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Continue reading →: Landscape gardening
Our rear garden slopes down from the patio area to where we planted a tree about 25 years ago. Then it levels off where there is a patch of grass. We decided to level off the slope and fill it with grit and topsoil. That took ton bags of soil…
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Continue reading →: In vino veritas
As all Latin lovers know, wine can loosen the tongue and land you in a lot of trouble. I have ordered a case of Italian red wine online and expect delivery at the end of the week. La Bottega”s wine list is an education. I had not heard of Raboso…
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Continue reading →: Life in the slow lane
I was too early for La Bottega once again so tootled towards Botanic Gardens on my bike. I had thought to take some nature photos of spring flowers and trees with young leaves in the sunshine. Instead I went looking for new artworks in the Ulster Museum.
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Continue reading →: The night before and the morning after
An exciting game of rugby with Ulster playing a better second half. At 29 points down their comeback had their fans, including me, hoping for a miraculous ending. Pints before during and after the match concluded with a final pint of Guinness in Robinsons bar with some Leinster fans. Afterwards…
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Continue reading →: Rugby – European Challenge Cup semi-final
Ulster have home field advantage against Leinster this evening. We stand a good chance of victory if we play like we did against La Rochelle last week. I have my regular seat in the Grandstand on the halfway line at a good height. As usual I have placed some small…
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Continue reading →: The power of oak
After extensive deliberations and procrastinations we went for a custom made oak table. Jimmy has crafted a beautiful table in oak with a live edge and A-frame legs.
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Continue reading →: Bicycle incident
I still take a chance when locking my bike on the street. I use the mechanism that locks the rear wheel. I did that this morning as I visited Gormley’s art gallery on the Lisburn Road where there was an interesting room filled with large acrylic landscape paintings by Irish…
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Continue reading →: Things that make you go mm
I have just finished helping my wife complete her retirement pension form. As well as a spelling mistake, the Adobe document was a pain in the neck to complete online. Even converting it to Word format didn’t solve all the formatting problems. We had to accept that the form would…
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Continue reading →: Franco Battiato – Sicilian singer
I asked Luigi, a Sicilian at La Bottega, who is the best singer from his homeland. With little hesitation he recommended Franco Battiato and a song La Cura Ti proteggerò dalle paure delle ipocondriedai turbamenti che da oggi incontrerai per la tua via,dalle ingiustizie e dagli inganni del tuo tempo,dai…
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Continue reading →: Happy days
My mood is elated by a moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages and an advantageous rugby result for my team, Ulster. We are through to the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup and will play Exeter at home. Home field advantage can lift the Ulstermen and the crowd’s loud support can…
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