Birthday Boy

Sorry that I haven't been around to visit for the past few days- I was away at a birthday celebration, here:

My brother turned 50 at the weekend, and the family gift to him was a get-together, and a game of golf (his favourite) here:

While the golf was on, my sister and me walked and walked all around the estate, then had a coffee in the Manor drawing room. A lovely treat.

The four of us, 2 brothers,my sister and me, stayed in nearby Limerick.

What I love most about these get-togethers is that from the minute we meet, it's laughing, joking, good-natured teasing, fun. We know each other so well, for such a long time, that we are all completely relaxed in each others' company.

But the sad part comes when we have to say goodbye, and I hate that part. I always part with a horrible feeling that sometime it will be the last time that we'll all be together and the magic will be broken. And I hope so much that this is not that time. I hope that with all my heart.

On another note, for anyone who missed it, here's a link to my interview in the Sunday Roast over at Eddie Bluelights. Eddie has a very funny blog, and he does a superb job of the Sunday Roast, so if you have a minute, please, please pop over and leave a comment. I was really worried when Eddie told me that, inspired by my French Horn, he got "creative" with this roast, but in fact, I had such a laugh at it that my sides are still sore. LOL Eddie!!

I'll be round to comment again tomorrow, till then, hope you're all well and having a good summer.

Hot Spit Roast

You know Eddie Bluelights?

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Well, he got his lassoo, swung it over the Irish Sea, and I tell you, he's some shot!

He caught me, and is Roasting me over his famous

spit this week, in the Sunday Roast. (photo from bigroast.com)

It's online from 12GMT and you can get it by clicking on this image

Please come over and make him turn down the heat...pretty, pretty please?

P.S. Eddie just told me that he got "creative" with this Roast, inspired by my French Horn.

Now, I'm really worried.

Sunday Roast

I don't know if any of you ever followed David Mc Mahon's Authorblog. David is a Melbourne-based journalist and internationally-published photographer. His blog, at the last count, had 930 followers! For a reason:

I've been an avid follower for a while, and David always had interesting posts, one of which was the weekly Sunday Roast.

David has hung up his boots (I'm still hoping it's only temporary) and offered the baton to Eddie Bluelights, whose blog is a bundle of laughs.
I'm glad to say that Eddie has agreed to take up this huge challenge, and I quote:

I have accepted David's very kind and generous offer on one condition and that is, if David ever decides to return to Blogland I will return it to it's rightful owner still intact and not compromised in any way. I shall make sure the project is run exactly as David would wish. I know I have sufficient time to administer this and I intend to devote considerable initial effort to get the show on the road for us.

The Sunday Roast is an interview with a blogger of choice, and, in my humble opinion, makes for excellent reading. It's also a lovely way of networking in the blogosphere. I've lost count of the really interesting and diverse blogs I've been led to via Sunday Roast.
It's a bit like taking a walk in a wood with many, many paths. You want to go down all of them, but you can't. You are, however, very glad that there's not just ONE path.

There you are, the rest of the adventure is up to you.