Grounds of Ashford Castle. Drove to Belfast. Stopped at a waterfall on the way. [gallery type='default' style='mosaic' caption='desc-title' columns='3' thumb_width='75' thumb_height='75' thumbnail_size='thumbnail' slide_size='extra-image-huge' fx='slide'...
Ashford Castle. Boat tour of Lough Corrib. Stop at the island where St. Patrick's nephew is buried, and where Patrick was supposedly exiled by the druids. Kylemore Abbey in the afternoon. [gallery type='default' style='mosaic' caption='desc-title' columns='3'...
We ate breakfast at the Ashford Castle, which is included in the room price. It is an experience. Everything is so fancy, and there are so many employees that are so polite and helpful. It reminds me of what the White Sands Hotel always seemed like in Road to Avonlea....
Our trip to Ireland started with airplane problems. We booked our trip from Dallas to Atlanta to Dublin. The plane out of Dallas needed repairs though, and the flight was repeatedly delayed. We were having problems getting booked onto other flights: they were very...
While I drink my tea this morning, I’m sitting at my kitchen table gazing out at thousands of snowflakes falling. It’s said that no two snowflakes are the same. They all have a unique lattice structure, just as each human has a unique set of fingerprints. I heard yesterday that scientists are looking at the bacteria on our bodies and have discovered that we carry and spread our own unique set of bacteria on everything we touch.
Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! The last couple of months has been extremely busy. I don't know where they went, but they are gone and it's January already. I've begun to think about some new resolutions because it is always good to set goals. Last year my...
I didn't post a link to photos of our new house, so here it is: SEE PHOTOS! These were taken during our inspection in the summer. It's a really large house, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom. The backyard is also very large, and Timbit loves to run around in it. These are...
Last week, Pastor Alex finished his series called "Wired," that was about our personality gifts that God gives each of us. He said at one point that the gifts were divided into two broad categories: speaking gifts and serving gifts. My top two were speaking gifts....
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27 Have you considered adoption? If you are like most people I know, you have adopted,...
Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. - Hebrews 3:1 Fixing your eyes on Jesus is vital to every believer. There are so many distractions in every part of our lives, and so...
By the time we got to Sydney, we were both very done with traveling. It is a beautiful country, there are beaches and palm trees and shops and restaurants... but really, we were ready to go home. We spent our days walking around Darling Harbour and Circular Quay. We...
From the heat of a tropical island, we traveled to Christchurch, New Zealand. There it was the beginning of winter. It wasn't below freezing though, but it was chilly. We got our Jucy car rental and our GPS, and entered our destination. We were staying at a rental...