A day in the big city. I cannot wait to go back tomorrow, to the lovely views and the sheep!

Kate will be here soon, then off to dinner at the Hairy Lemon. Interesting name, nice place we frequented on the last trip here. The best bread pudding in all of Ireland,  good beer too!

I had time today to remember some of the sites I did not share before. One of the days last week Leo took me to his farm. It has been in his family for generations. First we meet his dog Rory. I find his name difficult to pronounce,  but it rolls off his tongue easily. Then the swans that talk as soon as they hear him! Then the few chickens, that lay eggs somewhere, but he has no idea where they are roosting!

Offspring have been arriving on a daily basis it seems. The cows have been calfing, most going well, but loss is apparently not unusual.  In the barn are two cows who’s calves did not survive. Leo put two baby’s with them, but they did nit take to them. The truly look forlorn. Then we get in his truck with Rory, he is so happy to ride with his master. Out to the pasture we go.

Theses cows have an ocean view, I doubt they appreciate it the way people do. He drives around checking the herd and the new babies, all looks good.

Here is one of the many, just being curious. We stayed in the truck,  because they know leo, but not me, and there could be chaos. (I think that’s what he said!)

Here is one of the brand new babies…..so cute!

Here is the most fascinating scene of all. It all makes sense why Leo loves this land. It makes sense also, why the history of this land draws him to it.
Here is a side view of the tomb left by people thousands of years ago. They had such a respect for the surrounding mountains, somehow they arranged these huge stones to resemble the mountain in the background.  It was breathtaking.  Not that the cows are being disrespectful, but, they use this as a scratching/rubbing post!  This is on his land and archeologists will be excavating, without disturbing this site this summer.

There ya go, a day in Dublin, and I’m reminiscing about last week.