Halloween parties are looming large on the horizon and I have no costumes. At this stage, something homemade and inventive would be much preferable to a shop bought yoke.
I’m really of the opinion that Halloween is supposed to be scary or at the very least inventive so all those ladies who take the opportunity to [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Please help me go to the Halloween party!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 80s style, balloon boy, balloons, bunch pf grapes, burlesque, coolest-homemade-costumes.com, costumes, Dracula, Dublin, Halloween, Ireland, party, school girl, surgeon, tea bag, toffee apple, vampire on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Black and White
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged heirlooms, passing on, The Granny, The Great Granny on October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So I paid a much overdue visit to The Granny last night with my sister. Well my sister was there long before me and I, having been to an event in town, was hmmming and hawing about going until my sister sent me a text saying
“she really wants to see you and she’s got photos [...]
Up North
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Antrim, Northern Ireland, photography, photos, travels on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last time I was up North I took a few nice photos. Heading up again this weekend. I’m not sure I’ll get many chances to take photos but I’m sure it’ll be a lovely weekend
Yes the last two photos were taken out the car window I should really wind the window [...]
Asgusted
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australia, forties, stumbleupon, whoopsadaisy on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I wouldn’t mind the ‘from Australia’ bit…but it’ll be a long while before I hit my forties!
Grumble grumble
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Central Library, desk, Dublin, Easons, IFI, Insomnia, Ireland, laptop, library, The Church, wifi, workspace on October 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I walked the length and breadth of Dublin city yesterday. For two bloody hours I searched for somewhere that I could have a desk, a seat and a nearby socket to plug in my laptop. It didn’t even need to have wifi cos I had a dongle with me.
“Simple”, I thought, “I’ll get a few [...]
Where in the world?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crescent moon. moon, Dublin, Ireland, photography, St. Stephens Green on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I took this photo on 25 September last. I wish I’d taken the time to get out my camera instead of using my phone camera but the view is still imprinted on my mind…the HD version, not this one
You’d never guess it was taken in the middle of St. Stephens Green in Dublin [...]
Swirling clouds behind me…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clouds, personal, post 100 on October 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I haven’t written anything personal here in a long time. But I can feel them. I feel the blog posts building up. When they are ready to be written they will be right at the front of my head, bursting to get out. When they are being composed they will swill and swirl around in [...]