Mixin' it up a little

And old logo I made a few years ago, and a new list of songs that I dig right now (in no particular order)...

1) Slow Disco - Izabo

2) Jerusalem - Matisyahu

3) Sota - Shantel

4) Joyeux Calvaire - Les Cowboys Fringants

5) How Can I Protect You - Aslan

I'm neither proud nor ashamed of anything is this list! They're all songs that I like, some I hear all the time, others that I've only heard a couple of times. Hopefully some of them you've never heard either and like what you hear! Let me know which of the 5 you like best!

Decison Time

Have I gone too far?

Should I keep it growing?

I need guidence!

Puppets rule!

I had been told that I hadn't missed much by not watching 'Hell Boy II' but I wanted to see it anyway. It was good enough (and as it turns out the Elves ACTUALLY speak old Irish!!) but missing it wouldn't have been a terrible loss to me either.

What it did do was get me very excited for the Galway arts festival! Especially when they go to the Troll Market! Here, have a look...

This is Hellboy...

And this is the parade in Galway...

Okay, so the pictures I found don't ACTAULLY contrast the 2 as well as I'd wanted to, but whatever, it's the best I could do!

The parade is done by a group called Macnas (if we're lucky) and their website is here...

http://www.macnas.com/index.php

Also... I don't know why the pictures go under the rest of my blog info. I don't now how to change that! Oh well!

Pictures are worth... making up for not posting?!?

Well I don't have the internet very often! So it's not easy!

But here's a quick snapshot of what I've been up to these last few weeks...

I was filmed for channel 5 and the BBC...

It was a travel show around some of Europe's more eccetric locations. I got to be in it at a monkey sanctuary where I had been volunteering. I think they're going to make it look like there is an ostrich there who's in love with me!

This is a garden that I've landscaped for fun and profit out in Connemara. This isn't the best picture of what I've done but it's better because it's got the mountain in the back!

And this is me enjoying one of the 3 new toilet plungers I've recently purchaised, so that I might juggle them!

But now I have to go to a VIP concert down at the docks. I won tickets on a radio show Fiona signed me up for! The band is from Dublin and are called Aslan. I have no idea who they are, but food and drink is provided!!

Overdue

Well, I've been up to a lot since last I had the internet. I've been robbed by gypsies, been stalked by an ostrich, taken 3 BBC producers on a boat ride through islands of angry monkeys, found cash work, knocked my finger nail so hard it's in the process of falling off, broken irreplaceable crystal, met and dinned with famous actors and politicians. The list really does go on and on, but I won't bore you with the details.

That's not what this post is about. This post is about the quality work that I've been doing here in Delgany. For example take this first picture here...
This is what the old barn looked like through the small door in the back when I arrived. As you can see it's a shambles and a terrible mess. Nothing lovely, quaint, nor romantic about it at all. Then, after 1 day I managed to sort things out and create this...
A much more picturesque and useful space to house this curious little pooch who's wandered by to see what all the fuss is about. All in all I'd say I'd not done bad for a days work!

(Incidentally that's the neighbour's dog and his name is Pie Face.)

What in the world...

I don't really know what to say about this. Please watch it and leave your thoughts as comments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hYtUYiuzkw

Actually, perhaps it's best that some of you (you'll know who you are) do NOT leave their thoughts as comments. After this video, I'm not sure how much more I can take!

Adventures on the horizon

For the time being I'll be leaving Galway, and heading once again for Ireland's east coast, and the county of Wicklow! I've been out that way once before, and spent some time at Carraig Dulra living in a yurt and enjoying life out of doors! And as it happens, I was told that I could rock up again for a visit and don't need to give notice.

So that's what I'm gonna do. I gave 'em the heads up but not even I know exactly when I'm gonna arrive!

http://www.dulra.org/

Then, (or possibly before) I've been invited to a monkey santuary, also in Wicklow, to help fix a shack. This task involves me making a small amount of money which is more than welcome, and also the opportunity to learn to sail!
http://www.monkeysanctuary.com/

So for the next month or so that's what I'll be up to. Possibly longer as there's a family fun park in the area that, apparently, might be inclined to hire someone such as myself. In case you've not picked up on the pattern here, my cash flow has flowed a little more freely than I'd realized up 'till recently!