So Ireland really IS at the end of the rainbow!  Okay, lots of rainbows here, which means, you guessed it - rain!   But the rain is usually fairly short-lived so far, and a day that starts cloudy may end up quite sunny.  It also still stays fairly warm even if it's raining.  Dogs seem to love the weather since it doesn't get too hot for them.  They also like my sabbatical as they get more walks and attention when I am not working!

Tonight we are going to board the dogs and drive to Dublin for the weekend.  It should be a fun trip, and we have scheduled a walking tour that will cover historical info and sites.  The tours are given by  graduate students from the University.

Will try to get a lot of good photos of Dublin and the family there.

I am getting better at this.  My mantra to the kids used to be "I can make memories, or I can preserve memories, but I can't do both!"

This kept me from feeling a need to keep up with the photo albums - but blogging is easy!