Monthly Archives: March 2013

An Apple Blossom Tree

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Barbara

I brought my camera with me yesterday when taking Wilson for a walk. It was a cold grey Novemberish day, dark clouds, the threat of snow, but I thought if I don’t bring it, I will regret it. At one … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Spring, Weybridge, Wilson | Tagged Cherry Blossom, ForThePromptless, meraki, Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Photo Challenge, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless | 22 Comments

Please visit Dave in hospital (virtually)

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Barbara

Originally posted on Keep Calm And Chemo On:
dick here… david is getting a lot of positive vibes from every comment we read to him and it really is helping him through this difficult time, but unfortunately they appear to…

Posted in leukaemia, Maths, Teaching | Tagged cancer, Leukaemia, Nelarabine | 2 Comments

Travel Theme; Green

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Barbara

Green is NOT my favourite colour. I may have mentioned this before. However there are some things that do look particularly good in green, mainly flora and some reptiles. Not Barbaras. Barbaras do NOT look good in green.

Posted in Animals, Dublin, Lilly Plankton, Parakeets, Pets, Photography, School | Tagged Green, Muckross Park College, Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Parakeets, Postaday, reptiles, Travel Theme | 21 Comments

13 things you probably didn’t know about St Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Barbara

Reblogged from The Journal.ie 1. St Patrick’s name wasn’t actually Patrick. His real name was actually Maewyn Succat. Seriously.

Posted in Animals, Dublin | Tagged Boston, Dublin, Ireland, Irish, Maewyn Succat, March 17, Montserrat, Shamrock, St Patrick's Day, TheJournal.ie | 4 Comments

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Barbara

The day of the festival of (St) Patrick, Paddy’s day. My daddy is called Patrick, so it has always been Daddy’s day too 🙂 He always sends us (me, my sister and all my cousins) a St Patrick’s Day card, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Daddies, Dublin, Families, Philately | Tagged Book of Kells, Hail Glorious St Patrick, Ireland, Lá Fhéile Pádraig, Lá le Pádraig, Patriotism, Postcards, St Patrick's Day, Trinity College Dublin | 10 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Lunchtime

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Barbara

What better lunch than a selection of cakes from our local cake sale in aid of Comic Relief 🙂 yummy!

Posted in Photography | Tagged Comic Relief, fundraising, Lunchtime, Old Palace Road, phoneography, Postaday, Postaweek, Red Nose Day, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weybridge | 10 Comments

Upon Small Shoulders

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Barbara

I love Sinéad O’Connor, I always have. When I first heard ‘Troy’ the haunting love song from her first album, The Lion & The Cobra, she was singing from my heart, from my soul. She screamed for me, from me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Daddies, Dublin, Music, Photography | Tagged Debt Crisis, Greed, How about I be me (and you be you)?, Neil Condron, Sinéad O'Connor, St Patrick's Day, The Celtic Tiger, The Lion and The Cobra, Troy, Upon Small Shoulders, WB Yeats | 37 Comments

Phoneography Challenge for Comic Relief

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Barbara

Welcome to My Neighbourhood part II This photo is actually taken in my neighbourhood, some local children are having a cake sale on Saturday in aid of Comic Relief (I will update this post with links from my computer shortly) … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Weybridge | Tagged Cake Sale, Comic Relief, fundraising, neighbourhood, Old Palace Road, phoneography, Postaday, Postaweek, Weekly Photo Challenge | 12 Comments

Prompt for the Promptless; Wu wei

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Barbara

Rarasaur‘s fourth weekly Prompt for the Promptless; Wu Wei Wu wei, or non-doing, is a Taoist practice involving letting one’s action follow the simple and spontaneous course of nature rather than interfering with the harmonious working of universal law by … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging | Tagged ForThePromptless, Google, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless, WordPress Themes, Wu wei | 12 Comments

Phoneography Challenge

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Barbara

Welcome to my neighbourhood!! Well, this was the neighbourhood within which I grew up, and this weekend I was there celebrating my Dad’s 70th birthday.