A throw-back photo from Cahir Castle, when my son was a little man of seven, circa 2001. 
Sure wish we had a strong drawbridge about now, or an ark would do fine also. Multitudinous amounts of rain forecast here over the next few days.
Stay safe and dry in your castle. Slainte, Lisa
Being 3 months old, being a puppy, having your whole world turn snowy overnight…Finnegan having an awesome day! Hope your day ahead is full of adventure and new things. Slainte, Lisa
Having scaled the snowy mountain, Finnegan holds fast, legs braced.
“I know that grass is down here somewhere!” Finnegan digs in vain.
Finnegan surrenders to the comforts of a warm couch and a nap.
Beautiful Anguilla
I much prefer this kind of storm to the one that’s coming our way tonight. This storm had warm winds, rain that cooled hot skin, and turbulent green-blue water. This other one, Pax, is supposedly going to have lots of cold white stuff that just keeps coming to the tune of 8-12 inches. And I know that I should have a good attitude, love whatever comes my way, but I’m just not there. So I’ll do my usual distraction technique and look at pictures like this, pretend, dream, and before I know it, Pax will be a memory. For those of you who love snow, my apologies. For those of you who are feeling like me, happy dreaming. 😉 Slainte, Lisa
Soup Bowl, Barbados
This week’s posts definitely have a theme going on…I guess it’s my unofficial official Caribbean week! Applause, applause. Because I know that most of us here in the states have been having ridiculously cold temps, and folks in UK, Ireland, and Portugal are having such horrible big storms, I figure we all need to look at some nice warm pictures and just imagine for awhile. 🙂 So fire up that imagination, sit back in your beach chair, and be there! Blessings on your day, Lisa
I’ve already picked my spot in Antigua….you can have any of the others. 🙂
OK, that new weather word “derecho” is officially getting on my nerves. It’s a new catch phrase being used with alarming frequency by the Weather Channel and Accuweather clans. Part of my annoyance with this word is that for the first two days I told people about it, I was mispronouncing it. I said, “DEH-ri-ko.” Evidently it is a much more sophisticated word, “deh-RAY-cho.” Live and learn. The other thing that’s bugging me about this word is that it is a pretty big, scary straight line wind storm, and they keep saying it may head our way.
I think I will stop thinking about this word now, and think instead on my refuge, my safe harbor in any storm, my rock. “For my soul trusts in You; and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.” -Psalm 57:1 Yes, the storms will come and go, but Jesus remains the same forever. Wherever you are today, pray, stay safe, and trust in God, your refuge. Blessings, Lisa
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