'Wot RoTT' exchange

[Rita C.]

Rita, what a lovely voice! You are a woman of many talents!

Or a woman of many talons as DH says occasionally! :lol:

[Lorraine R.]

Rita,
What an absolutely beautiful voice. I often wish I had a good voice, cause i love to sing. Problem being, noone wants to hear it :shock: :shock: So I still sing, but make sure my dogs are the only ones in earshot when I do. They really don't seem to mind.
Good luck with your eye surgery. It was determined that I have macular degeneration in my left eye about five years ago so probably not a candidate for any eye surgery.
Lori

[Norma H.]

Rita, what a lovely voice! You are a woman of many talents!

Or a woman of many talons as DH says occasionally! :lol:

That made me laugh. He can be glad he doesn't know me :lol:
I'm glad to hear you will get one eye done at a time. Two weeks between, I wish for you that it will happen with ease and grace

[Norma H.]

Rita, you have a wonderful voice. It is so nice to meet such talented and unique ladies on this forum. I don't speak out too much but I absolutely enjoy reading all the different posts and getting to know all you wonderful ladies.

[Rita C.]

Vicki, thanks. It's the best forum in town if you ask me.

[Nancy R.]

Rita -

Wow! Incredible voice! I hope your surgery goes well! I had lasik about 7 years ago and really loved it, but have started needed reading glasses as my eye get older. Still, better than the constant glasses or the contact lenses.

Nancy

[Nancy R.]

when are we supposed to receive our reels.....peg in ks

[Pam D.]

Peggy, Toni from Australia's reel got lost in the post so she is making a second set and will send them to Rosemary as soon as she can. They may already be on their way to her. So you will need a just a little more patience;-) I know that you have plenty of craft stuff to do while you are waiting:-);-);-)

[Robyn B.]

Oh My! That was beautiful.

Thank you Margo for the link.

Rita - that was beautiful - gave me goosebumps!
All the best for your surgery

[Jane R.]

Rita,
I have a quilting friend who is realizing a life-long dream of traveling to Dublin. She'll be there for about two weeks I think. Do you have any recommendations for quilt or fabric shops, and other "must see" places?

Your voice is absolutely beautiful...listened to the YouTube piece, then went to Amazon.com to try and locate a cd or mP3 of your Irish music. There is one and it has lovely music too although not Irish tunes which is what I wanted.

Best wishes for your eye surgery...no glasses or contacts will be wonderful. Take care.

[Kathryn S.]

Rita, I was rendered speechless when I listened to you sing. What a precious gift to have and use! We are so lucky to have such talented people in our group. thank you for sharing this with us. Kathy

[Maureen A.]

Rita you voice is so beautiful. Thank you Margo for the link. I have been on Youtube all morning listening to you sing, fabulous. It brings back many happy memories when I was growing up in Belfast. I just love Irish music and now living in Scotland, Scottish music which is very similar.

Good luck on you eye surgery

[Rita C.]

Jane, It is sad for me to relate to you that there are only two place in Dublin city now where your friend will be able to get fabrics - and neither of them is great! One is the Dublin Woolen Mills which is across the Halfpenny Bridge from Temple Bar. Upstairs they have a small collection of quilting fabrics with a larger section of haberdashery downstairs. The other is Hickeys which is in Henry Street, which is mainly unholstery and bridal fabric but in the basement they have a small collection of quilting fabrics. They are not cheap at all and the selection is very poor. The only other place in Dublin is Fabric Matters in Rathfarnham which is about 30 minutes from the centre but she would have to book an appointment as it is run from Wendy Huggins home. :roll: http://www.fabricmatters.ie

Other places of interest: Trinity College - the grounds are lovely to walk around and the library houses the Book of Kells; Dublin Castle is right in the centre of town and worth a visit; behind it is the Chester Beatty Liberary which is really a museum and it's my all time favourite. It has a very pretty little garden at the front and it is so quiet you would never know you were in the city. It has a restaurant too. If she is interested in seeing what a Georgian redbrick Dublin house was like then Number 29 Fitzwilliam Street is open to the public. The Royal Hospital in Kilmainham which is a 17th Century building and houses the Irish Museum of Modern Art is also a lovely place to go and only a short taxi ride from the centre; The Casino in Marino is an 18th Century neo-classical building which is perfectly formed but on a tiny scale and again only a short taxi ride from the centre. The National Art Gallery in in Merrion Square is lovely too. Another favourite of mine is the War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge where the gardens were designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. It is a memorial to all those Irish men who served in WWI. The gardens and the beautiful architecture have been renovated and it is now open to the public. We used to play around there when I was young and it was completely overgrown so I am particularly pleased that it is back to its former glory. There are two little houses that list the names of all those who served and died.

Dublin is a very small city so everything is within walking distance - but it depends on your health I guess. All museums etc., are on a small scale (not like the V&A or the Louvre) and most places have a coffee shop to rejuvenate the spirits!
I have included a few websites for these and various other places that might be of interest in Dublin. I hope your friend has a pleasant experience.
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/
http://flyingbookclub.ie/
http://www.visitdublin.com/See_and_D...Top_10_in_2012

[Rita C.]

Thanks Robyn, Kathy, Maureen. Maureen my DH is from Belfast so the NI connection is always there with us!

[Lotti D.]

Jane: another interesting museum in Dublin is "Dublinia", it's located next to Christchurch Cathedral and has some very interesting exhibitions about Dublin's past - if you like Medieval and Viking times... this is for you... http://www.dublinia.ie/

Rita: many many many moons ago we visited a great Woollen Mills Museum in a small town, i think it was in the West or North West of Ireland... they had a great multimedia-museum to walk through and experience the history and hardships of the town and it's people. can't remember where it was - but if we end up in the region again both Daniela and I would love to go there again - they also had a great little shop next door where i purchased a fabulous fabulous alpaca scarf which i would love to replace... if i remember correctly the woolen mills were set up by nuns or a nun to give the poor community a place to work and i think it is still working - at least it was when we were there - i might be completely and totally wrong in this - as i mentioned - it's been many many many moons - probably a good 15 years.... but it was our favorite museum ever...