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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 17 Apr

Yes, I’m off on the trot again and it wasn’t planned. Hot on the heels of my May sojourn in Athens I feel the need to visit my brother - he’s just moved permanently into a care home due to the limitations brought on by Parkinson’s...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre That's very tough.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 17 Apr

Yes, I’m off on the trot again and it wasn’t planned. Hot on the heels of my May sojourn in Athens I feel the need to visit my brother - he’s just moved permanently into a care home due to the limitations brought on by Parkinson’s...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre I hope the visit goes well. Life can get tough as we age. Living in separate countries doesn't help either. Parkinson's is no fun for either spouse.

19 Apr

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30333) • Lichfield, England 14 Apr

I haven't been out much since Wednesday when I went to the big Tesco. I did some painting again on Thursday and listened to some CDs. Actually, because Mum was going out to see the doctor in Burntwood, and would be going...

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Sharon Elton @xFiacre Yes, unfortunately there is!

17 Apr

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30333) • Lichfield, England 16 Apr

We've been to the big Tesco again this afternoon. My Mum came with me today because she wanted some Easter eggs and she wanted to choose them herself. So we took a trolley each. My Mum said she'd be quicker that way. I got both...

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Sharon Elton @xFiacre Ah, got it. I thought that's what you meant.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 11 Apr

I sat in the sunshine up at Skernaghan Point this afternoon, well away from the frivolity of the beach where pasty white bodies were all turning crimson. There were sheep in the paddock, loads of them, all bleating. One enormous...

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Amber @xFiacre I had to buy noise canceling headphones. Too many migraines.

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 11 Apr

I sat in the sunshine up at Skernaghan Point this afternoon, well away from the frivolity of the beach where pasty white bodies were all turning crimson. There were sheep in the paddock, loads of them, all bleating. One enormous...

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Amber @xFiacre It makes me sad to think about. I mean, we can do things to make the sounds we hear more bearable…they can’t.

11 Apr

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 9 Apr

The Aer Lingus app tells me that I’ll be landing in Athens in 26 days, as will my wife and daughter. A taxi will whip us away to Piraeus where we hope to overnight at a port side hotel with a roof top bar, and next day a flying...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre Yes, we've been hearing about that. The people we house-sat for went to Portugal rather than Spain.

10 Apr

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 9 Apr

The Aer Lingus app tells me that I’ll be landing in Athens in 26 days, as will my wife and daughter. A taxi will whip us away to Piraeus where we hope to overnight at a port side hotel with a roof top bar, and next day a flying...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre A lot of pristine places here have been totally spoilt due to becoming too popular.

10 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 9 Apr

The Aer Lingus app tells me that I’ll be landing in Athens in 26 days, as will my wife and daughter. A taxi will whip us away to Piraeus where we hope to overnight at a port side hotel with a roof top bar, and next day a flying...

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A A @xFiacre Googled it! Woah, I thought you joked about flying joke!

9 Apr

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 9 Apr

I can’t think of much that betters rising with the late spring sun and pottering about the dew-wet garden, noting what seeds have sprouted overnight and setting out breakfast for the birds. And aren’t birds so admirable, so...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre

9 Apr

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 8 Apr

A book arrived for me today which wasn’t a surprise because I had ordered it. Written not by a strident right winger who tolerates only a somewhat wooden and uncompromising theology, and of which there are plenty, but by a quiet...

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DE @xFiacre I'm glad it wasn't wasted.

8 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 8 Apr

A book arrived for me today which wasn’t a surprise because I had ordered it. Written not by a strident right winger who tolerates only a somewhat wooden and uncompromising theology, and of which there are plenty, but by a quiet...

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Jo Ann @xFiacre You have something to look forward to, then.

8 Apr

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Fleur @Fleura (31475) • United Kingdom 5 Apr

A little while ago I discovered that one of our neighbours, a few houses down the road (a quite reclusive older lady who I have only ever seen once) is named Omega. I thought this was unique, I had never come across anyone named...

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Fleur @xFiacre I assumed those were just nicknames/abbreviations.

7 Apr

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Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 4 Apr

With all the talk and angst generated by the faltering world economy with its winners and closers, the BBC has offered sage advice on its web page on how to navigate harsh economic times. Under the heading “Three things you can...

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LindaOH @xFiacre This is only the beginning of a hard, hard time for everyone in the world.

6 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 4 Apr

It seems that I might have gone quite potty about plant pots. I’m finding all sorts of receptacles in which to house my plants and I’m likely to run out of room it seems. For example, photographed above is a teapot we no longer...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre That makes perfect sense, thanks.

4 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 2 Apr

Many people have heard of the legendary Molly Malone who, according to the song, “wheeled her wheel barrow through streets broad and narrow crying cockles and mussels alive alive o”. The streets were the streets of Dublin, and 37...

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LindaOH @xFiacre I might be at the top of the list.

4 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 3 Apr

There’s a great satisfaction to be had, don’t you think, to get to the end of a long, hot afternoon and sit for a while in the waning sunshine with a glass of perfect wine - red, full bodied and Lebanese. I spent the afternoon...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre Gardening probably has a longer lasting effect - and maybe it's a bit cheaper.

4 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 2 Apr

Let me introduce Hebe Lady Anne Veronica, although my photograph doesn’t really do her justice. I have her growing in a pot in my back garden in full (Irish) sun, and I’m wondering if anyone here has met the lady, and if so, how...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre Pots on the ground can get quite heavy though. I have a couple of those things with wheels that you can put pots on but they're pretty useless. They tip when you try to move them unless you push/pull at the very bottom.

3 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 2 Apr

Let me introduce Hebe Lady Anne Veronica, although my photograph doesn’t really do her justice. I have her growing in a pot in my back garden in full (Irish) sun, and I’m wondering if anyone here has met the lady, and if so, how...

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Judy Evans @xFiacre Way to go.

2 Apr

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13459) • Ireland 2 Apr

Many people have heard of the legendary Molly Malone who, according to the song, “wheeled her wheel barrow through streets broad and narrow crying cockles and mussels alive alive o”. The streets were the streets of Dublin, and 37...

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marguicha @xFiacre Exactly. And people who have no respect for the places they visit.

2 Apr

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