Galway
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Westside wandering
A few snaps from a great place to run the kids around on our side of town. Continue reading
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A Salthill beach runaround on film
Got some film scans back! Continue reading
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The Coral Beach
So many hermit crabs! Continue reading
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Rescuing a starfish
Today we got to be real-life Octonauts! Ari was splashing around in a tide pool and we spotted a large starfish slowly moving around on the sand. The pool was already dozens of meters from the receding tide, so we sounded the Octo-alert and in the absence of a sweet Tweak-designed GUP, we managed to… Continue reading
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Photowalk Scavenger Hunt: Signs of Spring
Ari, Ada and I went for a walk today in Barna Woods. When we got out of the car and I got Ada settled into her sling, I handed Ari his camera and told him we were going to have a little scavenger hunt: he had to take photos of as many signs of spring… Continue reading
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Winter photowalk
Ari and I regularly bundle up for what we call “a lap and nap”, whereby we do a lap of our estate and Ada gets in her last nap of the day. Today we decided to turn it into a photowalk, as it was such a crisp and gorgeous winter afternoon. Things we photographed: the… Continue reading
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Question: What do you want to remember about today?
Today was Ari’s first day back after the Christmas break. I asked him “What do you want most to remember about your first day back at school today?”. I used to have a teacher called Neela but I don’t anymore. Ari, 5 I also asked him if he was sad about it but he said… Continue reading
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Question: What was the most surprising thing about the fog today?
That the smoke from the chimneys on the houses mixed with the fog and made it even thicker so you couldn’t drive through it. Ari, 5 This was a good one! It was a very foggy day, but manageable. We were trying to drive down to a local playground and had to take an alternate… Continue reading
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Baboró 2023
Galway’s got a lot going on for such a small city, and this time of year there’s a children’s festival on called Baboró. Since we arrived right before Covid struck, (and last year Ari wasn’t the right age for any of it) we’d never been, but this year we pounced when the programme was announced… Continue reading
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Real life Octonauts in Galway
Today in Ari’s class’ parents WhatsApp group, someone mentioned that a scientific research ship was moored in the Galway docks and was open to visitors. Nathalie quickly booked a couple of free tickets and when the time came, we told Ari that we were going to visit a boat that sailed around the world studying… Continue reading
