Happy Friday, friends! Did you have a nice week? Mine was a little less busy than usual and this weekend is three days long and they’re forecasting sun for two of them! Michael and I have big plans to get the gardens, back and front, ready for the summertime. And we’re going to do a little celebrating because Michael is done with school for the year. This is the first time in years we will actually be spending a little time in Dublin during the summer. By this time we’re usually scrambling onto a plane back to Maine, but this summer we aren’t leaving for a few more weeks. We’re very excited to enjoy some of the longest days of the year in the back garden with the chickens.
Before I commence the projects and relaxing combination for the weekend, I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite things going on in Dublin at the moment: The Royal Hibernian Academy’s Annual Exhibit. It runs from this week until the 9th of August, so you have lots of time to stop in, and I really hope you will. It’s an amazing juried collection of Irish art – from sculpture to photography to drawing to painting. They even have lunchtime talks on Thursdays at 1pm throughout the summer that sound great.
When we stopped by on one of my tours this week, one of the girls pointed out that it might be a good place to look for an artist to invest in, because some of the artists are up and coming. So right! I want to bring Michael back to do a little research for our anniversary gift later this summer. He’ll be easily persuaded, in part because he enjoys the RHA, but also because he really loves the flat whites at Coppa, the RHA’s in house cafe. A lovely date idea all around! I hope you can make it sometime in the next few months as well.
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