The Neighbors

Hey Lewis, look it's another red couch. 

Another Web

More alternate housing from Spider Villa, which may become the new name of our house. Firstly and actually still named is Bayside. But borrowing this name from one of the Unpainted Aristocracy originals is pretty tempting. 

Winn in Action

 

OBX sunset

 

Lovely Lydia

Lydia is a go-go hula girl 

Sunny Ireland

Cliffs of Knockadoon.

Tide pool

Irish sealife in a tide pool.

Lobstering

Irish lobsterboat gets hauled up and out in a quite practical boat trailer. 

New friends

Mary, in the middle, and her husband Paul have openly invited Donny & myself to visit their summer home anytime. It is on Bear Island in western County Cork. Accessible only by ferry. The group went to their home for a lovely buffet one evening. Their youngest daughter and her friends entertained us with a short play. The oldest daughter, 18, played the piano for us. On the right is our good friend Marian the librarian. She lives in County Waterford. Her husband, Patrick, is a dairy farmer. Marian is our fashion maven. Her inlaws have a decaying castle on their property in County Waterford.

Irish surf

Becki, me & Bill playing in the surf

At Myrtle Grove

Donny & I on the grounds of Myrtle Grove, Raleigh's Youghal town house. 

Hi Youghal

Breeda, one of our hostesses, and me in my new Irish sweater bought in Youghal but made in Turkey. All the Youghal gals were surprised that I found something so cool right under their noses.

Doggone

Topiary dog in Longwood Gardens. Check out his bushy eyebrows and tail.

Surfing Time

Lewis headed out for some surfing.

Beauty

A swallowtail visiting Bill Northern's butterfly bush.

The Queen

It's not everyday you get to see Queen Elizabeth up close and personal.

Lewis in Action

Lewis works a different kind of hoop .

Hit Me with Your Best Shot

When I was taking Willy's picture for Martin, my camera battery ran out and just as Willy was really getting into the whole posing thing, too. I asked him to wait a minute while I switched batteries and to please roll over when I got back. He said okay, but we all know how cats lie, so I was not so sure he would really be cooperative. When I returned to the photo session, Willy had indeed moved on to a different spot on the porch and did not seem too interested in posing but then vanity struck I suppose or maybe guilt. So here you have it, his best shot, or rather mine.

Oh Buoy!

What do you call a collection of old crab pot floats? A boogle, a floogle, a baggle of buoys, a fingle of floats? Maybe naught but a coloful mess!

Worldly

Lydia has the whole world in her hands with a little help from Uncle Donald.

Dragonfly

Went searching for Lydia's lost deer but found this dragonfly instead.

Little Lewis

Hey, hey Lewis got shorter. Jess loves him anyway, even in his swim diaper chapeau.

Jelly To Go

That is one awesome looking jellyfish that Lewis fished out of the ocean!

Martin

Martin playing in the surf.

Lydia

Lydia snacking at the beach