Oct25

Making ratatouille

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A few times in July, 2026


I’ve been trying to cook more vegetarian options, as a general statement. I’m an avid omnivore, but Andrea trends toward vegan as often as possible… not something I know too much about cooking, unfortunately, but something that I’m absolutely trying to learn about.

Going through my notes, and thinking on what I could make, I had a brainwave: there’s an entire movie about cooking a dish that’s vegan!

Now, I don’t have a pet rat to help me cook. But I do have YouTube, and a nearby green grocer who I was pretty sure would have all the various bits that I’d need to make the dish. I watched it a few times, wrote down the recipe, and kicked it into high gear for making us a big old plate of deliciousness. And, if I may say so myself, I do believe it worked out quite well. Like… seriously quite well.

So well that we had leftover sauce, and I made the same thing again.



Recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roCX0AfBseQ

And extra sunset picture as a present!

Oct24

I saw a cool stork

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Wednesday, 08-July-2026


Walking home from the workshop today, I saw a stork sitting out by one of the canals in Dublin.

Nothing too special… but still. Special enough to make a note of, in my opinion. Keeping to the theme; the little things in life are worthy of note, even if they’re just a cool looking bird, preening itself by the water.

Oct23

A sunset, and the lightshow that followed

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A sunset, and the lightshow that followed

Monday, 06-July-2026


I absolutely adore the views from our Dublin apartment.

Seriously – they’re amazing. We’re overlooking the Liberties, facing mostly North with a little bit of East thrown in for good measure. But, thanks to Ireland’s location on the globe, we still get some incredible sunsets… having the Guinness Brewery right in line with the sunset doesn’t hurt their beauty, either.

It’s not every evening that we get a photo-worthy sunset, of course. It’s not even most evenings. But those evenings that we do? Well. We both make a point to stop and enjoy them.


And Ireland’s high Latitude also helps for something else: Noctilucent Clouds.

They aren’t something I’d heard about before moving to Dublin, but now that I’ve seen them I’m constantly on the lookout – I’m still waiting for my chance to see the Aurora, but I’ll happily console myself with having yet another opportunity to see such a beautiful sight…