Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka "Pure Imagination"

RIP Gene Wilder


Willy Wonka was always one of my favourite Christmas films as a child.
As an adult, I thought Gene Wilder was a creepily brilliant Wonka!

Kemp Gallery Exhibition - Pigsy

Ciaran is currently working towards an October date for his exhibition in the Kemp Gallery 

He aims to have about 10 pieces on show.

Some of his work is staggeringly large so he will probably only exhibit one large piece due to the available space. 

The exhibition will open in early October and will run for 6 weeks with his art work being available to buy online also.

Doing my civic duty!

Today was my day off (I'm working on Saturday this week) so I got up early and did a few chores, including buying a TV licence after receiving numerous reminder letters over the past while.  

I had been thinking of going and getting my nails done but after getting a call from my sister I went and met her in Starbucks for lunch.  

After lunch I decided to give blood instead of getting my nails done.

 

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my iron level was high enough to donate as on my past few visits I was turned down.

The best thing about giving blood is that you get to eat sugary treats after the donation!

They even have Tayto Crisps!

Then when I got home I did my own nails! Not too bad I think....

Thursday Tray cake Meetup

Had a nice meetup with Cousin Kasey and Amy this evening.  We met in Amy's where she treated us to a slice of lovely brownie mousse cake. 

Then we took a little walk to the Stephen's Green Shopping Centre and had a browse in the household section of TK Maxx. 

Then Amy and I walked Kasey to Pearce Street Station.  And finally it was a cycle home for me!

What a nice weekend....

Amy invited us over for brunch on Saturday morning which was just lovely!

It was fairly rainy so we drove to Amy's (even though it is only a little bit away from us) and stopped off to get coffee in Starbucks.

When we arrived Amy had a delicious full Irish fry ready for us which we all heartily ate.

After brunch, Ciaran went to the RHA while Amy and I walked in to town.

We saw this great wedding car parked outside The Shelbourne Hotel - how awesome is it?!

Later in the evening, we went to Forest Avenue with friends.  The food was sensational and we had a lovely evening.  Unfortunately I didn't have my flash on so all my food photos came out really dark and are unusable for my blog.

Ciaran got up on 4am to watch the Conor McGregor fight. Unfortunately he couldn't get a live stream so he got back in to bed and went back asleep.

We then watched the fight at 11am and after happily seeing Conor win we went and got the makings of brekkie.

After that it was a fairly lazy Sunday here with both of us catching up a few small chores.

A nice low key weekend in all!

What I'm doing.....

What I'm reading....

"Spinster" by Katie Bolick - an excellent non-fiction read

What I'm watching......

"Love Child" an Australian series set in the 1960's

What I'm looking at.......

Lots of art in my living room

Quiz me!

I love quiz's!

In recent times, my family (different members each week) meet on Wednesday evening for the charity quiz in Wetherspoons which is in aid of Laura Lynn.  It is run more like a USA style trivia event where you can have a large team who all pay €2 to enter.....generally Irish table quiz set a limit on team size of about 4 or 5 people.

Amy and I arrived first so we nabbed a good table and had something to eat.

Last Wednesday we had a large team made up of myself, my twin sister, my cousin, two aunts, two uncles and my father!

And guess what?!  We came in second place!

Check out the big brains on this team!!