It's all relative

A couple of weeks ago, Chuck and Jacquie were golfing at Lookout Mountain in Phoenix AZ.  They met a guy at the canteen who remarked on the Meagher name on Chuck's golf cart.

"I'm reading a book about a guy with that same name," he says.

"That would be The Immortal Irishman," says Chuck.  "Thomas Francis Meagher is my great-great-great-great uncle!"

Two days later, on another golf course in Phoenix, they meet a guy from Butte MT.  Chuck says, "I have a relative who used to be Governor of Montana."

"That must be Thomas Francis Meagher," the guy says.  "My cousin, Paul Wylie, wrote a book about him called The Irish General."

And Chuck bought Tom the book for his birthday!

They even dress alike.

4-20

4-20 may be the day when all and sundry get together to smoke pot in defiance of the laws, but .... it's also the birthday of the Sweet One, who is 92 today!

Yay!

Bryan, Emily and Tom, the Birthday Boy!

Change of season

Today it is Spring.

Not because the blossoms on the tree outside our front window are ready to POP.  Not because the daylight is stretching more and more into the evening.  And not because I've stopped wearing a sweater under my fleece.

Today it is Spring because, when I took my black jeans out of the dryer today, I put them in the back of the closet, never to see the light of day again until October.

Today it is Spring!

Christmas in July - Part 2

Well .... April ...

The good news is that I didn't lose a single stitch over 357 rows, and only had to tink a half dozen times, and only for three or four stitches at a time ...

The bad news is that I'm a little behind schedule (you think?).

But Easter Sunday, the McNeills finally get their 2016 Christmas present!

The Beagle has landed

We had a great party tonight to celebrate my brother's birthday ...

Too bad he wasn't here to enjoy it with us!

Next year?