I Am Not Going To Say A Word. You DO Realize How Difficult This Is, Right?

Us. On board.

This is Shari and me. The last time I was in Ireland, she was with me, too. She is a fellow gypsy.
She and I taught in adjoining rooms for a few years. One day while I was being driven crazy by a good-natured but sometimes unruly boy, I jerked open the door between our classrooms and interrupted with, "How would you like to save a child's life today?" and sent the kid in for her to deal with for a spell.





This is Linda, another retired teacher, myself, and Shari's sister, Gail. Both of these gals are jam-packed with personality.



This is my seester, Barbie, with me. We are doing things to make our mama proud to have two dignified daughters, as usual.



Actually, this picture was taken at a lunch in a pub event.




Lunch on the boat. What? All we did was eat? Well my next post will be FOOD.
Food that made us moan with pleasure...

The Boat and the People Who Made Us Turn Into Spoiled People of Leisure

This is cocktail hour on the upper deck




This is the boat.



Mine and Barbie's room and the gathering room.













Olivia, who is the greatest cook on the planet.
(How she performed those miracles in that little kitchen is a wonder!)
I am knee-deep in awe!




Hannah and Flavia, Who waited on us as if we were rock stars.
Flavia is my newest facebook friend!



Our Captain, Ruairi (Roarie)

Breakfast on the Boat

And this was just to keep us from starving to death while we were enjoying our French Press coffee and waiting for them to cook anything else we wanted!
PLUS it was all served on this lovely pottery.
Yes, we did buy some while we were there.
Yes, we did become incurably spoiled rotten.

On the Way

On Time



Tracking



The beginning of the celebration. Authentically, of course.



The Lucky Wing. This is as dark as it got out there.






And the first glimpse of the Emerald Isle.

Eyjafjallajökull is GETTING ON MY NERVES!!!!!!

GO AWAY, NOW!


We are leaving for Ireland on Friday.
Who wants to fly through this. (Rhetorical.)
I heard an interview with a pilot and he said that the ash would just shut down the engines. I suppose we could just put it in the Shannon. Wonder if Sully's busy Friday.

500 Wine Corks

Everybody get your drink on! You, too can have this ...this... um...ART!!!!!

One is North and One is South.

We live here between them.

Last Day of April 2010.

How To Torture Your Sister

I TOOOLLLDDD you to come to my house and I'd take you to the Home Show and buy you anything you wanted for your birthday.

You could have had this rooster. He came up to my thigh in height.
But Nooooooo.

You could have had this beautiful nekkid lady yard art.
But Noooooooooooo.


You could have had danglies for your tree in your back yard.
But Noooooo.

You could have...Nah. This gave me a rash.



You could have had this chair. You know how much you like chairs.
But Nooooooooo.


You could have had old doorknobs like the ones we had on So. Johnston.
But Noooooooo.

A bird cage?
Nooooooo.


OR, this GREAT old washing machine! You could use it for a planter!
But alas. You don't get them, BECAUSE you stayed in Folsom.


Fine.

WTF. Who mixed up all of the photos?

Radio Flyer Full of Petunias

This is two Costco flats of posies.
I think they are going to live in the wagon.

Lookie What I Got!

It plumps one's lips. Supposedly.

I got it at "Terget."