Carly, Meg, Phyllis and Alan Garfield: Our travels and travails in Meenaleck, Co. Donegal

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  June 11 - August 7, 2003
Dubuque picture with luggage and then its off to Chicago, Dublin, and finally the flight via Aer Arann to Carrickfinn.
Meenaleck, our yard, the gardens, the mountains, the sea...
I know it's just a little bungalow, but it's our castle in my mind. So much happens in and around the house. I wonder what improvements/changes will occur this summer.
Loads of pictures of our friends, some goofy some nice'n'pleasant.
Meg and Carly doing cute, funny, silly stuff. Is there enough space on the entire web for their hijinx?
Leo's Pub, Paul's Pub, and a few others.
12 day cruise upon the Norwegian Dream, from Dover to the Baltic Sea to Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.

Doe Castle - July 3
Squishy: Shed and Beyond
Aranmore Island - July 4
The Twins at Glenveagh
Glenveagh Castle - July 5
Glenveagh Panorama
Panorama from Dublin Apt
Dublin July 8-10 with Abbie
Art is 50 & we go Cowboy
Rainbow July 19
Meg turns 19 on July 21
Surfing in Ireland

A Beautiful Day in Ireland - from the Foreland Heights Hotel and Pub - Mom, Meg and Carly.

Welcome to The Garfields in Ireland, Summer 2003, in Meenaleck, Co. Donegal.

This year marks the 13th year of The Garfields living in Meenaleck, Co. Donegal. The kids are growing and starting to go their own ways. Eliot is spending his summer in Kilgore, Texas, working as Master Electrician and Lighting person for the Texas Shakespeare Festival. I might have gotten Eliot's titles/work wrong - but if you got the idea that it's theatre stuff, then that's fine. Meg and Carly are still here with us and exploring Meenaleck. Meg spent part of the time with Omi, on an amazing cruise from Dover, England, to St. Petersburg, Russia. Those pictures are included here. We had visits from Omi and Abbie Sudmeier. Christine, of course our 3rd daughter, appears in a number of the pictures. I keep the images fairly large so they are printable. Sorry for those of you who are broadband encumbered. Otherwise, thanks Phyl and girls for putting up with another summer of mildly strange behavior in Ireland.
       >> Eliot at the Texas Shakespeare Festival <<
    Dodo Opens the Mary of Dungloe Festival, July 26th

                               Year End Photo


Abbie Sudmeier came to Dublin from her class trip to Germany. Carly flew down to meet her and they both took the McGinley Coach back. Here are some pics during her time here.

 Meg leaves for the cruise.

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Scottie Carlin & his Cube.

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Omi in Meenaleck.

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Gardening in Ireland: our beautiful gardens in Meenaleck. OK. They're small, but when we look at them, they're our Versailles. Many are cuttings from Dodo and our friends.