Friday, 21-November-2026
Walking home from… Well, walking home from something, I saw wreaths up for sale in one of the shops near the apartment.
I mean, it works, right? They’d put up the Christmas trees earlier, so… yeah. It felt like it was time.
Seriously – one of the things I appreciate about living in an apartment building like this is the decorations. They’re just that lovely extra little bit of fun to the year.
Fall, 2025
All I wanted was a spice rack.
Just a simple spice rack for the kitchen – not something special, not something bespoke, just a simple place to store my spices and use the vertical space efficiently.
IKEA? Nope, don’t have anything.
Shops nearby? Nope. “What’s a spice rack?”
Charity shops? HahahaNO.
Any stores or Facebook marketplace style things? yeahrightno.
Fine. Fine, you know what? FINE. I’ll make it myself.
So I did.
I measured, I designed, I printed, and I assembled. I was weighed and measured, and my ability and creativity was not found wanting.
Sunday, 02-November-2025
Halloween in the Liberties is huge and amazing, and it’s a free-for-all of fireworks and good cheer.
The Dublin Halloween street faire was the absolute opposite, unfortunately.
We’d heard about the street faire a few days ahead of time – It was supposed to be this huge affair, with a parade and amazing puppets that would tell the story of Samhain, put on by a legendary prop studio based out of… Galway, I think?
And I’m sure it was amazing! For the very few people who were able to see it.
See… the parade and puppets were small. Short, specifically. And the parade route didn’t quite have any elevated viewing opportunities – at least none that us, or our friends from the apartment building, were able to find.
Instead, we found a whole pile of people milling around trying to get a glimpse of these “super cool puppets”… Maybe someone has a video, they’d like to share?
Meh. You win some, you lose some.
We did get to dress up, though, so that was fun.
