Well, life is busy as usual here at our “quiet retirement” retreat. The weather continues to tease us with a few hours of sunshine, occasionally a whole day, with heavy rain in between. The land doesn’t have time to dry out and so when Fergus, our tree surgeon, arrived we were rather worried about his […]
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It’s a busy time in rural Tipperary
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 12, 2026
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To the wood, to the wood – again.
Hello, welcome back and I hope you are all safe and dry after this spell of appalling weather. We have been rather quiet this last few weeks, partly through necessity and partly due to the return of the ‘flu we had before Christmas. We’ve christened it “shark ‘flu” because after taking a bite it circles […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 8, 2026
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Living in interesting times, in the Chinese sense
Please forgive my brevity and lateness but we are living in very interesting times at present. This New Year has certainly been eventful and I am really, really hoping it doesn’t carry on as it has begun. After all, interesting times in China is a curse. We opened the month with one of our little […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on January 29, 2026
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And a Happy New Year to you all
Well, the festivities are almost over, the excesses of the past weeks should be fading and we are back at the start of a new year. We have been very quiet tis year, just us and our little pack of dogs. They still number three though Chloe is now 18 and her daughter has not […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on January 5, 2026
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A bit more than “something” this month
As I have said before, there’s always something. Something to go wrong, or get in the way, or just vanish for absolutely no reason. Well, this month there’s been a bit more than just something and this overload’s the reason I didn’t post last time. Generally there are a few hiccups, living in such different […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on December 7, 2025
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