day.303 - up in the air

I snagged a window seat on the flight home :)

day.302 - Cork Jazz Festival

 

After the Blarney Stone and Castle, we headed to the city of Cork

for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. I noticed this humorous graffiti

and took the shot. Quite a nice composition, if I may say so myself!

day.301 - Conner's Pass

On our tour of the Dingle Peninsula, we drove through Conner's Pass

in the mountains. We decided to stop at various pull-offs and this one in 

particular, was spectacular. We scaled the rocky mountainside and to our surprise,

discovered this natural lake at a plateau about a third of the way up.

day.300 - Cahir Castle

We toured the Cahir Castle, the most well-preserved castle in Ireland.

As we explored, Laura noticed this intriguing skyline of castle and local real estate. 

Great idea Laura!

day.299 - Cliffs of Moher

One of the many breathtaking views

at the Cliffs of Moher.

day.298 - Adare river walk

After dinner at Sean Collins Pub, we took a stroll along the river

in Adare. I took several shots along the walk, but this one is 

my favorite with the mirrored reflections in the water.

day.297 - the Guinness lounge

After a traditional Irish breakfast, we toured the Guinness Storehouse, 

where we learned how to pour a perfect pint of Guinness. We enjoyed

our pints in the lounge overlooking the city.

day.296 - jet lag in Dublin

 

We arrived in Dublin early Monday morning (5 hrs ahead of the states) 

and navigated our rental car – on the opposite side of the road and 

fighting jet lag (yikes!) – to Zack's cousin's home. 

Who knew roundabouts could be so difficult?!

day.295 - rebuilding WTC

We visited the site of the new World Trade Center towers

and saw the Occupy Wall Street protesters in the park. Very surreal.

day.294 - tribeca, ny

 

Before catching our flight to Ireland, we stayed with my cousin and her fiancé 

for a couple of days in New York City. This is the amazing view from their balcony.

day.289 - inside a child's mind

 

We went to our nephew's tackle football game Sunday.

The whole family came out to support Jack, including his little brother Michael.

I wonder what he's pondering? Perhaps, who has the M&Ms? :)

day.286 - hard day's night

Lots of overtime at work this week, so my usual 5 o'clock departure

was surpassed by the night. I never really noticed the street lights near

the Delaware library – I love how the details of the iron are highlighted :)

day.283 - spotted clouds

Shot this beauty while driving between two corn fields in the country.

Couldn't help myself – those broken-up clouds were a sight to see!

day.282 – look at that view

The deck floor is two-thirds finished! 

I just love our view :)

day.281 - it's fall baby

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year. And the leaves are finally starting to turn!

day.280 - house of the rising sun

I never get tired of the morning sunrises, 

especially when they are as pretty as this one.

day.279 - patience, young grasshoppa

This leaf-shaped grasshopper was "hanging out" upside down 

on the ceiling of our front porch. Since moving out to the country, 

I'm pretty sure I see a new type of insect every few days!

day.278 - spicy! spicy!

It was a nice day for the Farmer's Market in Delaware. I picked up a 

spaghetti squash, iced pumpkin cookies, and these bold-red, cayenne peppers.

day.276 – welcome yuengling

Oh my, I am pumped about Yuengling being available in Ohio.

Today was the official release and I just had to enjoy some.

There was a giant display at Meijer and plenty of cold 6-packs :)

day.275 - fall family

The whole family met in Delaware to take family pictures.

The sun was shining – a welcome break from the rain – and 

looked pretty against the newly-turned fall leaves.