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.…
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- Geocaching event & Guinness
- Dogs and spring sprung
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.…
- We're in't paper!
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…
- Ship to shore
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…
RIP MistyWe 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…
- Adventure box
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.…
- We changed our names today
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,…
Pubs reinventing themselvesEnded 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…
- Snow day
Embedded video 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…
Photograph tasticThis 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…
- Designer Glasses
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…
Eyes 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…
- First walk
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,…
The birth of Annie MoEuphoric smiles in an ambulance. That doesn't happen very often. 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…
- Initiating semi automated post sequence
If you're reading this, it means that Eirene's labour has started and were having a baby sometime rather soon.