Today was a good day for photos. We had ice, snowflakes and sunshine...the best of everything. The snowflakes above were frozen on to my car windows. I took Rocket-dog down to the village for a walk. He got bored with me taking photos though and was pulling at his lead so the next two pics... Continue Reading →
Saturday
It was a lovely dry day today....very cold though. Nice to see the moon pay a visit at 6pm...and nice to see it still light. As the saying goes 'There's a grand stretch in the evening!' Sligo Rising The second flash mob dance is now up on the internet for your viewing pleasure. This one... Continue Reading →
Such a perfect day
There was no art class yesterday so I had a rare day of nothing to do. I decided to go off exploring. First I walked up Knocknarea which is a mountain near Strandhill in Sligo. It was a very misty morning but it added to the atmosphere. I said good morning to Queen Maeve who... Continue Reading →
The Sligo Farmer’s Market
On Saturday morning I got to visit the Farmer's Market. I was really pleased as I haven't been there for a few weeks and I wanted to check out the new stall. The other new stall is An Caife Bia Slainte who make wonderful cakes in all kinds of lovely flavours. It was a... Continue Reading →
Sligo Rising!
Yesterday was the Sligo Rising flash mob for One Billion Rising. Thanks so much to Darren for the photo above...I never knew I could jump! Huge thanks to Karen for organising and editing the video...ignore the bit where I went wrong!!! I had the best time learning this dance and meeting all the wonderful ladies... Continue Reading →
Art
Well I finished the painting today....it's not the best but it is my first attempt at painting anything and I've only had a few lessons (that's my excuse). You wanted to see it so here it is. It was meant to look like this: