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 [...]
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 [...]
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 landing [...]
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 was a set [...]
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 [...]
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 her [...]
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 be spent in and around the city of Oaxaca. Our second week will be by the Oaxacan coast. I am [...]
Christmas! Who can really be bothered? New Year? What’s the fuss about? The season is nearing its end and I couldn’t be happier. Of course I had a grand time and was given some lovely gifts, especially the charity gifts. Christmas Day Dinner was had at D’s parents and was very tasty. We went home [...]
Gracie got a new name tag for Christmas this year, her old one just wasn’t fancy enough! Merry Christmas
I dreamt that D was going swimming with killer whales and that the people at the end of our street all knocked their houses down in order to build new, swisher, larger houses (they were living in holes in the ground whilst the building work was being carried out). Meanwhile, in the real world, I [...]
Who would have thought that an insignificant little thing like a French Knot could keep me from knitting. Well it has. I cannot progress with my green cardigan until I have French Knotted thousands of knots all over it. My cardigan will remain in bits until I can get over my hatred of French Knots. [...]
County Kerry was splendid. D, me and Gracie did our sponsored walk. Thanks to all who sponsored us. Auntie T and Miss Macy Moriarty accompanied us on the walk. It was a great holiday and Gracie had the best time. More info available at D’s place. I was back at work last week, but didn’t [...]
I’m home. Back for a while. Not running around like a fool. I was home last week, but wasn’t really home. Just passing time to my next trip away at the weekend. Went to Scarborough. Ate three ice creams in one day.
Going to County Kerry for a week. Back soon. I will be doing the sponsored walk on Monday or Tuesday. If you fancy sponsoring me, please do.
