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Across the Fence:  Blogging from Ireland w/pics  |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 09:36:10 AM
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hey all, i am about to leave for a month in Ireland. going to cooking school, a gift from my father and I am going to try to update you all from my international internet phone (am posting now from it as practice) I have deleted all my forum subscriptions but this topic & hope it works as i have planned. if not, sorry to go incomunicato on you and i will be back. i haven't left yet and i already miss you terribly. please post stuff here for me- i need it.
LOVE! Karen
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
blog http://edgehillherbfarmer.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
happy farmgirl #89 |
Edited by - chessie on Jul 05 2008 2:30:40 PM |
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
2701 Posts
Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
2701 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 09:41:13 AM
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Oh, Karen,
That sounds wonderful!!! Best of luck with all of it! Let us know how you are doing. Ireland looks so beautiful.
Take care and best of luck again!
Marcy
Farmgirl #170
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 09:42:46 AM
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I'm sooo jealous, Karen!!!! Have fun and report back often! The cooking class sounds fabulous--like out of my dreams!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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sdleah
True Blue Farmgirl
93 Posts
Leah
Pittsburg
TX
USA
93 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 10:29:13 AM
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Oh, wow, what a wonderful experience! My dream trip is to go to the British Isles.
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
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Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 11:19:17 AM
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That is so wonderful....one of my dreams! Not the cooking school part although Ilove to cook too...actually I love to eat. But Ireland and horseback riding across it maybe. I still have relatives in County Donegal in the north but I only know OF them but other relatives have been there. My great-great-grandmother's cottage is still in the family and they just replaced the thatch roof within the last 10 years with a metal roof. Isn't that something? Oh...have a wonderful time and will you learn Irish cooking or all types? I would love some original Irish recipes...I have a few from Food Network from Tyler's Ultimate where he went to Ireland and then came back to the U.S. and improved upon it but you will be right there...firsthand! AWESOME BLOSSOM! I hope you can keep us updated. What is your favorite type of cooking? And what will you be learning over there?
Tell us more!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226 |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 11:19:39 AM
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Im GREEN with envy! No pun intended. I spent a year in Cornwall England and always wanted to get to Ireland. I guess I thought I would be there longer....I havent been able to get back again. :( Have fun!
Not all those who wander are lost...
www.SarahPauline.com
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 11:21:07 AM
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Sarah! Me too!! I lived in Cornwall for about 2 years myself! Not to highjack this thread, but which part, where? Wasn't it the best place on the planet?
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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elphie0503
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Samantha
Gilmer
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 11:22:09 AM
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I watched P.S. I love You the other day and let me tell ya...if you see any of those smokin' hot Irish guys send one my way...he could help take out the trash, or weed the garden, or do anything at all!!!
Seriously though...have fun!!!
Samantha
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort~~Albright
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 1:19:00 PM
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How wonderful for you, Karen. What a thrill! Please keep us posted so we can live vicariously through you! :D
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 4:47:41 PM
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dear all, thanks from bottom of heart for all this activity. funny thing is, & this is for you two cornballs- oops meant cornwalls, my last name is England -yep 'tis! so hijack tread away. i love it.
i will be learning everything including irish cuisine at the ballymaloe cookery school in county cork. it is a 100 acre working organic farm and you can see where i'll be& some of what i'll be doing at
www.cookingisfun.ie
this is my third stint at school thanks to my dad. i will not be certificated 'cause that requires 3 months at a stretch and i can't leave hubby for that long at one time. this alternate method of a few weeks at a time over many years has been a blessing to say the least.
Making a 6uess at what your next ? is-
England is my married name & I am of German/irish descent, heavy on the german. love, Karen
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
blog http://edgehillherbfarmer.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
happy farmgirl #89 |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 5:13:31 PM
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Karen, I was thinking that was where you were headed, and again I'M SO JEALOUS. What a dream of mine, for so long...I've eaten there, as well. What a joy, what a joy. If only I wasn't so "romantic" when I was in Cornwall (ha! how ironic, your name, that!) I was way tooo busy being a helping hand around the farm and falling for all those cornish men. Big and burly stock and good as gold!
Well, I just wish you the world and am so happy that a fellow farmgirl can follow her dreams. Please, Karen, please pop in or write a quick email...cooking is a true love of mine and I've always wanted to do exactly what you're about to do.
p.s, I'm English and Irish, and Native American and Cajun (and our food is GREAT).
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
2355 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2008 : 5:37:15 PM
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Karen, Gee I sure am going to miss you! Hope you have a wonderful time. Some of my family was from Ireland, I have always wanted to visit but am terrified of planes, I have always said until God puts feathers on by back on wings on my side my feet will stay firmly planted on the ground. Lol I will of course be praying for your safety and for a wonderful time. Email me if you get the chance. Love ya Lots, Karen too.
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 http://farmgirlingastyle.blogspot.com/ |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 7:43:29 PM
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Frannie, i hope to use it in my career but if nothing else it is very fun! I think te Ballymaloe Cookery School is one of the best in Europe and it has an organic farm to table approach thatmade me choose it over a french school.
Karen to, i hate to fly but I LOVE to travel more and so i get on the planes...
www.edgehillherbfarm.com "where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind"
blog http://edgehillherbfarmer.spaces.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0
happy farmgirl #89 |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2355 Posts
Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
2355 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 04:18:28 AM
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You cat wants to go sight seeing, plus she probably knows where mom is theres bound to be great food! Maybe if I find a place in this bag she'll never know.... We sure will miss you! Love ya . Karen too
Create in me a pure heart,O God and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalms 51:10 http://farmgirlingastyle.blogspot.com/ |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2008 : 07:33:14 AM
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I wait to hear all about it.. such a geat adventure..... Post often!
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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chessie
True Blue Farmgirl
403 Posts
Karen
Vista
CA
USA
403 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jul 05 2008 : 11:33:38 AM
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Wow Karen! I am so jealous as well!
Ireland is one of my favorite countries out of my heritage and I SOO want to go visit one of these days! I would love to pack up and take a flight over there this minute if I thought I could!
One of my favorite authors Anne McCaffery lives in County Wicklow. How is cooking school going? Are you missing hubby yet?
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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