Zoë Bowyer

Maya & Gracie

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Hello to the newest member of the family.

These boots were made for walking

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I recall when I was wee, I got a pair of shoes that I loved so much I wanted to wear them to bed. I think I might sleep in my new boots tonight.

Dennis the Menace

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Yesterday morning I got a lift with The Nurse to Rathlin Island. The Nurse travels out regularly and is ferried over by local boatmen. In this case we (The Nurse, the assistant nurse, myself and Gracie) were taken by Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. Gracie the Vibrodog [...]

So, I am tired. Gracie is sleeping. Dave looks weary.
That’s what you get when you go on a mountain walk in the Sperrins.
I’m tired and I am invigorated.
We walked the Carntogher Way today and it was very enjoyable. The views were terrible, there was a heavy mist, the ground underfoot was boggy, [...]

Let’s get one thing clear from the start: I am only doing this because Bonnie told me to. Have you seen Bonnie? She’s really quite intimidating (though I don’t think she realises that she is).
As for rules? Rules are for fools, and don’t think I’ll be bothering to tag anybody at the [...]

Dog Bite

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It’s at times like these that I start to feel a little bit funny. Perhaps it is the fault of winter never ending; days and weeks of dark, cold and rain with no glimmer of hope. Roll on spring.
Or maybe I am not used to working a five-day week, [...]

The new year has brought with it aches and pains galore. I started the year with a grumpy drive behind a tractor and a walk from Benone to Magilligan. The combination of driving and walking gave me a very sore bottom. No laughing there! It was a deep muscle ache which [...]

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 can’t believe that I have written so little in the past month. My excuse is that I’ve either been sick, taking photographs or out walking the dog. Oh, and working, too.
I came back from Edinburgh intending to finish writing about our final few days there but, instead, came home with a rather [...]

Looks like I was quite attached to the old bear.
30 years on I have a soft spot for my new bear.

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
August - a venerable month. Did you know that the gladiolus and poppy are the flowers of August? Or that its birthstones are peridot, sardonyx or sapphire? Another fascinating fact about August is that it is the month in which my birthday falls and that [...]

Vintage Car

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Yet another vintage car rally in Ballymena last weekend. I guess we can be thankful that it wasn’t a vintage tractor rally - those fecking farmers need very little excuse to gang together in their old tractors.
I guess I’m in a bad mood, I really don’t mean to be rude [...]

The Norfolk pictures have now been uploaded to flickr.
In reply to a few questions that Katy asked me while I was visiting her -
I got my t-shirt here.
Recipes for homemade home cleaners can be found here. I got my recipes from a book called Clean House, Clean Planet but the recipes are much the [...]

My New Skirt

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There is not enough time in the day to do all the things I want to do. The last few weeks have been like a whirlwind and I’ve barely had a chance to sit and think and contemplate (or write about) what has been happening. Two weekends ago [...]

Zoe & Bobbies

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I am attempting to gather all my digital photos in one place, on my external hard drive. There are alot. It is interesting looking at all the old photos and scans. This one is one taken by my auntie T. I have scanned lots of her [...]