I've got a fairly big garden which I haven't really done a lot with. This year I am changing that. I already had a small herb garden as well as a couple of berry bushes. I've added to that with a VegTrug herb garden and I'm currently expecting delivery for a VegTrug raised planter. But while you can successfully grow quite a few things outdoors in Ireland there's also a lot … [Read more...] about Time to Get a Greenhouse
Digging Into my Personal Archives
Over the past year I've been at home most of the time, like pretty much everyone else. This week we're all "celebrating" our "pandemicversary". It's been a full year since we all started working from home all of the time. Sure, I've been into the office from time to time and we even had a few weeks where we thought we'd be able to go back... but for now it's working from home. … [Read more...] about Digging Into my Personal Archives
Shooting Old Guns
Growing up in a stately home is probably a little different from the norm, but I lived in a 19th century mansion from the age of 10 onwards, so it was my normal. Living there meant that I was literally living in a museum which was full of antiques. It also meant that I got to meet people who worked on the contents or were in and around for any number of other reasons. One … [Read more...] about Shooting Old Guns
12 Months in Ireland
This week marks 12 months or 365 days of me being stuck in Ireland. No travel. No airports. No jet lag (there *is* an upside to this!). I got back from what was to be my last international trip on March 10th 2020. At the time I knew that things were getting bad in some parts of the world. but I did not expect to be sitting at home 12 months later in what has now become my … [Read more...] about 12 Months in Ireland
Queen – Medieval Style
Not as insane as some of the stuff you'll find online, but still a tad quirky: … [Read more...] about Queen – Medieval Style