Author Archives: Barbara

About Barbara

Born in Dublin, living in London with Peter, and our dogs Woody and Lilly

I’ve got a job! :-)

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Barbara

Sorry I’ve been a bit silent on the blogging front recently, I’ve been editing some (over 100!) photos for a post that I’m working on, and I’ve been applying for a job! I’ve realised 1) that I might have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Employment, Photography | Tagged Barnardo's, Charity Shop, Curriculum Vitae, Jobseeking, Online Applications, Personal Statement, The Big Egg Hunt | 40 Comments

I am Legend!

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Barbara

Well at least I think I am! Many sleepless nights ago (about 9 to be honest) we finally accepted that the home computer really had died, and that much as I love my children, I did not want them hogging … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthdays, Computing, Getting old, iMac, Teenagers | Tagged computer, iMac, Office 2013, technology, Windows 8 | 34 Comments

Greylag Goose

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Barbara

Today I was taking photos of Wilson playing stick at one of his favourite beaches on the Thames near our house, and I saw some lovely geese. Our common geese are the larger Canada Geese so it is nice to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birds, Spring, Weybridge | Tagged Anser anser, Brown Goose, Greylag Goose, River Thames | 10 Comments

Happy Easter!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Barbara

My sister-in-law posted this photo on her Facebook today & I just had to share it on!

Posted in Art, Snow, Spring | Tagged Bunny, Derby, Easter, Easter Bunny, Snow, Snow Bunny, You'd better watch out! | 10 Comments

British Summer Time begins tonight! Lets hope it brings the summer too :)

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Barbara

Posted in Special Dates, Spring, Summer | Tagged British Summer Time, BST, Clock Change, DST, Fall back, GMT, Spring forward | 10 Comments

Counterintuitive

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Barbara

I have another one!! There are enough diamonds in existence to give everyone on the planet a cupful (from the book 1227 Qi facts to blow your socks off)

Posted in Animals, Money | Tagged common sense, Counterintuition, ForThePromptless, intuition, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless | 5 Comments

Prompts for the Promptless – Ep. 6 – Counterintuition

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Barbara

What more can I say?

Posted in Animals, Giraffes, Physics | Tagged Counterintuition, Fish of Gold, ForThePromptless, intuition, parallel universes, Postaday, Prompt for the Promptless | 10 Comments

River Thames at Weybridge

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Barbara

The River Thames at Weybridge I’m just testing. My WordPress media library is getting full. Can I save photos to Flickr and then load them from here? I’m in the middle of a post about Egypt which is getting complicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Water, Weybridge | Tagged Flickr, The River Thames | 4 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Future? Tense!

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Barbara

My friend has cancer I met David on my ‘Secondary Maths Teacher Training Postgraduate degree course. There were a lot of us, I was in the ‘mature’ student group with teenage children and housework to get home to, and David … Continue reading →

Posted in leukaemia, Maths, Teaching | Tagged Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, ALL, cancer, Future Tense, Nelarabine, Postaday, T-Cell, Weekly Photo Challenge | 10 Comments

The Big Egg Hunt

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Barbara

When I decided that I would be able to go to Dublin for my Dad’s 70th Birthday I only wanted to do one other thing while I was there. My friend Gillian from primary school is a Creative Designer and … Continue reading →