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