If you know one thing about Dublin, it’s Guinness. If you know two things about Dublin, it’s the Guinness and the literary greats the city has fathered such as Beckett, Joyce, Swift and Wilde. Pick up any mainstream guidebook on the city and you’ll probably get these names cited in the opening paragraph. The guide book will probably have pictures… Read more →
We went to a Geocaching event this morning at Marley Park (that I wrote about yesterday) in Dublin. A park that I’ve since been told is the second largest city park in Western Europe after Phoenix park, also in Dublin. If you’ve not heard of geocaching before, allow me to offer a brief overview. There’s two versions; 1./ Geocaching is… Read more →
It actually felt quite pleasant out today. A welcome change to the bleak drudge we’ve had weather wise recently. We’ve had a family day today – we were lucky enough to have a visit from Annie’s great grand parents. Annie is their 12th great grand child. The highlight of the day. Other that that, I’ve taken any excuse for a… Read more →
Following on from my last blog – we’re now in Dublin. We had to drive through the city centre at rush hour, but because of the beautiful sunset which accompanied us, everything was AOK. We’re now trenched at ‘Irish Grandad’s’ and I’ve got a tin of Smethwicks on the go and we’re watching Allo Allo. Nice. I’ve brought over a… Read more →
Well this is a first. I’m blogging from a ship. The Irish Ferries ship Ulysses to be specific. The largest passenger ferry (Jeremy Clarkson voice) in the world. We’re on our way to Dublin for Easter where the main event is to introduce new baby to our relatives over there. We’re all going (even the dog) and we’re all very… Read more →
We just had to say farewell to our Misty, a 13+ year old Persian cat. Above is her last ever photo, snapped this morning before we took her to the vet. She was such a poppet but unfortunately her health was in rapid decline and we didn’t want her to suffer. I’ll spare you the detail – she was starting… Read more →
I’ve discovered that buying a second hand roof box is an incredibly complicated thing to do. I had to learn so much about said items that if there was a degree course, I think I could walk away with First Class Honors. My dissertation would focus on how to extrapolate information curtailing to the dimensions, fittings and fixtures of the… Read more →
Today we registered the birth of our latest edition – Annie Maureen Watson-Power to give her, her full title. The Watson-Power is a coupling of both Eirene (my wife, Annie’s mother) and my surnames. I was a Watson, Eirene a Power. Our offspringlings; Felix – he’s a Power, Jaygo is a Watson-Power as is Sophie. This multiple named yet blood… Read more →
Ended up in “The Den” in Harrogate town centre last night. We were en route to The Blues but never made it quite that far – I bumped into a friend who said there were a load of people I knew at The Den. A pub that’s re invented itself recently. Twice; going from Crabtrees, to Vanilla, now The Den…. Read more →
Slow Mo Elsie, playing with snow earlier today. A week and a half or so ago, I mused with a rather smug tone that I suspected we’d seen the back of the winter. ‘Winter’s last hurrah’ I spouted. I didn’t expect to see quite this volume of snow until we’d had at least a semblance of summer, a smattering of autumn behind… Read more →
This photo of us being photographed was taken by Henry (who’s up north to take part in a ultra marathon race tomorrow). The local news paper heard about our recent birth experience and as a result, we’ve been interviewed and photographed – we might be in next Thursday’s Harrogate Advertiser. Other significant happenings today – I got some new glasses… Read more →
A pet hate of mine is the phrase ‘designer glasses’ (see also ‘designer sunglasses’ and ‘designer frames’ – heck, I’m going to throw ‘designer outlet’ and ‘designer clothes’ in there as well for good measure). This phrase can only be there to serve as a differentiator, to a type of glasses that are not designer glasses. This is the bit… Read more →
Day 3 and we were blessed with quite a lot of Annie’s eyes today. Albeit slightly confused and out of focus but still – we got to see those peepers. Quite dark with the blue tinge, but I suspect they will go brown like her mama’s and sisters. Beautiful. A few of the photos – especially this one – have… Read more →
We’re (so far, touch wood) finding that Annie is slotting into our lives like she’s always been part of it. Annies first night home last night and we had a fairly good nights sleep; she hung out with us ’till 10 ish, then a last feed, then down in her little cot. She slept until 5 ish then up,… Read more →
Back at home now, all splatting around the family room after a life changing 24 hours. Yesterday morning; St. Patrick’s day, Eirene had our new baby. A baby that I delivered single handedly, in our hallway. We’ve called the latest member of the DragonDrop family – Annie Maureen (named after both of our mums). She’s a beautiful 7lb 6 ouncer. She’s… Read more →
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