But Call Me Betsy

These are courtesy of Instagram. I didn't use my phone as much as my camera, in large part because I was on the wireless plan to avoid additional costs and there wasn't always a signal. Also, I can of prefer an actual camera to the phone. It feels more authentic. Here are the remaining photos. Dan has some too, but neither one of us can figure out how to get them off his phone to my email. These are pretty much in no particular order and/or backwards from  a chronological perspective of the trip. Dan in the bathroom at the Butler in Kilkenny, filling up the electric tea kettle. Breakfast was included in the cost of the hotel, and had a hot and cold portion. Here is where Dan fell off his no-gluten diet and at an entire raisin scone with jelly (pictured in background) In one of the rooms--not sure why Dan has made the puffer fish face. The back of the cabbie's head from the Manchester Airport into the city. Tea and poppyseed banana cake with white c...

To get in step with the next big holiday, my friend Padhraig's birthday on St. Patty's Day.

Yes, of course I have a few cat photos to make your Friday better. Here is one. And then his close up. In the upper window, see if you can find a doggie. This might be a little clearer. This dog lives on Carrie and Padhraig's street. He doesn't seem to bark much. Cat in jail. Last Friday, we went to dinner at a Vietnamese/Thai place off Washington and 1-th Street called Cafe Diem. I had some kind of rice paste and chicken. Very good. This is the last picture I have of Carrie and Padhraig without their baby. Carrie just had Seamus on Wednesday. We haven't met yet, but I'm sure he's lovely. If you look closely, you will see a baby deer aka a fawn. This is the last photo I took at Dan's old house. He moved on Monday. He is in a new house now with two bedrooms, a mud room, a front and back yard, and a full basement. Goodbye to the one bedroom with no oven, mo privacy, no working dishwasher. I haven't stayed at the new place yet, but I'm su...