Easter Preparations

my Thursday Thirteen is here at About ICL

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Happy Hump Day

Captain Lifecruiser wants us to post a picture of a travel memory. Mine is over on my photoblog ICL SNAPS so it can be big and SPECTACULAR!!!

A new meme from Janna that's going around is at About ICL

Foto Pherrets will be up at ICL is at Home

Some TT Easter Headers over at ICL Plays

So we have a couple of ducks that seem to be making a splash on the top of our pool cover. They came back two days in a row now.

The video is pretty quiet, at first, while my husband is filming them and then the male duck (the prettier one) starts playing hanky panky with the female, only she doesn't seem to want much part of it!

Get this, he thought they were Canada Geese!! Partway through my daughter comes to look and the conversation ensues, where he learns his bird species. (I told him later he needs to wear his glasses more!!).

He finally let Daisy out but she was too afraid to go down and the ducks didn't fly away. Lots of poop on the concrete pool deck though. Oh joy!

So you can see how dull and blah it is here still but at least the snow is gone!

Irish Church Lady (ICL)

2k Bloggers asks "What's Your Blog Worth?"

2k Bloggers asks "What's Your Blog Worth?"

My blog is worth $243,316.74.
How much is your blog worth?

$243K. But it doesn't feel like more than 5 bucks!! lmao

How does your blog benefit you?
It's a way of documenting my legacy which otherwise I would not get around to doing. It's also a way to sort out some things going on in my life and in my head. Deep stuff. Mostly, I like to use humour. If it's funny in my head, that's good enough for me.

Does it make you happy?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. On the whole I think yes, but I'm really not sure yet. I've 'wasted' a lot of time blogging this past year. Not sure if I'm happier or less happier because of it.

Does it earn you friends and admirers?
Yes, I have met some dear friends.

Does it improve your writing?
I think it does. I now know that I enjoy writing, anyways.

Does it keep you up-to-date on news and technology?
Yes, I've learned a lot about html and lots of neat things on the internet. I've also learned a lot about other worldly events that I probably wouldn't have if I had not been blogging!

How does your blog benefit others?
I guess I'd have to ask my readers. I'd like to think it does but that would be too presumptuous of me. Internets? Your turn to talk....

Does it provide valuable information for free?
I do provide information here. It's free. Is it valuable? Again, refer to question above.

Does it speak for the speechless?
My blog, being a personal one is not about a cause or anything, so I'd have to answer no.

Does it make people think?
I hope some of my posts do. I like to share life's lessons in a humourous way. I also like to share my spirtuality in a non-confrontational manner. To each his own, I just want others to know that there is a way for them. All they have to do is ask.

Irish Church Lady (ICL)

Cats on Tuesday

Gattina's Cats on Tuesday

Look it who found a scrunched up blanket to curl up on?

Miss Phoebe.


aka Mrs. Crankypants

The one with Permanent PMS since she was a year old!



It's because of her that we ended up with two more ginger tabbies after her. She was too cranky. We went back to our tried and true tested models. Orange ginger tabbies. Lots to love about those ones!!



She does like to walk with you when you take the dog though. ha ha ha But only up to a certain point in the park. She won't go any further but will come back home with you when you pick her up again on the return journey! You'd think she had a magnetic collar on her or something!!! LOL


Irish Church Lady (ICL)

Poodles & Doodles at the Dog Park

Manic Monday over here ~ @ About ICL

Weekend Fun ... and how was your weekend?

I love when Fergus runs full speed.

He loves it so much!

Australia and Flying Doctors!

aka R'acquel has a great post up for the Cyber Cruise on the Leura and the Blue Mountains.

It got me thinking about my own family connection to Australia. Although I have never been, my oldest daughter has and here is some pictures from her trip below.

Other than that, I have a historical family connection with Australia on account of a first cousin who was married to an Australian Flying Doctor.

Her story is rather tragic, in that she died in a plane crash flying with him after being married only six weeks. Her name was Renee Burke, from Ireland. She died on October 22, 1953.

The pilot, Martin Garrett, died as well, though her husband, Dr. Timothy O'Leary, also from Ireland, survived. He went on to write two books, North and Aloft and Western Wings of Care about his experiences as a flying doctor.

Dr. O'Leary died in 1987 at 62 years of age. His focus was on doctoring in the outback, the isolated lands of inland Queensland and the Gulf country. As a member of the Royal Flying Doctor Service started by John Flynn.

Although an allure of a glamourous and exciting lifestyle made it easier to recruit new doctors, due to the remote and lonely living conditions, and sometimes dangerous situations associated with night flying, these recruits often did not stay on past twelve months. O'Leary did this for 27 years.

He spent his first five years at the Charters Towers post, which closed in 1972 (transferred to Cairns), and this is the basis for his first book, North and Aloft.

Thank you to Lori Harloe, of the Department of History & Politics, James Cook University of Nth. Qld for additional information I was not aware of from my own relatives.

As a child, I was very close to Renee's brother, my uncle Tony, who also had emigrated to Canada like me Mum. Although he lived with his family in another city, he would travel to Ottawa on business and I always anticipated his visits with great enthusiasm, as he always arrived with a bag full of chocolate bars while he and my parents stayed up all night, in typical Irish fashion.

Sadly he has passed on, and his wife. For a time we had stayed in contact. I met my second cousins, in fact my daughter is named after one of his children, Séana, and my niece shares the name with another daughter, Tara. His eldest, is named after his sister, Renee.

Thanks, Racquel, for helping me to dredge up this part of my story, which is really what this blog is all about, documenting my legacy. And thanks to you internets, who have made it down this post thus far!! LOL

Irish Church Lady (ICL)
Irish

No more blogging?

Ya, right. I think I'm pretty hooked. I don't think I could stop blogging. But, just in case you're wondering, I am going to cut back a bit, prolly not post every day like I have been.

The weather is getting nice out. I have lots to do around the homefront and I think it's better that I concentrate my energies there than into something I enjoy. LOL

If I do anything heroic, stupid, entertaining or otherwise during this concentration of my energies, (there may be plenty of opportunities, folks!), I will be back here later to blog about it.

I'm not gonna play SPH today. Here's a picture of water posted previously for another photo meme. Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater!

If you feel inclined, please visit my photoblog and vote for some of my photos for JPG magazine if you like them. The link is in the top post. Ya they suck compared to all of the submissions so go take a look.

Oh and while I'm stooping to brazen bloggert begging, asking you to do that, I'm also going to ask if you see the following little symbol on my blogs that looks like this , can you click on it and vote for me? It's for IrishBlogs and you'll find it on the following of my sites:

Sláinte ~ It’s only Me ~ this site ~ under category Blogging
ICL Snaps ~ me photoblog ~ under Leisure (there was no photography category)
Irish and Loving It ~ The Video Blog ~ under Music
All about ICL ~ Memes and Stuff ~ under Personal
ICL Plays ~ Comics, Jokes, Lotsa fun stuff ~ under Humour

I have a small chance of moving up the chain if I get a few votes so it would be much appreciated.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and great weather, wherever you are!!

Irish Church Lady (ICL)

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