helgen är över...., the end of the weekend...

I spotted these Germander Speedwell flowers carpeting the ground under a tree


Come in and see how our ancestors lived, in a 2 room cottage, with a sleeping loft and an open fire...


This old 'dresser' caught my eye. My father's uncle made chairs like this one, the seats were made of 'sugan', ie twisted straw rope.



more daffodils, I love them...


I even love dandelions, very enterprising flowers, true survivors, with their strong taproots which break off if you try to pull them up and each piece of which gives rise to a new plant, also their excellent use of the wind for seed dispersal, and boy, so many seeds....


So the weekend is over, sigh...
My girls played a soccer match this morning, a cup final against a team with some very good players. At halftime, our side was a goal behind, 2 to 1, but they equalised at the beginning of the second half. Then it ended 2 all, so it was extra time 10 mins a side, still even score so it went to a penalty shoot out. Unfortunately the other side scraped through by scoring 1 more goal then our girls in the shoot out, so disappointment for our ladies, but still they played very well and the result just showed how close the teams were. Losing is part of it, too... it builds character, my Swede would say, and losing together as a team is not as harsh as losing as an individual. So that's the soccer season over for now, the camogie and Gaelic football is in full swing...

Annars så har det varit en riktigt fin helg, sol och värme, men lite kyligt i skuggan bara. Jag har hängt tvätt så det knakar...
Tillbaks till jobbet imorgon, det blir nog bra det med. Det är bra med rutin, man får så mycket mer gjort, tycker jag, och det är bra för barnen, bättre att gå upp tidigt än att slösa bort dagen i sängen!
Hoppas ni har det bra under veckan, vi 'hörs'!
hälsningar
liz
Enjoy the week, I'm off to my bed, I need all the beauty sleep i can get just to preserve what ever bit of beauty I've got!
Above are a few photos taken last week in Kilmallock, the house is a little cottage where one can walk in and see how people lived 80 or 100 years ago.
Good night!
liz

the fine weather continues, vädret fortsätter varmt

Hej på er!
en snabb genomgång av helgen: sol och mer sol...
vädret är bra och alla är glada, det märks...
Det var lite matcher och träning under helgen. Jag tog en snabb promenad i en ort som heter Kilmallock, medan flickorna var på soccer 'trials', här ser ni några bilder därifrån.
Hello all, a quick summary of the weekend: sun and more sun!!! matches and soccer trials, a few photos of ruined churches from Kilmallock in Co Limerick, see below...

information about Blossom Gate, below, one of the remaining gates in the old town wall of Kilamllock


King John's tower, below, I believe



Information above, on the ruined Dominican Church in Kilmallock, below



I söndags var det så varmt att barnen tog fram plaskdammen och plaskade i vattnet. Nu är minstingen lite snuvig idag efter för mycket plaskande, men det går snart över, säkert.
On Sunday it was so hot that the kids wanted to get the little paddling pool out, which we did, now of course our 4 year old has a runny nose as a result, I hope it passes soon...
Jag stannade uppe för länge igårkväll med en matteuppgift om integrering som inte ville ge sig, men som jag fixade till slut.
I stayed up late on Sunday with a Maths assignment which was difficult to solve, but I got it eventually.
Jag har lämnat och hämtat hem igen 3 cyklar till en kille som fixar cyklar i närmaste byn. Skönt att kunna cykla igen, det är bara det att det saknas cykelbanor och våran väg är smal och krokig. Det gäller att cykla försiktigt och att se upp för bilar.
The weather is great and I finally took the bikes to a local retired teacher who fixed them for me. It's such a pity that Ireland has no proper cycleways, and our road is narrow and bendy, so we don't cycle as much as I'd like.
Tillbaks till jobbet idag, alla var tillbaks till skolan. Skönt med rutin igen.
Jag åkte och hämtade mina 2 stora tjejer från deras träning efter skolan. I denna skola har jag och min syrra gått oxå, till och med min mamma och hennes systrar gick där med.
Back to work this week after 2 weeks of Easter holidays, it's good to be back in a routine again. I get more done!
Today after work I had to collect the 2 eldest from their school, in Doon. They were at training. This is the school that my mother and her sisters and my sister and I all went to. I was there as a boarder from 1977 to 1982.
While we were waiting for the girls to finish training I took a photo of my little son, and of these bright red tulips. I showed Aoife and Sean where i Played tennis, and hockey, where the nuns had hens and where the boarders slept and ate.
Jag visade mina 2 yngsta barn var jag sov (det var internatskola förut), var jag åt, var de hade höns, var jag spelade tennis och hockey, för 30 år sedan.
Jag tog denna bild av min 4åringen utanför skolan.

30 years ago, did I ever expect to be here as a mother of 4? I count my blessings...




Röda tulpaner, gula celandiner, och en annan blomma, okänd för mig
Det finns planer på att en ny skola ska byggas, och att denna skola ska då slås ihop med 2 skolor till i den nya skolan. Jag återkommer om detta om 5 år, få se om det har blivit av då...
There are plans to build a new school and amalgamate 3 schools including this one. I'll let you know if it ever happens!
regards to all
liz