Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I am and always will be a real life Dora the Explorer. I love to see the world and I have an unruly amount of ambition to jump on a plane as frequently as financially possible! But when the “dreaded” – as many called it – snow took over little Ireland back at the end of 2010, my Dora instincts strangely kicked in. Oh yes, it was time to explore the home town!

Now don’t get me wrong, it was super annoying when my bean can of a car didn’t start for about a month (she's so moody), but I genuinely loved looking at and being out in the snow. So I wrapped up warm, tucked my Abercrombie & Fitch bottoms into my never more appreciated UGGs and I started out on my adventure of exploring my little home town, a town that is widely known as the Venice of Ireland. 

This post is an account of that exploration. You may notice that I have a strange fascination with trees when looking at these. Fear not, I am a monkey! ;)

I hope you like them! xoxo

Such amazing colours and lighting

Dusk

Resting Peacefully

Breaking Through

A frozen Grand Canal resting over a fast flowing River Barrow

Snow falling and not a cloud in site - magical

Unmade journeys...

A peaceful Monasterevin in the distance

Grand Canal at Moore's Lock - as featured on www.rte.ie

A peaceful main street

The Jelly Babies frozen over

Unusual Findings

An old resident of the town... 

So what’s next...For my blog & for my life!?

Woooah! What a crazy few days this has been, not only did I eat a whole packet of Cadbury's Fingers and wrestle a pug named Winston, I started my first blog and suprise suprise it’s a success story so far!? After smiling to myself like an eegit for the last two days and giving myself one too many slaps on the back (I am ridiculous!) I am now ready, steady & set to start actually blogging about topics!

Oh yes gentle ladies & gentlemen, I am about to get waaaay more interesting! (I hope!) So sit back, have your Wispa or treat of your choice by your side ready for munching and enjoy! Kat xoxo

One for the Graduates...

Today I got to thinking; Ireland is very much a big suck fest at the moment. The government is well, the government, the weather is getting colder and colder and for many a graduate alike, no opportunities really exist for us?! So after hearing on the radio that I am now a part of the “Lost Generation” I was pretty down in the dumps!? After four years hard work, who am I to be considered as a casualty of the “Lost Generation” and I realised....This is not the most important thing in the world!

It’s so super easy to get carried away with the negativity that is Ireland, but at the back of it all, the world is our oyster! I dedicate this blog post to all those pee’d off graduates who feel fed up with this climate. I say, let’s forget the negativity, let’s smile and be happy and ENJOY our young and youthful lives!

Positive. Mental. Attitude. A lesson I learnt back in my school days as a Meathael leader. It’s the key to kicking this recession riddled country up the arse and enjoying it as much as Father Ted enjoyed kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse!

 And as Rachel Berry (who I love) once sang...when you’re smiling, when you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you...let’s keep on smiling and enjoying our life’s and remembering the world is there for exploring! :)

Now... where can I get a visa outta here... ;) 

So I’m a Blogger now!

So blogging, the hot topic on everyone’s lips these days. From employers, to friends, to hip and cool music artists, we are all hearing about the “coolness” of being a blogger. So, as one who likes to try new things, I have always being curious about blogging and I've finally decided to jump onto the band wagon and try it out.

For quite a little gal, I’m about five foot short, I am known to never stop talking. This for me is another outlet to talk and giggle and share happy moments with you all, my lovely blog readers! :)

When it came to deciding what to write my blog on however, my always having too much to say personality became a problem because I couldn’t choose which topic route to take! And with the help of my super duper boyfriend, I decided that keeping it general was the best option. So a big welcome to YOU from my super general (but brilliant!) blog! :)

   

Day one as a blogger...

How do I feel? To be honest, I feel I’ve been hit in the head with the cool and hip bat. Oh yes, I am now cool and hip and feel every bit of it! Waking up this morning, with a big sleepy head and its straight to the laptop to try get a design that best portrays my happy and flowery self. Flowery you say, yes I am a walking flower bed. Not that I go around with peat moss (is that what its called?!) hanging out of me but it’s kind of my trademark that with any outfit I wear any day you are bound to see some flowers somewhere! So there is the explanation of my blog design.

Ok so down to the important stuff (my sales pitch ahem ahem), what’s my blog gonna be about? Well I’ll tell you just that! It’s gonna be a mixture of things, things ranging from my own personal interests. Things like fashion and travel and photography and memories and probably a little bit of marketing seen as that’s my background. All in all it’s gonna be on a lot of things, but things to bring you variety and laughs and amusement I hope! :)

So I guess to some up this first official post, I hope you will pop back and browse my posts and my photography and hopefully I will inspire you in some way or another. The goal is to pass my smile onto you. So again, welcome, thanks for reading and I look forward to being blogging buddies :) ...In a non creepy way of course! :)

Be safe and happy blogging,

Kathleen xoxo

Jumping onto the Blogging Bandwagon!

Yay Yay Yay! I have finally (on a night of babysitting) created my first blog! A blog that will hopefully entertain and amuse all you blog loving people of the internet! :)


My blog will be based on a number of things: photography, fashion, travel, happiness, memories & so much more. Basically all the things that make me happy and I feel I should share with the world!

So follow, comment & enjoy!


Squidge Mundo ;)