What did the momma tomato say to the baby tomato?

......"KETCHUP!" (as she bonks him on the head)

And that's what I need to do today...catch up on my photo for every day in October.

Here's the photo for Oct. 6....




We left for Ireland Friday. The whole trip went very smoothly, no traffic trouble or delays in the airport and the directions we were given to where we were staying were great. It was a bit tricky at first getting used to driving on the left and shifting with my left hand, but it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. (The last time we rented a car where we had to drive on the left we asked for an automatic transmission but forgot to this time.) We stopped at a fish and chips place Slane where our hostel is and then went and checked into our room. What a nice cozy place it was! We were greeted by their sheepdog "Shep" and borrowed a few travel books and a deck of cards from the sitting room before settling in for the night.

The next morning I asked the lady for her recommendation on where to park in Dublin and she suggested driving to the town of Ashbourne and taking the bus from there so that's what we did. It was a great tip and we didn't have to worry about navigating city traffic and dealing with parking. I will tell more about our Dublin day in another post. Here is a picture I took of a guy playing a fiddle on the street downtown. What an interesting character!




Sunday we decided to take a drive in the countryside south of Dublin. It was a very wet day, but we expected that so off we went with our umbrellas. Everything was so GREEN and beautiful. We all wished we had more time to explore and take it all in.



Monday was our last day...we had a tough time deciding what to do. There were several things we wanted to do in Dublin but had run out of time to do them, and we loved the countryside and wanted to see more of that too. Colin was pretty excited about going back into Dublin so that is what we ended up doing. One of the things we did was tour the Guiness storehouse. When we have been to Ireland in the past we all got a kick out of the fun Guiness ads on pubs and things...so it is only natural that the picture for today is of a big Guiness ad.



Tuesday came too soon. We all hated to leave Ireland, especially since we woke up to a GORGEOUS day..the sky was blue, the sun was shining and there was an interesting mist rising from the ground. We got up early and did a bit more sightseeing of the countryside before we had to be at the airport. My picture of the day is one of those.



We all know what happens after you return from a trip. Time to unpack and do laundry. So yup...that's what the picture for Wednesday is....




WHEW! Here we are...Oct. 12. One of the things that Bill likes to do is watch, bid on and sometimes win things on Ebay Germany, especially furniture and other old or antique items. Last week he bid on and won a table for 1 Euro. We went to pick it up after he got off work since the seller lives nearby. We don't know if we will be keeping this table or taking it to the base thrift store to sell or what. We thought we would have to put it on the roof of the Jeep to bring it home and I was planning on that being my photo for today, but we were surprised to find that it fit in the back of the Jeep if we put the seats flat. When we got home they got the table out before I could get a shot of it so instead my photo for today is Colin and Bill putting the back of the Jeep back in order after we took the table out.