Showing posts with label rivers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rivers. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 January 2012

New Years day

And its time to get off ones ass.
Its been ages since I last blogged, but my excuse is I have been pretty busy, all indoors I might add.

I did think about snuggling up on the couch today, while the kids played repeatedly on their Wii/Ds games but mother nature called loudly to me to go out and enjoy some fresh air.

And even though the sky was grey (dont think it brightened up all day) and rain loomed on the horizon (wishful thinking on my part), I packed up 2 boys and a dog into the car.

Five mins later we were parking outside the nicest public park in the northeast (I will stand corrected if anyone knows of a better one). Sometimes I forget how lucky we are to live so close to Dun Na Ri forest park, Cavan, and most of the time I neglect to remember its even there for us to use.

The river was flowing fast and the trees glistened in green. The forest took on a life of its own with weird creatures being talked about and philosophical issues being discussed between the 9 year old and 11 year old (what if we were all in a dream and were to waken up in a white room). All the while our Jack Russell dragging me along to find the newest scent/smell.

I couldnt upload any more pics, the blog refuses to comply, so these 2 will have to make do....







Friday, 19 August 2011

Our day trip through Donegal

The most annoying thing about a 'staycation' in Ireland is the unpredictable weather, as we all know only too well over the past few (so called) summers.

BUT as we all know too, no matter what type of weather there is we will always manage to find a gem of a view or a waterfall or something that takes our breath away. And when theres been alot of rain theres loads of fast flowing water!

Myself and herself love the countryside, especially anything to do with water (maybe thats why we ended up living in Cavan, a lake for every day of the year!) and it felt like we stopped to have a look at every river/stream and lake we came across on our way from Letterkenny to Glenveagh National Park.

I make no apologies for the following photos, the day was dull and overcast but I took loads....heres a few hehe



Poor solitary tree