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Sketching at Downpartick Head People have asked why there aren’t any pictures of me – well, because I took the other pictures. So . . . Here’s a picture Bob took of me, sketching, one of my favorite times on our trip! Downpatrick Head is the name of this place. I’m sitting at the end [...]

This morning we woke to a bright sunny day and as we were getting breakfast, it began to rain with the sun out—sure enough my first Irish Rainbow—right over our cottage! Irish Rainbow I don’t have internet access where I’m living so these posts may be a day late. YESTERDAY Lots of driving through a [...]

Up early yesterday and picked up our rental car. Good location as straight shot out of Dublin to the N6 – divided highway – so had to drive on left for a while. Were used to it by the time we hit country roads. Straight across Ireland to the WEST. Lots of farm land, sheep [...]

GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, GO, . . .

Philadelphia Skyline Philly Phanatic Play ball!

My friend, Jane, bought a Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel (PTC #61) at auction in 1984. It was built in 1922 for Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio and has 48 horses and two chariots. Literally using an x-acto knife to remove layers of paint, Jane discovered the original colors and designs and now the fully restored [...]

and so it goes!

This week I’m going to the ICON conference in NY. Select their logo for more information.

Being new to this blogging thing I wondered how these pages could be archived. Not just the archiving within the site but for all time or as long as technology would allow. As I thought about this I thought of a friend and client who is a dancer/choreographer, Jeanne Ruddy. She is currently creating her [...]

I create web sites and have a client who needs a blog, so… I need to learn to create blogs, so… what better way to learn than to create one for myself. I wanted a subject for my blog, so… I chose my garden where I like to be when I’m not at the computer, [...]