A Great New Brand

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Just have to take a moment to brag a bit. The Greater Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce, working with DBD International, has put together a new branding campaign for the Menomonie area. It launched this evening in a special event at the Chamber office in Menomonie. I was glad to be tapped to help with implementing the new web sites to go with the campaign, using the stunning design work done by David Brier and his staff at DBD.

Holy Cross Church at Sunset

      1 min read      Ireland

![Holy Cross Church at Sunset](/irelandimages/IRELAND1674.jpg "Holy Cross Church at Sunset")

More on Last Weekend

      2 min read      Ireland

Okay, so a bit about our first full weekend in Ireland. Friday night we headed down the hill to Cunningham’s Fish & Chips stand for Kathleen’s favorite takeout in Tramore. We collected our dinner (a burger and chips for me) and walked down to the beach and had a lovely dinner next to the ferris wheel at the Tramore Amusement Park (now closed for the season). You can see from the pics that it was a pretty blustery evening, but even so we enjoyed a nice walk on the beach after dinner.

Pics From Last Weekend

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Yikes, just 2 weeks here and already I’m falling behind in posting stuff. Hopefully this will pick up a bit now that I have an internet connection at home (woohoo!). Anyway, here are some pics, I’ll post more about these soon. Downtown Tramore Seafront amusement park in Tramore The Tramore Strand - 3-mile long beach in Tramore Tramore as seen from the beach Our closest pub Holy Cross Church in Tramore Views along the Coast Road west of Tramore Welcome to Boatstrand The community of Boatstrand Remnants of an old copper mine - from which the Copper Coast Geopark draws it’s name View of the mountains from downtown Dungarvan

You're Never Far From Home

      1 min read      Ireland

This past weekend I picked up a copy of the Sunday Express, a newspaper from London, England. I was reading the travel section and found the little tidbit below.

Our Grammar Lesson for the Week

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Rumor has it the Irish speak English, as do supposedly we Americans. However, it’s not quite the same brand of English, as we’re constantly reminded. Our lesson this week involves time… Today is Tuesday, September 5. If I was to refer to Wednesday, September 13 in conversation, I would usually call it “next Wednesday”. Not so here in Ireland. Next Wednesday, or properly “Wednesday next” refers to tomorrow, September 6 - truly the “next Wednesday”.

This is Where We Live

      1 min read      Ireland

![Annestown Beach](http://www.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1613.jpg "Annestown Beach") This beach, Annestown Beach, is about 5 minutes down the road from Kathleen's office, right below the little town of Annestown. The pics below are all taken in the same general area. [ ![ireland1591.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1591_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1591.jpg) This is the slogan of the DFBA communities, it hangs on the wall in their business incubator. [ ![ireland1594.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1594_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1594.jpg) Our wheels [ !

Youch!

      1 min read      Ireland

Well, we just bought our first tank of gas. It cost us $50 Euro for 40 liters, which works out to around $6.06 US / gallon. As I said to Kathleen, thank God the country is only 275 miles long!

Some Links from the Dunhill Area

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Dunhill is the little town where Kathleen will be working. The links below can provide some good information about the area. Dunhill-Fenor-Boatstrand-Annestown Community Site - these 4 communities have banded together under the moniker DFBA, the group driving many of the things Kathleen is involved with Dunhill Multi-Education Centre - this is where Kathleen is working Dunhill Rural Enterprises Park - this is the business incubator that houses the Multi-Education Centre Copper Coast Geopark - this is the area around us, it’s similar to a National Park in the U.

Pics from the Area

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[ ![ireland1578.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1578_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1578.jpg) Waterford Institute of Technology [ ![ireland1581.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1581_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1581.jpg) Car Wash [ ![ireland1582.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1582_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1582.jpg) Politics of stem cells is here too! [ ![ireland1583.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1583_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1583.jpg) Waterford street scene [ ![ireland1587.jpg](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/tn_ireland1587_jpg.jpg)](http://new.dennisdeery.com/irelandimages/ireland1587.jpg) The view from Kathleen's office [ !