P.C.A. (Public Consummation of Affection)

Flowers budding, weeds taking over my garden, and little lambies gamboling through the fields... Yes, spring has definitely arrived in the Emerald Isle and apparently it makes even the most unlikely of couples just a leeetle too frisky!

I won't post a picture of the love encounter because I'm a tactful person (and I didn't have my camera with me, darn it!), but believe me, yesterday's PCA extravaganza is burned into my retinas!

As I was leaving work to grab some lunch, I saw two lovers of the canine persuasion going at it like a porn movie in the middle of the street. The giver (an extremely hyper Jack Russell Terrier) and the receiver (a large black collie-type) were smack dab on the white line and so engrossed in each other they didn't stop to pay attention to any of the multiple cars passing them in either direction. Clearly Mr. Jack Russell had a lot of energy to work off because he kept at it for at least a minute and a half as I drove all the way up and past them, waited to make my turn, and drove (slowly due to rubbernecking) away.

Now, just in case you doubt the staying power of this tribute to manhood, you should know that when I told my story later, one of my coworkers reported witnessing the same couple doing their business when she went off to lunch, AND they were still going at it in the same place when she came back by a half hour later!

Is there such a thing as puppy Viagra?

Your Scent is Mango

Sultry, sweet, and mellow You enjoy every moment of life!

What's Your Girl Smell?

Turkey Blues

Yes, that's right folks, the turkey lost! Poor Dustin... poor Ireland! But, seriously people, who else but the Irish would send off a turkey puppet as an inside joke to be the nation's representative at the biggest talent contest around?!

Sadly, the rest of Europe didn't get it, but at least this way I never have to hear the darn song again! Except for inflicting it on you that is, but that's just me being cruel :-)

Enjoy!!!

Spring has (finally) sprung!

As I was walking home from Italian class tonight, it really hit me. Here it was 9:30 in the evening but it was still twilight and the street lights had only just come on. We'd had yet another day of no-jacket weather, the birds were chirping madly, and it smelled green, green, green!

Coming across this in the parking lot only seemed to make it official. What better harbinger of Spring could there be? :-)

E strano, vero?

Leaving to go to Italian class tonight, I ran into yet another funeral crowd milling around the Catholic church next door, with the strangely glossy hearse inching its way through. I swear there's at least one of these things every week here! Not to mention morning mass several times during the week.

Now, I've never lived next door to a church before and certainly never next to a Catholic church. Actually, I now live next to two churches, one Catholic and one (much less attended) Church of Ireland. There are definite perks, the sound of bells ringing in the mornings and some very cool cemeteries primarily. But some major drawbacks as well, namely cars parked up and down every surrounding street, blocking your vision at a very iffy intersection when trying to come out of your driveway.

Is it just that there are a lot of people dying here, do you think? Or, that there aren't enough churches to go around?

Plays Well With Others

Honestly, I'm shocked. I thought I was going to turn out to be much more of a wimp. Obviously this gym thing is working out well :-)

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Sunday Bliss

I'm sprawled on the living room floor looking out the wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and doors leading into my own little garden and courtyard, watching my cat groom herself in the sunshine. All the while, she's surreptitiously eyeing the brick walls to gauge just how high they are and whether making a leap for it would entail any major exertion of energy on her part.

While avoiding answering my backlog of emails, I'm surfing, blogging after a long absence, and enjoying one of my favorite Southern delicacies. It sounds weird but I swear it's the best combination ever. A smash at dinner parties! Cream cheese smothered in red jalapeno pepper jelly. YUM!! If you've never tried it don't knock it!