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Happy New Year!

So… here’s a toast to you all!! Thanks for all the support during the last year… here’s to 2020 and all the fun we’re gonna have!! The trouble we go to to amuse ourselves… and you!! Fun in the fast … Continue reading

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Wednesday’s Word – Wonderful!

Yesterday was a damp sort of day – grey, chilly and damp – interspersed with wet mizzle. So… after yesterday’s post… telling you all about Port Elizabeth and sharing the link to a sunny seaside surfing site… I needed to … Continue reading

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Day 5 – 5 Day B&W Challenge: Friday’s Floral Flights of Fancy!

Alas, this is the last day of the challenge. The de Wets sure got me going on a nostalgia trip. Black and white fun like I’ve not had in ages. Misty canals, the past, history, music shows… playing ball as … Continue reading

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Decay After Dark?

I heard some fellow on the Beeb weather… telling us the current system was going to… you guessed… decay after dark… Pray tell? How on earth must a weather system decay after dark? Can it not just pass us by? Go its … Continue reading

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Would You?

Grey, damp… no, wet… miserable weather. Proper winter blues weather. OK for the likes of me who works indoors… in a lovely warm environment. Yep, I would know… the temperature control is one of my babies. So, as they say in … Continue reading

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The Sun Returns…

See what happens when you challenge the rain by staging a BBQ… the sun returns. Like the old story about never opening an umbrella when the sun shines… well, I did just that to get today’s photo. How else do … Continue reading

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Of Spring and Sport… on Trains and Boats…

So starts the official spring in the southern hemisphere… so ends another below par summer here in Ireland. Hold on… should that not be above par? After-all… in golf… less than par means good. A birdie is great… an eagle is … Continue reading

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Liquid Irish Summer Sunshine…

After all the tension and stress of the last few weeks… which you’ve unfortunately had to endure quite a bit, I’ll cry off with a short and sweet wet Irish post… Cricket is a game to be played in summer… in … Continue reading

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