floripondio

Before we continue, we just wanted to transmit to you a little bit of precious "flower power"...

... just because.

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Have you ever seen a tree shaped like a heart before?

Well, now you have

{and it's just around the corner from our house!}

concert-goers

This year Jaime got lots of tickets for his birthday (yes, back in February!)! In addition to the plane tickets for Rome (ah, la bella Roma), he got tickets to see The Slackers and George Thorogood in Dublin in May.

The best thing about buying concert tickets for your husband is that you usually get to buy yourself one too... I mean, I couldn't let him go alone, right?!! ;)

Here's J with David Hillyard of The Slackers before their gig at the Academy, Dublin. We love this band!


Jaime with Vic, after the gig.

We watched whole gig from the front row. The best thing about this band is how much they obviously enjoy what they do.

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We also went to see George Thorogood and the Destroyers at the Olympia in Dublin, which was a completely different experience!

Pure rock n' roll.

Thorogood may be getting old but he's still got it. He is the quintessential rocker... and he can play the guitar like nobody's business! The only thing we didn't like? The guy loves himself a little bit too much ;)

But, who cares?

Rock on.

darting back into action

Well hello! I know, I know, we ended up taking a pretty long blog hiatus again! Those are never planned. It must be just something about the way life flows.

Have you missed us?

We've had a number of posts sitting in drafts for quite some time.

So, come join us while we dart back into action.

Speaking of "darts" here are some photos from a day we spent in Howth with our friends Javi, Yvonne and Isabella. The kids had fun taking the DART (local train) out there... and the grown-ups had fun eating these when we got there:

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Liam was especially chuffed to be going on an outing with his buddy Isabella.

We went for a walk and saw the usual portside sights of Howth harbour.

Including the seals, of course (... I'm happier to stand back from the edge... that drop, ahem, freaks me out!!)

Everyone -young and old alike- had fun that day.