I started working on the Ireland scrapbook immediately after returning from our 2-week trip in May of 2007. I had a lofty goal -- to finish this scrapbook in one year. To make it easier, I limited myself to only one page for each place that we had visited regardless of the number of photos or miscellaneous cool stuff (like tickets, receipts or other souvenirs).
Blarney Castle was high on my list to visit. I read lots about the history of kissing the Blarney Stone, and the gift of gab. You've got to do this! And, though it wasn't the nicest castle in Ireland and though there were huge, long lines stringing through the rooms to get to the top level to kiss the stone, we diligently waited and finally....kissing the Blarney Stone!
For anyone who has not been there, you actually have to lay on your back and lean down over an opening to kiss the stone. Of course, they take your picture and for 15 euro, it's yours to keep. Awesome souvenir for a scrapbooker.
Time passes, we pack up all of our belongings, put them in storage, and move to another house. Suddenly, it's 2009 and I CANNOT find the Blarney Stone photos. Oh, well, surely they will show up before I get to that page. Nope, they are nowhere to be seen.
Finally, last night, I scrapped the Blarney Castle (which had a really terrific garden, by the way) without my precious photos of Kissing the Blarney Stone. I joked with my husband that as soon as I finished the page, Murphy's Law would kick in and I'd find the photos in a week or so.
To my surprise, I finished gluing the page and started sorting through my stuff for the next page in Ireland and voila! the blarney stone photos! Not even 5 minutes had passed!! I don't think I like Murphy!
Here's the scrapbook page of Blarney Castle sans kissing the stone......
