Gardening with Starbucks

The Starbucks I go to every morning gives away free grounds for the garden. I used to add them to my compost heap that I had in my last house. Now I just add them directly to my soil. Hopefully my flowers are coffee drinkers!

On another Starbucks note, they have introduced a new espresso blend. It's the "Origin Espresso" - wow it is so tasty. The barista suggested it to me yesterday and it was the first thing I asked for this morning!

Stupid FB Games

I've always avoided those silly Facebook games (FarmVille and the like) as I have an addictive personality and I tend to overplay. Back in the '90's I would play Tetris so much that my eyes would water - I was pretty good at it but my studies tended to suffer.

Last week I succumbed and downloaded Candy Crush. I've been happily playing it all week until I realized all my plays were coming up on my feed!!

Tonight I play my last game. I am going to delete the app. No loss I reckon!

Freaky monkey

Look at the glass box above the shop. I have to drive past this freaky monkey everyday on my way home from work. I find him very disturbing!

Stormy weather

We had a storm last night! A serious gale was blowing. It was after 2am when it quietened down and we finally got asleep.

I met a colleague in Starbucks this morning and he told me it was force 10!! Lots of cancelled flights this morning as no airplanes could land last night.

I'm in work now and I'm very tired!!!

Soup of the day

Thai Noodle Soup to takeaway from Betelnut Cafe

I'm a little disappointed. I thought it would have coconut milk.

It's a very thin soup. I tossed in some sundried tomatoes to bulk it out.

Twilight - sweet spot for snaps

Yesterday evening while Amy and I were in Dillingers, Ciaran and Declan were working hard taking photos of the back of the house as the sun went down.

These are just iPhone photos of what they were photographing - the proper results will be used on their website www.odkmarchitects.com

Hump day

Once Wednesday is through I am over the hump and closer to the weekend. Yesterday evening was bright and beautiful, today it is grey and overcast - that's Irish weather for you.

We were up and out early this morning as we had the plumber doing work in the house. We walked up to Coffee Society for a cuppa together. Bones sat outside and waited patiently for us.

Ciaran then went off to work. I don't start work until the afternoon so I am now in Starbucks doing some work.