside of weekends a lot but I try to get some time to study every now and again. […]
I have a fairly small immediate family but a large extended family. I think of family as almost anyone that I know how we are related – I actually do know some 3rd cousins. Obviously, I am closer to some than others but we’re all family. I am heading out soon to Cincinnati, Ohio to […]
We just got back from a fantastic but all too short of a trip to Tucson, AZ to visit with family. From the moment knew we were going I knew the one photo I wanted to get was a Saguaro cactus in the sunset. I was fairly relentless and the night before we left my brother […]
The hubs, oldest son and I took the grandson (6 years old) apple picking this past Saturday. It was a gorgeous but fairly hot fall day. I think we’ll make it a yearly event as fun was had by all. We walked up the hill to the orchard as there was a long line for […]