Photos of my parents and my sister on White Rock beach just below Killiney Head in Dublin.

Well tomorrow I am off again for a little while. I am going Moncton (in New Brunswick) for the holidays. I will be taking just over a week off from the blog. I will not be swimming in the ocean this trip although I do hope to enjoy many cocktails in the Tucker's back yard, floating in their hot tub while I enjoy the stars. Happy Holidays all!

Some stills from around the house and out for breakfast at Barbare.

My parents at my grandmother's house.

You may be wondering why I haven't shown you any photos of my grandmother yet, the main photographic reason behind my trip. Well there are just so many to look through that a good edit has not yet been made. As well I may save them for my website relaunch which should occur by the end of January. We'll see.

Photos from The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin. My cousin Helen and her new husband Florian staying in the very posh Shelbourne Hotel 2 nights after their wedding. The rest of us wanted to feel posh too so we had drinks in the bar with them and took a look at their room too. I was definitely not dressed for the occasion, unlike Helen with her great bling. It is possible that she will kill me for putting these up. We'll see.

I'm back from Ireland. I had a wonderful time reconnecting with family and getting to know the landscape again. I also went swimming one day at The 40-foot on the South side of Dublin. I'll tell you it wasn't warm! Here are some photos of the regulars that were there the day I went. They are much tougher than I and definitely stayed in longer than the 20 seconds or so I managed.