Wordless Wednesday : Peter Pan Flying Over the Rooftops

Rooftops of Kinsale

Wordless Wednesday : Escalating to Freedom!

Escalator in Vienna

Grazing Graceful Geese on the Golf Course!

Golfing Geese

Leaving Cork

This piece was written by a fellow Corkwoman, and I have felt the same every time I left Cork to go back to my ‘other life’ in a far away country.

The Cork Woman

My first piece ever, was published in The Irish Examiner.

Leaving Cork is something I’d expect to be getting used to at this point.  I’ve been doing it seriously for 21 years now. That first time was the worst.  Right before leaving for the airport my Dad and I took a walk down a country boreen by his house in Waterfall, and I waited for him to ask me not to go.  I would have changed my mind so easily then.  But he didn’t.  Instead he talked about the power of youth and opportunity, and the importance of being brave with your life.  That was all very inspiring of course, but what I really wanted him to say was, “Leave? Don’t be ridiculous.  Come back inside and we’ll have a cup of tea”. He didn’t though, and I sobbed and sighed all the way to Shannon, and then heaved my…

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Hugh’s Photo Challenge : Wrong Position

Run Away With Me, Juliet.

This photo was taken last summer in Verona, at the famous statue of Juliet, I don’t think Romeo would be too impressed with Juliet’s new suitor!

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Time to start Decorating

It’s a start

Judging by a lot of posts in my reader, I am WAY behind with my Christmas preparations, only taking my boxes of decorations down from the attic a few days ago!    I have started wrapping presents though, so that’s one thing that I am making progress on!

Check back next week….things should be a bit more organised, and I will definitely be ready for the BIG DAY!!

 

 

 

Don’t forget to write your Christmas letter…..

Harrods at Heathrow

 

Ooops I have gone and done it…

If the book is as good as the blog posts, then it will be hilarious!

Englishman in Italy

At 3 pm on Sunday the 18th October,  I pressed the button and launched my little book project on the  Kickstart website, Taa Raaa, I shouted as it went live. I then realised the enormity of what I had done. Not only had I offered a weekend stay at our house, complete with a wine tasting at my favourite cantina, as part of the rewards but the realisation, that I might not receive any backers suddenly hit home……  I would have to change my name from Pecora Nera to Billy No Mates!!!

Pecora Nera changes his name to Billy No Mates

Driving through Asti later that evening my phone blipped… I received the following message Hooray! Susan Fischer just backed your project.   followed almost immediately by Hooray! Jo Ellen Prutz just backed your project. To say I am excited is an understatement, there are three questions that…

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Travel Theme : Paint

A modern Lady Godiva!

Not all graffiti is ugly, some of it can have humour, be colourful, different and thought provoking, like this painting on the side of a pedestrian bridge in Frankfurt.    There are some talented artists out there that start painting in public places!

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Plugged in and Ready to Go!

Seen on the streets of Frankfurt – gearing up for a long(ish)  journey!