We went on a bear hunt again today in the Portuma Forest Park. We didn’t find any bears. We did, however, find dinosaurs. Well, it would be more accurate to say that the dinosaurs came with us. Santa brought a family of T-rexes and their cousins to Hawkeye. A bunch of fearsome looking creatures with…
I’m having my own version of Black Friday where nothing is on offer on my blog. Brain has checked out for the weekend.
We’re actually sitting down and watching a movie this evening (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 finally here I come!) so no writing. It was a brilliantly sunny day so have some photos I took from the bus, playing around with the camera on my new phone. So many more megapixels! And better light adjustment!
I may be terrified of spiders and shriek like a stereotype if I brush against a cobweb, but that doesn’t mean I cannot appreciate the beauty in these creations of nature. This was taken over the weekend when walking through one of the pedestrian tunnels at the foot of the construction sites at Grand Canal.…
We were at the zoo again yesterday. You might be thinking, oh my god, really? Yes, really. It’s the best place to kill a couple of hours if you’re in that part of town and you have an annual membership and a toddler with a constant need of diversion. It’s, frankly, better than television. You’ll…
“The summer sun is fading as the year grows old And darker days are drawing near The winter winds will be much colder Now you’re not here…” “Forever Autumn” by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass, 1972
Here is the slightly belated second half of our weekend Dublin Zoo adventure. Leaving behind the fossils and the cold-blooded creatures, we followed the path to the Kaziranga Forest Trail, which replicates the Asian rainforest habitat to house the zoo’s family of Asian elephants. The zoo has been running a very successful breeding programme, with…
The sky over Grand Canal Square this afternoon.
I promised the story of the blanket forts, but unfortunately with all the travel, unpacking, tired post-holiday toddler crank, and all the stuff to do before returning to work tomorrow I simply can’t do it justice today. So have a green photo essay study of rain drops on plants that I took on while on…
Yesterday was the last full day of our holiday in Doolin. We had a good run of weather mid-week, but when we woke up on Friday morning it was grey, wet, windy, and generally miserable. It was a day for staying in, cuddling under a blanket, reading, building couch forts, etc. All those things were…
That’s a pun. But you wouldn’t know that unless you knew that we spent yesterday visiting the Aillwee Cave and Birds of Prey Centre. The whole experience is very well organised. While Doolin Cave has a small visitor’s centre, everything at Aillwee Cave is done on a large scale. It’s one of the oldest caves…
The Feathered Rose 