minktoast.net http://minktoast.net Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:29:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A special day http://minktoast.net/2012/04/29/a-special-day/ http://minktoast.net/2012/04/29/a-special-day/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:19:50 +0000 tom http://minktoast.net/?p=556

Last day in Kerry and we found a sheltered spot in the warm sunshine. So warm that we all fell asleep in the sun by the water.

]]> http://minktoast.net/2012/04/29/a-special-day/feed/ 0 R and F on Carrauntoohil http://minktoast.net/2012/04/28/r-and-f-on-carrauntoohil/ http://minktoast.net/2012/04/28/r-and-f-on-carrauntoohil/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:18:27 +0000 tom http://minktoast.net/?p=554

We climbed the highest mountain in Ireland today! Here are the lovely girls enjoying themselves.

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We went to Kerry for a couple of days. Just the four of us. The Glengarriff to Kenmare road was closed so we had to take a detour via the Healy Pass. It was pretty stunning as usual!

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Ruth chose to go for a walk today. It was brilliant! The people and great weather helped.

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Ruth got some enthusiastic helpers for digging new beds in the tunnel.

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Isaac and Josh enjoying the pond in the warm weather we had in March.

The gorse in flower on the bank is a site to behold.

]]> http://minktoast.net/2012/04/11/march-gold/feed/ 0 The Universe is BIG! http://minktoast.net/2012/03/27/the-universe-is-big/ http://minktoast.net/2012/03/27/the-universe-is-big/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:17:16 +0000 tom http://minktoast.net/?p=540 continue reading »]]>

Follow this link and prepare to be utterly amazed. The 250mb jpg is incredible – over 20,000 galaxies can be seen but the image only covers 4/100,000 of the sky!

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D video is also pretty special.

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Five minutes after I took this, the rain cloud on the left of the picture let go of a large amount of water, just as I collected the kids from Bantry cinema. We got wet!

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Obligatory pet memento.

]]> http://minktoast.net/2012/02/22/tabitha/feed/ 0 Greenhoe in the snow http://minktoast.net/2012/02/10/greenhoe-in-the-snow/ http://minktoast.net/2012/02/10/greenhoe-in-the-snow/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:14 +0000 tom http://minktoast.net/?p=531 continue reading »]]>

I’ve been inspired by earthdreamer’s winter tree blips. We live in a beautiful place but there is a dearth of mature trees.

By coincidence, on the day earthdreamer arrived in Ireland R & I arrived in the UK to visit family. This is the garden at Mum and Dad’s and they have some great trees nearby! It’s wonderfully crisp and snowy here; couldn’t be more different to West Cork.

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