Monday, January 05, 2026

2025 - A year in review

 Another Christmas gone, another panto, a trip to Disneyland, 20 years in Ireland, a couch to 5K started and aborted, a horse show.... another year. So here's 15 things which made my year.

 

1. A trip to France with my daughter to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary, via Paris and multiple trains.

2. A trip to Disneyland with the family.

3. A scary ride in Disneyland.


 4. A Ham Sandwich Gig in Vicar Street

 

5. Some interesting read

6. So many Lego sets

 
 
 7. A visit to Harry Clarke 

 

8. Some pumpkin carving. 

 



 9. Cycling to the school, now that the young one has learned to cycle.

10. Learning Chesss

11. Trying a couch to 5K and stopping
 




 12. The RDS horse show


13. Kid show (Encore and Scoil)

14. Trip to Avondale above the tree top.

15.  The Flaming lips in the Olympia.

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A final Zoo visit in 2025

 

Owl from the wild light during the day.

real red panda

Snow leopard ?

wild lights trees by day

scared of the snakes

elephant

fake red panda

Monday, December 29, 2025

2025 Reading challenge

So initial target for 2025 was to read 50 books, I failed short, and only read 39 with again a good portion of comics, graphic novels and kid stuff.
I also had a big reading gap in april-may for unknown reason.






 

Monday, December 15, 2025

Cycling to school

 The evening and the morning are dark but when it does not rain we are cycling to school.

cycling in the dark


pro cyclist ?

 

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Halloween 2025

 

Kid drawing

Pub decoration

Marlay Park watch

I see you

Marlay park skeleton head

Marlay Pak - scary plant

Clown desmise

Pumpkin 2025 #1

Pumpkin 2025 #2

pumpkin 2025 #3

pumpkins 2025