Absorbed in the Moment

Why so serious?

Discovered another one of my mystical red friends while mowing a different pasture with the chuff chuff, so I took a little break to do a photo shoot and then set him free. Such a beauty. It elevated my energy so much just to get outside my thinking mind and stare in awe at this creation. 

Another poppy. Such detail in everything, wow.

MmmHmm.

The pack. It's how they say hi, every time.  

Molly is so graceful. I can't help but smile every time I see her running around with those tiny legs! I swear when she jumps it's like she has invisible wings. So fluid. 

 Sometimes it still doesn't feel like I'm in Ireland, but all it takes is a trip into town. True Irish people have such a different look that I've never seen before, not to mention that accents are priceless. In the grocery store, among the candy was "Curly Wurly" & "Chomp." Mmmm sounds disgusting.  

 Went on a date with nature today and took a trip to Cathole Falls, she surprises me with such great locations every time! Then I crossed the bridge into Mordor...

Look familiar? It did to me. Like the end of Lord of the Rings 2. 

Light & Color

After my trip to Cathole Falls I kept biking towards the Slieve Bloom mountains, taking random roads. I knew there wouldn't be a trail to the top the way I was going but the plan was to leave the bike and hike the rest of the way. Man, my legs were so numb at this point but I kept going. The thought of the view and the downhill ride back was all the motivation I needed. The last little road I took I get to a dead end of sorts, it looks like someone's driveway but I don't see a house so I hide my bike in the forest and continue on foot. Found some little sheep (?) on my way up and I keep walking and notice some smoke in the distance behind some trees and the sound of a person. Whoops. In my mind I have two choices at this point, walk up to the house and say I was told this was the way to the top of the Slieve Blooms, which would be hilarious. Or I could James Bond around their house and continue on. I was feeling a little sneaky today so I chose the latter option, walked a little down the driveway, jumped the fence, and right as I do this I hear a car coming down from the house!! Immediately I go into stealth mode and book it up the field behind some trees. I watched as they went down the long driveway and I see some brake lights right where I hid my bike! I'm thinking they might have spotted it! They backed up a little and at this point I'm ducking my head, I wasn't sure if they were coming back up the driveway so I waited for a bit. And then I crept down little by little and I couldn't see their car anywhere, so I hopped the fence and start speed walking down. I see the gate where the sheep were and hear something but luckily it was just the sheep eating! Phew. Now, I'm full on running, quickly grab my bike, and was off on my way. Not even 10 seconds later, the same car was coming up the road and I do a simple wave and they waved back like it was nothin! They must have thought I biked up to the top of the road and simply turned around! A blissful laugh would ensue. That, ladies and gentleman, is true ghost tactics.

 Right as I took this pic a metaphor shot into my mind instantly.

The view from the top of the field where I was sneaking. Almost at the top of the Slieve Blooms, which is more of a big hill than a mountain. If you look closely you can see the driveway, and I hid right behind that huge tree in the middle right of the picture. Classic! The view was epic.

This is what I do on my days off..

Oh, and I found myself googling, "what day is it?"