Look Around You
Isn’t it wonderful when you look around you and see beauty?

It’s a wet and windy night out there and it’s lovely! It’s a fairly westerly wind and for some reason it sounds lovely to me. We’ve had a few lovely days of sunshine and a few grand dry days, bright and grey but dry and it’s been really enjoyable to be able to go about…
A beautiful morning was followed by a beautiful night. I don’t know what the night sky is like where you are dear reader, here in Leitrim it is only gorgeous right now. It’s almost nine o’clock and I have been popping out to keep an eye on the sky for the last hour or so….
It seems logical to me that the first Geeky Wednesday post is about the method that I use to connect to the internet. As you know if you are a regular visitor here, I live off-the-grid, which in general terms means that my household is not connected to the electricity grid, using instead alternative energy…
I am thinking about changing my blog template. Actually I have been contemplating this for awhile and kept putting it off for the simple reason that I really like this template. I like the photo in the heading, the page-style layout and the overall colour and texture. The final decision was made last night as…
I read the craziest thing today – in fact I am having difficulty believing it myself. What do you think of this? From Feb 2009 it will be illegal in America to sell hand-crafted toys or clothing for children. I have to read that sentence a few times and I am still having trouble with…