Margie and I celbrated 12 years together this last week. We made use of the "getaway package" from our utility company and stayed in a funky older hotel near the town of Caher - known for its Butler castle which you can see above Margie's head in the background of the picture on the right. We relaxed by riding our bikes and hiking. The Indian looking structure on the left was originally made in paper mache' for a wealthy land owning (and therefore English) couple upon their return from their honeymoon in India. They loved it so much they made it up again in stone - and now the state keeps it up so that people like us will venture that direction to see it.
When our friend Vicki visited this June she exclaimed about the ferns - having had tourble keeping them going in dry Colorado weather. The picture in the middle, taken at the private grounds at the back of Blarney Castle, shows just how big they can get.
Twelve years have zipped by, living, loving, reinventing and doing it all over again. We are not the women we were then, but those seeds are still growing.
Our best to everyone,
Alana and Margie
