All this strange-big-bird-on-a-river thing rang familiar to me since the get-go.

My first trip to Ireland was when I was a kid with my parents back in, I don't know, 1980?

My second was with one of my current bosses, Ben, in 2003. It was a sort of business / promotional trip.

The next time was about fact-finding for a move here way back in November 2006. On that trip I took this photo.

July 2007: That's our bird, and that's our "back yard."