Wimbledon Round-up

Well, it was simply deeee-lightful. Having watched tennis for two days, scanning Centre Court crowd scenes for my mother and brother, it was my turn to go to Wimbledon on Friday. Mom and I headed off, and she bumped into Nadal first thing - literally. He had about five security folk escorting him on to the warm-up court. Right, like that's going to stop my mom...

Anyhoo, we headed on to the swanky Debenture terrace for coffee, and watched the champions below, soaking up the oh-so-loveliness of it all. The atmosphere on Centre Court was electric to start off, with the Berdych/Jokovic clash, and built to fever pitch during the Murray/Nadal game. Favourite bizarro shouts from the crowd were:

"Come on, Andy! Come on, England!!" [many quizzical looks, including from the Scottish Murray]
"Come on Andy - do it for Beckham!!" [who was opposite us in the crowd]

Little sigh. Nadal won.

Fabulous few days, filled with laughter and sunshine and fun. Back to slightly-more-sedate normality today, though the sunshine remains.

:-)

One week on...

And another week disappears into the ether... as with previous weeks, this one was a smorgasbord: volunteering for the West Cork Arts Festival, great recital (in Castletownshend), great concert (Hothouse Flowers), dvds at breakfast time (oh so decadent), pony trekking, judging a photography competition, scrumptious food (including pink meringues with purple cream, and almost-right pancakes), fairy wings, crosswords, emergency trip to the vet's with a friend and puddy cat, almost-swimming, Shakespearey things, and a couple of afternoon naps.

And a late night limoncello :-)

Phew.

And so, this weekend will feature a hefty dose of Shakespeare - with less* than two weeks to go, we're shifting up a gear now...

So, I'm off to learn lines. Have a fabulous weekend folks :-)


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*I know I know, shoulda said 'fewer'... feeling reckless!!

The lost week

Back on the air! It's been a hectic week, featuring family and more birthday celebrations and musical evenings and island trips and sandcastles and sunshiney lunches and seals and great children with sweet temperaments and soaring imaginations and a boatus trippus interruptus (sigh)...

And one late night limoncello :-)

So to begin photos, here's some glimpses of the epic concert that was U2 360° in Croke Park on Monday night:



Fantastic evening: wild technology, emotional performances, and a carnivale atmosphere :-)

Bank holiday coming up in Ireland. Have a great weekend folks.