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Lucas has inherited both my brother’s and my dinky toys. Click for bigger.

You may have already seen my earlier post with the photo of the fossils on Hook Head. I took quite a good few photos of elsewhere on the Hook and here are some of them:

Almost a year ago I brought Lucas down to a voluntary play group that was set up here in Youghal called the Tweenies. Everything is self-funded and the club relies completely on donations. They meet on Tuesdays and Fridays over the regular school term and it is a fantastic resource especially if you have a toddler [...]

Today myself and a friend took ourselves off down to Wexford aiming for Duncannon Fort. While there we drove around Hook Head and it was by the lighthouse there I took this photo of fossils embedded in the limestone there. The fossils themselves are of a marine animal that still lives in the oceans of [...]

On the top is Lucas in July 2008 when he was 8 months old. Underneath that is a photo of Lucas taken approximately in the same position today, April 20th 2009. A big change in 9 months! Click for bigger!

I’m quite pleased with this photo I took of a bumblebee in the garden a short while ago. Click for bigger.

Way back in 1992 I spent a week as a recruit in the then FCA (now the Reserve Defence Forces) in Bere Island. One of the most memorable events was how we crossed over to the island itself. The island is served by a couple of ferries that are capable of taking vehicles but given [...]

Things are pretty hectic at the moment. Lucas and Sylwia are in Poland until tomorrow and I’ve been busy trying to get my head focused on studying for my exams which are coming up at the end of April. I will be finished on the 7th of May and I haven’t a clue what I [...]