Saving the hay

A neighbour offered us a field to cut and save hay from so we jumped at the chance. It had been cut but needed to be turned a good few times to dry, which we did by hand. The kids were great and got stuck in (mostly). Another neighbour ran over it with his baler and we got 37 bales out of of it. Not bad and it'll feed sweetie for some time.

Yoga by the lake

The ever talented Isobel surprises us yet again with her balancing act by the lake of an August evening.

The Swallows

The swalows in our shed have hatched a second clutch of chicks and they have flown but return to the nest in the evenings. It's lovely to see them playing in the sky with the clutch from earlier in the summer. Here's a photo of them resting after a long day playing in the air.

Puffball mushrooms

Super news. Henry found puffball mushrooms under the trees at the top of the boreen. We sliced them like cheese and fried them on the pan in butter. Yumeeeee.

A visit to the playground

Henry, Finn , Izzy and Hannah havin' the fun at a playground in Galway sometime in July 2010, and of course Finn does something spectacular.....