“Do you feel like coffee?”

 

Wednesday forgot to dawn. I know you are fed up with me saying that. But it happens way to much, this is Ireland and not Denmark or further north.

What happened the sky?

What happened the sky?

I took my mug of hot water back to bed, re closed the curtains and decided to toddle round blogland and FB ‘till the day improved. Then the phone rang…

“Do you feel like coffee?” asked an elderly friend.

With my mind moving to overdrive… I replied.

“That sounds like a nice idea”

“I know a nice Farm shop & Tearoom, in Straid.  I have been there a few times and I thought we might go. Would 10:30 suit you?”

Glancing down to the clock on my laptop I see it is 9:20 – Where had the hours gone?
A fourminuteshowerandhairwash plus a banana & pills on the run, and I would just about make it.

“Great! I’ll pick you up at 10:30.” I said.

I did.

My friend was a good navigator, and we chatted our way through the gloomy countryside. Our destination was well sign posted along the way.

Ballylagan Organic Farm shop

Ballylagan Organic Farm shop

A warm wood fire greeted us in the Tea room quickly followed by a welcome from the staff and service at our table. All food was prepared on the premises.

We each decided on a scone with our coffee. My friend opted for a fruit one and mine was pear with almond. Yummy! I so want to make these.

There was no rush, no fuss and we happily chatted the morning away.

As we headed back to the car, I took two photos, the one above and the one below. You can see from the bottom one the time I took them – still no proper sky detail. I have not altered them apart from cropping.

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For more info: Ballylagan Organic Farm, shop, Tea Room and Guest House

30 thoughts on ““Do you feel like coffee?”

    1. Grannymar Post author

      Window curtains, Dianne. Bed curtains always seemed to me as dusty and very claustrophobic.

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  1. bikehikebabe66

    The constant GREEN of Ireland would do it for me since I don’t drink coffee (that bitter stuff).

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      BHB, not all coffee is bitter, you need to try different beans. The photo actually looks brighter than the view was in real life. Two days earlier we had a low fog that lasted all day.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      I will certainly return and soon, Al. We visited the shop and both of us bought goodies to enjoy at home.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      I had another bonus, I met another friend who was there for coffee, we had not seen each other for quite some time.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Gosh, Gigi, I have not had 5 cups of coffee in one morning for many a long year. I would soon lose my taste for other foods if I tried it now.

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  2. wisewebwoman

    Embrace the gloom I say but I haven’t gone through the misery of February here yet. Always the worst month. 10cm of snow forecast for tonight but hey Ireland armed me for it, it will seem like a pleasant change.
    I wish you were close enough to coffee with you. I’d love it.

    XO
    WWW

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Coffee. One of the simple pleasures to share, and very enjoyable it is too, WWW. One day soon!

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  3. nick

    I’d never heard of the Straid Farm Shop. I must drop in and try it if I’m in the area. Sounds like their scones and coffee would dispel the winter gloom for a little while.

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  4. Frank B Smith

    That weather looks familiar. We get a lot of that here on The Puget Sound, in Western Washington (state). I do find the sunny days and visible sunrises and sunsets to be very uplifting perhaps because of their rarity. Your solution sounds very nice, as no one controls the weather, we can control the way we deal with it.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Frank, On a bright morning I have no bother jumping out of bed before 6 a.m. But on a dark cold winter day, I now bring breakfast back to bed and catch up on blogland.

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  5. Frank B Smith

    Yesterday, the fog hung around all day, and if I were an airplane, I would have been taxiing around the field all day, without ever taking off.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      26th was a better day here and I took advantage so headed out for a few hours. Today it was a day to turn inward and deal with in-house chores.

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  6. cedar51

    We often have fogs in Auckland (NZ) because we are in a narrow band of land within a hours’ drive to each side of the Indian/Pacific Ocean – I seem to remember it is a collision of “air” that causes the fog – not just in winter either…And they can last right through to mid-day sometimes!

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  7. Grannymar Post author

    Cathy, we can have fog of various types depending on the time of year. The type I hate most is the freezing fog where it is impossible to see beyond the end our your nose and all sound is swallowed up, so driving is almost impossible and dangerous. The recent foggy days, were filled with cold damp air that soaks into all it touches. At times like that a house needs a certain amount of heat to keep it in good condition and older people need the heat to warm the bones and stop them from stiffening.

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