June 6, 2012

Day 17: Ahiohill, Co. Cork, Ireland

This morning started as a lovely day in West Cork. I had a quick breakfast of toast with a banana and started doing some work around the house/in the drive right away. Tina had an appraiser coming to the house so we needed to make it look nice!

It started raining halfway through our work so that was cut short. We finished up what we could and then came inside to hang out for a bit. I finished a book and had a delicious lunch of spinach and rocket salad with goat cheese, salsa and tabbouleh. The appraisers came and left (and the weather got better) and then Zoe and I headed outside to do the rest of the yardwork!

We weeded several vegetable patches (while getting several ant bites and nettle stings) and netted and created a new wigwam for beans to be planted in. Essentially, it’s a teepee made of bamboo stalks with a fine net around it so that the beans can grow and wrap around the bamboo stalks. A lot harder than it sounds, actually! I’ll put up a picture when I get a chance to go outside and snap one!

This took up most of the afternoon and then we came inside to take showers and sit down to dinner. Tina made some lamb sausages and some more tabbouleh for all of us (including her friend, Corrine who spent the night). I also had an ice cold Bulmer’s with dinner- a great way to end a full day of hard work!

After dinner, the coffee and whisky came out- we had no whipping cream so it was an abbreviated form of an Irish coffee. After that, the guitars came out and we had a full on jam session for several hours! I recorded a few songs, but can’t seem to figure out how/if I can put them online. Will continue to try, though!

Slainte!

Favorite part of the day: Making the wigwam! It was certainly a challenge, but it felt great once we finished it. Definitely a great skill to have when I want to have my own gardens J