Are we there yet?
This photo was taken just over a year ago – on the 3rd December. Dublin was at a standstill thanks to heavy snows. This particular corner we watched as cars and trucks came down from the slightly higher bridge and slid straight into the bollards – generally at slow speed. Cyclists gave up, pedestrians were [...]
Today’s Memory is about tying shoelaces. I’m not sure how old I was when I asked Dad to tie up my shoes that morning. I remember quite clearly Dad sitting me down to show me how and the sense of pride and achievement as the voodoo magic that stopped my shoes coming off was suddenly [...]
I stumbled across this hidden doorway with it’s sculpture of Queen Elizabeth I while in London back in 2001. At the time I remember being quite in awe of the fact that here was a sculpture of Elizabeth outside of one of her palaces – for some reason it seems to me to be exceedingly [...]
Our City O-Tautahi is a Queen Anne style building by architect Samuel Hurst Seagar in the heart of Christchurch. It sits aside the beautiful Avon River and is just down the road from the stunning Christchurch Cathedral. I visited here in 2004 and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was such a shock to see the devastation earlier this [...]
When Tegan came over to Ireland on an extended visit back in 2007, we just had to go and seek out the town I’d found out about called Kiltegan – who could possibly resist? Here we are, with me doing as the sign says. The town itself, which in Irish is known as Cill Teagáin [...]
In 2008 we decided to host a Halloween cocktail party in Dublin. It was a great night with some wonderful people. I went as the traditional witch and Christian was quite chuffed to pick up a Leprechaun outfit as his costume.
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon – Video Culture Club’s Karma Chameleon was a hit in Australia around the time of my 10th birthday. I had my birthday party at the local pool that year, I remember this song playing on the loud speakers as my friends and I had the new Calippo ice creams and [...]
