Marty

Hello, young fellow.

G'day, dughlas. The morning here has been reasonably warm and sunny. But Met Éireann (the Irish Weather Service) have issued a Status Orange warning that my county (and others) could experience intense thundery downpours today, in excess of 50mm (2 inches), which may lead to surface flooding. Currently 13:36 hours, and no sign of rain yet....

For some reason, the first part of your reply reminded me of the following Scottish saying: Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am. But as bad as I am, and as good as you are, I'm as good as you are, as bad as I am. I've heard it used as a toast, instead of simply "Cheers!"

What is? I didn't realise I'd asked a question...

I'm so sorry to hear that news, clo. Take all the time that you need. I find it difficult to know just what to say at times like this, but please know that I am thinking of you.

I think you're right about that, bro. It's a common trick used by some guys online to make a certain part of their anatomy look much bigger than it really is...

It happened last Monday. I'm not going to comment much, as it may get into what GA would consider a political post. It appears the restaurant owner discharged his own, legally held, firearm first. What appears not to be clear is whether he was aware of the fact that the people shooting (pepper balls, apparently) at his restaurant were actually members of the police force and the National Guard... An extremely sad occurrence.

I used to make a lot of both. Still have the equipment but, as I very seldom drink alcohol these days, I hardly ever make either any more. Hi, young man. Having a bit of a quiet day today. Hope yours is going good.

Thanks for clearing that up for me, bro! Hope you're well, today.

When I used to brew my own beer it would usually be at least four weeks before it was ready...

I'm just happy to see that people were able to identify it from a black and white photograph. Another common name, at least in England, for it is woodbine. The word bine is an English word (hardly ever used nowadays) that the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines as: "a twining stem or flexible shoot (as of the hop) also : a plant (such as woodbine) whose shoots are bines." When i was a child there was a popular brand of cigarette known as Wild Woodbine (or more commonly just as Woodbine) which featured drawings of the woodbine plant on the packaging. The Irish name for the honeysuckle is táthfhéithleann. I'm not sure what that compound word literally translates to in English. Both my Irish/English dictionary and Google Translate simply translate it to honeysuckle, but Google Translate does offer Hypertension if I capitalise the first letter of the Irish word...

So here's my week 11 offering in my challenge to take and upload a new black and white photo each week for 52 weeks... It's a wild flower growing in the hedge in my garden. Not going to say what it is, until I've given you all a chance to try to identify it...

You're making beer?

That could be interpreted in so many different ways...

Happy birthday, Val! 🍰🍸

Hi, Page. (Sorry for the delayed reply. I was out socialising with a close friend this evening.)

Hi, young Albert.

Hi, Gary!

Fresh back from the appointment. Consultant generally happy, so that's good news.

G'night, bro.

Fallen angels more likely in my case... Thanks, Albert. Hospital appointment in the morning. A vascular checkup for my legs, that got postponed due to the pandemic. Fresh out of the bath. Drinking my cocoa.

And it's almost time for me to say g'night.

Hi, Timothy.

Hi, Page!

Mornin', bro.