Two different kinds of March Madness have settled on our household simultaneously. First, the more obvious college basketball kind of March Madness, has my husband up until all hours watching basketball, and sneaking into bed in the wee hours of the morning.
Meanwhile, I’ve been holding down my own special kind of March Madness – the kind where I have approximately eight million projects and ideas going at any given moment and not nearly enough time in the day to finish them all. I’ve needed the extra hours alone that Michael’s basketball habit has allowed me, but this weekend our separate schedules got to be too much.
Since he had the day off today too, Michael came up with a plan to fix all the madness: a cycle up to Howth together today.
We love having Howth just outside our back door. It’s all kinds of beautiful – fishing village, cliffs and seascapes, and huge vistas of clouds from the summit.
And horses! We were a little jealous of their mode of transportation!
The gorse was in bloom – it blooms a few times a year, in the spring and again in the fall, I think. It’s one of my absolute favorite things about Ireland – the smell from the yellow flowers is pure coconut and heavenly.
I’m now pleasantly exhausted and back to work. Sometimes fresh air and a little quality time with your favorite person is all you need to redeem the Monday!
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Lovely photos and a perfect way to spend the day. Wish I was there in Howth. We will be soon!!
Ugh, I’m getting a bit teary-eyed right now and so tempted to start looking at plane tickets so I can get back there. Why am I not just independently wealthy? I remember that road in Howth, where the horses are. I remember the bright colored doors and roses. And the sea…oh, the sea.