For our Anne

Brian And Anne's Wedding

I haven't seen this one in a while.

L. to R. Standing

Colin, Eileen, Raymond, Brian and Anne, Mam and Dad, Audrey, Brendan, Paul.

L to R sitting

Anne , Phyllis

Linda kneeling in the middle .

Missing from this photo are Terry and myself

Berlusconi

A poll was taken in Italy recently for Italian women. The question was: Would you like to sleep with Berlusconi ?
3o % of the women polled said yes they would love to. 70 % said " What, again ? ! "

Happy Birthday To Colin

Colin's birthday on the 10th of November

Happy Birthday Dylan

My handsome son 12 years old on the 9th

Carolyn Graduating From Trinity

My beautiful daughter...she has made us very proud

Happy Birthday To Our Ray

Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

This is me and I am sure a lot of other people.

Happy Birthday To Our Phyllis

This is one of my favorite photos of her.

Greek Crisis

Mam with her brownie camera and Colin

Cattle On The Streets Of 1950's Dublin

Nother Photo From The Past

Capel street Dublin 1930

old photo of Crumlin

Mooneys Pub 1958

Eileen, Eduardo And Their Children

For those not on Facebook. Eileen's eldest daughter looks more and more like her.

The Sneezing Baby Panda

Bull in shop, bullinrobe, county mayo Ireland

Cops Scare And Overkill Small Calf. Trigger Happy, Animal Cruelty 101

What a bunch of idiots. I can't believe this. Disgraceful. Any Irish farmer could teach these trigger happy Keystone Cops how to deal with this situation. Why are there so many clowns in the world. Incredible ! Trigger happy Americans. What a bunch of stupid, ignorant idiots making this poor animal suffer the way they did with multiple shots. I would like to take each one out and give him the same treatment. They should be prosecuted.

The Skeleton Taxi Driver

Baby Goat Jumping, So Cute !

President Elect Michael D Higgins Acceptance Speech

I must say that I thought this speech elequent, forceful and sincere. This person has a force all his own and it looks like he will do good. I was particularly impressed by his comments on past accumulations and respect for wealth. A nice change.

Food For Thought

Ireland's New President

Top photo courtesy of Graham.




I know nothing about this man nor am I passing judgement. I just remember when Sean T. O'Kelly was President they used to call him the Leprauchan in the park. This man looks much like the same thing without the whiskey nose.

Omar Sharif Slaps Woman at Qatar Film Festival

Isn't this amazing. It reminds me of the days when we got slapped if we did something wrong. It didn't do us any harm. Omar Sharif is obviously from the old school.

Francis Albert Sinatra Little Green Apples

And this is one of my favorite's always reminds of Dad ...he used to sing along to this thinking no one was listening...but ...I was

Frank Sinatra - These Foolish Things

This is true Sinatra and one of my favorites. This is also a repost of better quality.
It is easy to be dismissive of him given the fact that he was really a singer of popular american standards, this is what he was but he set the standard by which every other singer is judged. He makes everything look so easy . The only other singer I can think of who comes close is Ella Fitzgerald who sounds like she ate breakfast with a tuning fork so perfect is she.
Sinatra truly makes this song his own by giving true feeling and nuance to every phrase. Even his gestures add to the poetry. Listen to what he does with ' you conquered me' and how he ends on what I think is a minor note. It all adds up to artistry. The man was a musical genius.
I could go on and on but I'll shut up now.

Dudley The Matador

It's All About Me !