Day 1 – Travel by ferry to Scotland. Drive to Spean Bridge to pet-friendly guesthouse. Very pleasant, with fresh flowers all over the place. Gracie makes herself at home and jumps onto the bed. Eat in guesthouse restaurant – yummy food.
Day 2 – Eat smoked haddock for breakfast then climb Ben [...]
Over Looking
Originally uploaded by ZMB.
…Like taking Granny out for a spin to the new museum in Ballymena.
I started off this bank holiday weekend with a huge list of things I wanted to do. Now it’s Monday and I feel that I haven’t done all that much. But the things I have done have [...]
Inspired by Hannah’s list of never done before things, I decided to come up with one of my own.
1. Travelled in a Cessna plane.
2. Watched a movie in the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh.
3. Visited Oaxaca, went hiking in Mexican mountains.
4. Climbed to the top of Mount Brandon. After years of [...]
I am typing one-handed as a small dog is lying, softly snoring, on my lap with her head resting on my left wrist. She can quite often be found on my lap when I am at the computer. She is also very fond of lap lying while I am knitting.
This week I won [...]
Edinburgh is stunning, but not so much if you have been before. The first time is like magic. Last time I was here I followed D in a daze, just absorbing all the new sights. This time I feel like I am getting a better understanding of where places are in relation [...]
How much is that doggy in the window?
Originally uploaded by ZMB.
Macy kept us all entertained with her marvellous renditions of “How much is that doggy in the window?” while we were on holiday in Co Kerry. She sings beautifully. It really was a doggy heaven holiday. Macy and Gracie were delighted to [...]
We camped on Rathlin Island on Saturday night. Unfortunately the good weather ended while we were there and it rained and rained through the night.
We managed to get the tent put up just before the rain started, then we went out for dinner from the chip van and went for a couple of pints. [...]
Last weekend was spent gadding about and walking into things.
On Saturday I went to St George’s Market with my mum and sister. Gracie went to Cully and spent the day being chased around Pearlie’s mobile by Bonnie the German Shepherd.
On Sunday we climbed Slieve Donard and were rewarded with a bit of a view, [...]
Bliss is being able to spend the morning rummaging in boxes in charity shops, spending time knitting (this in case you are interested), eating peanut butter on toast, eating a juicy pear and drinking a nice cup of tea.
Not so blissful is the fact that I have spots and cold sores; one scabbing, the other [...]
I wouldn’t have thought a journey in a teeny-weeny plane would have been smooth, but it was. On our return to Dublin, after having been delayed on the plane for 2 hours and with a plane full of Irish schoolkids who had been in Madrid to watch a football match, we had the scariest [...]
I guess that mention should be made of my attempts to learn and speak Spanish for my trip to Mexico. Last year I vowed to learn some Spanish, we collected free cds and books from newspapers. One was a one month course which I kept putting off and putting off again. Another [...]
I think I’ve given myself enough time to get back into the flow of things and also to consider what were the best points of my recent holiday!
Our travels started in Belfast where we said farewell to Gracie and then caught a bus to Dublin airport. From Dublin we travelled to Madrid, then to [...]
He didn’t know he sat in such a picturesque spot
Originally uploaded by ZMB.
We took a lot of photos. About 500 with the digital camera plus the six rolls of film that I shot with my Olympus Trip 35.
Some of them are on Flickr now. Later I will scan and add some of my [...]
Back again and boy did I miss Gracie! We took a couple of photos of her and set up a Gracie shrine wherever we stayed.
I kept worrying that something awful would happen to her. Then I realised that there was no point worrying; what harm could befall her lying on the lap of [...]
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Yarn Ball Factory, originally uploaded by ZMB.
This is how I fill my time these days. Making balls of yarn.
This time next week I will be getting set for Mexico. Our first week will [...]
