I love to eat with you (at Fumbally)
I don’t think I could tire of eating here. The food is beautiful, simple, humble but oh so delicious. This time we have brunch, you, the eggs on toast, and I the avocado. My absolute favourite....
View ArticleSomething I Designed: Moss Cottage Bags
I made a portfolio site in the hopes of encouraging myself to apply for some internships. So far that hasn’t happened…but it did force me to finally photograph this cute bag I designed for Moss Cottage.
View ArticleNot Buying.
I am trying not to buy things. Or I am trying to buy less things. The other night I was lamenting to Richard that I needed to buy a good water bottle because buying water from the shop every day was...
View ArticleCian.
I don’t know how to write these words but it has been over three weeks now and I feel the need to get something down. On Friday the 21st of February my cousin Cian died suddenly at work, off the coast...
View ArticleSpring?
For a few days there it felt like Spring was coming…but you know how it goes, two steps forward and then three back. A day of sunshine and blue skies followed by two of heavy rain and grey clouds....
View ArticleI love to eat with you (at Nosh)
A few weeks ago I gently reminded Eoin how often Rich and I have taken him for brunch in order to cajole him into taking us…he was feeling flush and obliged immediately! We went to one of his favourite...
View ArticleDetach, In Process
I like to look at other peoples’ processes, probably because I am nosy but also because everyone does everything so differently, it is fascinating. Here is a peek at a book/journal/quarterly/fancy...
View ArticleBroken Into.
Last Wednesday in the early hours of the morning, as I slept soundly next to Rich, my house was broken into. My mum came into my room at a quarter to seven and woke us up. Lily was barking a couple of...
View ArticleApril Showers.
Yesterday I wore a dress, no tights and pretty much no shoes all day long. It felt amazing and surreal. We ran across sand, splashed in the sea and basked in the sun on a friend’s trampoline. Today I...
View ArticleBeach, Baby.
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. —Isak Dinesen.The sun was hot and the water was oddly warm. It was a peculiar summer day in the middle of April. We ran across the expanse...
View ArticleDetach.
These are some photographs from my degree show work. I am creating a series of journals about the transient time between adolescence and adulthood. I suppose you could call it a self portrait? But...
View ArticleSome thoughts.
Sooo I made a facebook page for my blog. I don’t really know what to actually do with it. Or if it will actually work in directing more people to this little hovel of the internet I call my own. Or...
View ArticleThe year of the baby.
Way back in January I wrote ‘2014 The Year of The Baby’ on a blackboard hanging in the kitchen of my brother’s house. His girlfriend was pregnant at the time and it felt pretty apt. We were all really...
View ArticleFinishing college: what it really feels like.
**a photo from Jilly’s beautiful home that didn’t make the final journal cut.Last Tuesday I had my final assessment ever in NCAD. We each had a thirty minute hot date with the four main tutors from our...
View ArticleColour Love 1 :: Shades of Green.
I have three rolls of film waiting to be developed. But they’ll have to wait because my money has all sorts of other things written on it for the time being. Wedding and hen planning are in full swing....
View ArticleHiking :: Less than an hour from Dublin.
A couple of weeks ago Rich and I decided we needed a hike. We’d like to do this more than we do but things often get in the way. On this particular weekend we made it a priority. You have to make time,...
View ArticleAssessment Aftermath (The End of an Era).
The degree show is over. The crowds came and went. The awkward conversations were had. The results are in. The sun has been shining for days. And everybody is pretty damn happy.But for a second, let’s...
View ArticleSea Swimming
My sister and I swam—a term used very loosely in this country—in the Irish Sea, for the first time this summer, a couple of weeks ago. After work we summoned some courage, ignored the breeze and braced...
View ArticleLiving at Home.
Tip #1Keep your room clean. Having a sanctuary to call your own is of the utmost importance. Put art on the walls, rugs on the floor and keep your deodorant in a drawer, or failing that, neatly on your...
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