Glassey Alley

My attention was drawn to this wonderful photoblog by a post on Culch.ie today and I enjoyed the photos so much, I have added it to my blog roll and am sharing the site with you too. There are some wonderfully rich photos there, enjoy them all

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It’s hard to talk

Hard to have a conversation with her.
Remembering not to ask after the husband who went home to Australia almost a year ago to find them somewhere to live and a school for their youngest son.
Don’t ask how he is, maybe she hasn’t heard from him, no one knows.
Trying not to notice or look more than [...]

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The animal magic continues

Well a couple of weeks ago I was being surrounded by animals and animal stories, and the animal theme popped up again last week when I got the chance to go to Dublin Zoo to see the two new Sumatran tiger cubs there. Aww!
The as yet unnamed duo were born to mammy Sigra and daddy [...]

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Wedding bells

You’d have to wonder what prompted it so late in life, but The Granny sought out her marriage cert and related documents recently in the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages or wherever such ancient documents are kept nowadays.

It’s almost 60 years since she got married but a lot less years have passed since her [...]

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