jalex on March 17th, 2010

One of the subjects that I meant to write about, during all that good weather when I wasn’t writing, was about the honour I received at the RDS/Forest Service Irish Forestry Awards back in October 2009, in being presented with a Judges Special Award. RDS Award winners: Standing L to R: Diarmuid McAree, retired Chief Forestry [...]

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jalex on March 17th, 2010

Last week I went along to the opening of the latest exhibition of paintings at Solas Art Gallery in Ballinamore. I love that little gallery. It’s above Ben and Gail Quinn’s Four Seasons florist/garden centre in the main street. How wonderful to be able to see works from a variety of artists, both local and not, [...]

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jalex on March 14th, 2010

Months of good weather has meant a lot of being outside and not very much sitting inside at the computer.  So often, while out and about or working in the woods, I noticed things worth writing about, but somehow didn’t have the inclination nor discipline to open up the computer for anything other than the [...]

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