The animal members of our Mourne Park family have become friends – well maybe not “friends” -but they’re getting on much better. Frodo still gives an occasional bark – but it’s more for show these days. Maurey the horse just gives him that look that says “yeah, what ever” – and continues eating his grass. Maurey…
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Most of the autumn leaves have fallen and many of the trees in Mourne Park are now looking very stark against a very grey wintery sky. Another season – more changes – different work to do around the place. Lots of wood chopping still needed to keep the home fires burning, heaps and heaps of…
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Raining today in Northern Ireland. You might say “what’s new??” but it’s hardly rained since we arrived a couple of weeks ago. Cold, clear days – the temperature has rarely gotten over 5 degrees Celsius during the day – but the sun has been shining. I’ve attempted to dry some washing outside but it just…
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This post is part of a series called Snap Shots We left our little Lisbon apartment and caught the bus from Rossio Square to the airport. We could have caught a plane to Dublin – a much more direct route back to our house sit in Northern Ireland – but decided on a much more…
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