Today I actually got to drive one!
At the Weybridge Sailing Club Regatta people were moving boats with a lovely red convertible with a tow bar, so I couldn’t hold back, I had to ask for a go
That grin says it all
Happiness is a red convertible
Ireland, The Sequel
.... for old time's sake
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Sunday/Monday:
The President, the First Lady and their daughters depart for Belfast, Northern Ireland tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:20 PM.
They arrive in Belfast on Monday morning.
The First Lady will introduce the President at an event at the Waterfront Convention Centre in Belfast where he will deliver remarks.
While the President then travels to Lough Erne for the G8 Summit, the First Lady and her daughters will leave for Dublin in the Republic of Ireland.
Oh dear
When I see a post with a 'handy map' of Ireland, it makes my toes curl. When I first went to America in 1989 somebody asked me where I came from & I said Dublin. They asked was that North or south? I said, well it's in the middle (see handy map). They thought I meant I lived on the border. In Ireland we don't say we live in 'the republic' or in the south' we simply live in Ireland. Just because a part of Ireland is called 'Northern Ireland' doesn't mean that Ireland needs to be called 'southern' or 'Republic of'
Rant over,
Over to you Al :)
Rant over,
Over to you Al :)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves (2)
I found these beautiful mirrors in the visitors shop in Powerscourt House. I didn’t check whether they improved my curves!!
Weekly Photo Challenge ‘Curves’
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
Here is a photo from my recent visit to Dublin that I wasn’t expecting to be sharing so soon! As I mentioned in my post for the photo challenge ‘Fleeting‘ I visited The Botanical Gardens in Glasnevin, with Dad on my last day. He loves this sculpture and insisted I take a photo of it.
The title of this sculpture is ‘Best Night Ever’
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting take 2
Walking on Desborough Island the other day with Wilson, wrapped up in my winter woollies wondering what on earth had happened to our summer (again) my eye was caught by these beautiful delicate blue flowers. It was windy & cloudy, so I didn’t even bother trying to photograph them.
Suddenly just before we were about to head home, the skies cleared and the wind dropped, I turned on my camera and found a tiny flower to focus on. I took one photo, and the battery died. Continue Reading →
Another Surprise!
For my mum’s 60th birthday the girls, Peter & I bought 99p flights and went on a return trip to Dublin for the day
A day trip to Dublin for my Mum’s 60th Birthday Peter, my sister, the girls & Mum & Dad outside Malehide Castle, Dublin, May 2003
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost Continue Reading →
