The sun setting on a cold evening in February 2016 near Killeagh, Co Cork.

Customers drinking and eating at the Wellington Cafe, Edinburgh. June 2018.

It’s snowing again but it’s only a light dusting. It’s cold enough that the snow will sit on the ground all day but unless you grab snow from parked cars there won’t be any snow fights! Here’s a photo from 2015, when we had a lot more snow!

Many years ago I visited Ross Castle in County Kerry. It was a beautiful day and swans swam nearby.

Little pink flowers in the grounds of Blarney Castle, closer to home than the photos of previous days. November 2013. Can’t post it to Facebook as my account has been disabled again, but I did get a backup of my data last month so there is that.

A protest march along St. Patrick Street, Cork in 2003 by Cork Peace Alliance.

The vines in a distant field as seen from Quinta da Roêda. Bit of a drive from Porto, but lovely to visit. Portugal, November 2019.

The Conor Pass, Kerry. August 2020.

One the two Ballysaggartmore Towers in Co Waterford. They are regarded as follies built no later than 1834. From the Wikipedia page: “They were constructed for an Anglo Irish Landlord, Arthur Keily-Ussher no later than 1834. He held an estate of approximately 8000 acres, the majority of which was rented to tenant farmers but he…

Neville, a soon to be service dog in training, enjoying his first day out among humans. He ran straight back to his human Mom looking for cuddles after this quick photoshoot. He’s adorable!

December 2020, the month we all partied and caused a surge in Covid19 infections in January 2021. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="27971,27972,27970,27969,27968,27967,27966,27965,27964"]

One of the benefits of working from home at Automattic is meeting up with your team a few times a year in various parts of the world. Obviously that did not happen last year, won’t happen this year either and we had been playing a meetup for April or May last year but that didn’t…