The four of us have been up for a few hours now, since day dawned here at The Granary. We’re in what was once probably a barn. Very comfortable but with a challenging spiral staircase! We really enjoyed doing snacks, dessert, and libations last night and tea and fruit bread toast slathered with Irish butter this morning. Now we’re packing up in a bit of Irish rain in preparation for today’s trip to Donegal.
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
The warmth we anticipated when we headed to the Caribbean in mid-January didn’t really materialize but the fun we had with our dancing friends and the great crew of the Margaritaville at Sea Islander more than made up for the not so favorable weather.
Aboard Jewel of the Seas, a favorite ship of ours, we enjoyed a foray into the history and geology of Canada’s Atlantic coast while enjoying the joys of friendships, longtime and new. Now we’re looking forward to returning to the same ship for further adventures!
Lovely! We are still unpacking from our cross country T@b trip to Grand Canyon! Maybe you could send some of that rain to Yosemite where a required evacuation and closing of the park is at hand. Just now seeing some fire-fighting progress. Largest fires in the history of California. Send rain!