Jack in Ireland
Category: Background
Viking Hut in National Botanic Garden (Ireland)
The first day we were in Ireland this past summer, we focussed on getting sim cards for our cell phones. We found a small electronics shop on Grafton streets that quickly outfitted our phones with a telephone plan. We also had the obligatory lunch at a pub where I ate fish and chips.
Our second day, we took our phones and our umbrellas to the National Botanic Garden, where I took this photo of a reconstructed Viking house.
Happy Birthday Rion
Today, Rion is eleven years old. He was born to a mother who was in the Pikes Peak Humane Society foster program eleven years ago. We adopted him two months later, and this photo was taken the day after he came to live with us. The first few weeks he spent the nights in a crate on the bed so I would be able to take him out when he got restless. I used the orange quilt over the crate so it wouldn’t be too drafty for him.
Fox Run Park
I joined a few friends for an impromptu picnic at Fox Run Park yesterday. It was a beautiful late summer day and the park was surprisingly uncrowded.
Happy Holidays
My father and step-mother made this angel ornament for me many years ago.
Above the Cloud
After several cold and grumpy days, we are due for some warmer, drier weather. This is our first colorful sunrise in several days, and we can see a cloud in the valley below us.
Bandit and Caroline
This summer, my sister visited us for a short time. Bandit appreciated having another person in his fan club.
Groomed
Bandit and Rion both went to the Bad Place on Saturday. Bandit’s white areas are no longer dingy and Rion’s coat is no longer a magnet for burrs and other debris.
Across the Road
Although we see them fairly frequently in another part of our valley, it is rare to see elk across the road from our house.
Hummer in the Snow
During the spring snowstorms yesterday, the hummingbirds seemed particularly appreciative of our feeders.