Gray Day Today (Skywatch Friday)

Today was a grey cloudy sort of day, with the sky hanging low over the lake.











My last surviving rosebush seemed to like it; it chose today to open its first blossom.











But I did not like it, especially when it began to rain, as soon as we drove into town...











...but fortunately, there are never grey skies inside a pub.











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The Dublin Zoo Slide (My World Tuesday)

We've never taken our youngest child to the Zoo yet, and when we realised that a few weeks ago, we decided we had to get there this summer, one way or the other. These photos are from our last visit, a few years ago now. Hard to believe it's been that long.

There are all kinds of animals there of course, though our Zoo is a modest one compared to the likes of San Diego or Central Park in New York. What makes the Dublin one a great day out is how well they planned it from a kid's point of view: there's a Meerkat cafe where you can enjoy lunch while watching meerkats play on the other side of a glass wall, plenty of small playparks around, and a farmyard petting zoo.



I think this fellow thought that "PIGS" might be short for "PIGEONS"?

Of course, after driving three hours to visit this place (and facing a three-hour journey home again) the kids' favourite part was...

THE SLIDE.

Typical.

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