Well.....this is where it all began!! was born at home in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on 26th October 1961!!!..haven't been back up there for quite a while...but it's one of those places that kind of stays with you!
Happy Families...
Newcastle, April. 1964
I knew I'd seen that 'Teachers look' some where before!!!
hmmmm...this was taken when I was about two, ...down at the park near home in Newcastle.....
Dad!!!
looking very shabby chic!! back in the days of anti facist rallies and other goings on's in the eastern bloc countries!!( read more of him later..).
Mummy... ...always kind, clever, full of thought, humour, love, life....
...died suddenly in 1970...
..life hasn't been the same since ...
LOL!!! this one is a favourite... me and bezzie mate Woltr...at the tender age of 18 years...on our way out for a Saturday night down the rock club.....the place where I also learnt to drink tequila..and was taught to play pool by the local Hells Angels!!!!!!
O.M.G. !!!! just done mental arithmatic and realised this was TWENTY years ago!!!!!!!!!
New Year's Day 2000
David and myself down at the waterfalls in Maghera.....Co Donegal....
Love this place..it's so beautiful...
used to call it the fairy glen when I wasyounger.... but I think there's some truth in that...
Hmmmm.....
David( aged four) tries out cherub impersonations down at french friends caravan.....judging by the shortbread annd french hot chocolate....he got it spot on!!!!
Paris in the Springtime!!!
well David and I did make it over to Disneyland without him getting suspicious!! only trouble was ...it poured with rain all the time...except for on Easter Mondqay ....when we had the morning in Paris...
..but all in all it was worth it!!
just thought that you would all be impressed by my serious and highly respected Father ....the voice of authority throughout my formative years...( just don't ask!!)
HOT LINK to Dad's 74th Birthday pages!!
Click here to visit then use back button to retutrn!!!
Me??... Potty???? ....
Well of course I am!! just a small sample of work, although ashamed to admit, not done anything for SO long!!
Spent three years at University of Ulster ended up with BA (hons)Fine Craft Design... which translates to Ceramics, Silversmithing and Embroidery...
( Although I don't remember doing much silversmithing, ...and DEFINITLY did no embroidery!)
Other things I do like this are Painting(watercolours) sketching,(a little) Photography, (a lot!!)
But anyway....no living to be made from it so am now teaching..something I arrived at via a long and winding route!!!....
What about MUSIC!!!!!!!...
Well!!! where to start... it has been said before that my tastes in music are somewhat eclectic!!!!......... a lot of the stuff I listen to is left over or rather has stayed with me since my youth....( I mean....I still have LP's!!!!).... other musical taste has been acquired more recently..in particular my interest in Irish Music... but do have a tendancy to go for songs rather than bands.....
One of my most favourite musicians is Van Morrison......always liked his music as long as I could remember......but never could get used to seeing him around Belfast when I lived there!!! had an encounter with him in the icecream shop once, but that's another story for another day!!.... other music I like include a lot of classical music, traditional Irish, rock, reggae, contempory Irish, particularly favourite musicians/bands include.... Enya, Van Morrison, Kate Bush, the Doors, Eric Clapton, Patti Smith, UB40