What we did last weekend

Loved this set of shots of the two brothers messing about...

Oisin complete with jarhead expression...

Ghin with the brochures at the museum

Such a pair...

Bumble bee with wildflowers in the spring grass

Pretty flowers that smell like cats piss...

I took the kids to the Transport Museum. It was an overcast day and Oisin had muttered something about wanting to go to the fight section. I don't know why because most of the interactive exhibits were broken.

It's been a mental week really. It was all topped off with the most fantastic night at the Crescent Arts Centre when people were danvin and groovin to the African and Irish music there. It was really excellent.

And what was fab too was the mix of people. Conservation types, building types, community education types and types who just want to make a difference. Environmentalists, and permaculturalists, activists and thinkers. Arty types and musical types. And what was loveliest was that you could see that everyone had a little bit of everything inside them., And it was all sponsored by some extremely wonderful organisations which i would be more than happy to be seen in the daylight with. No shitty guilt money.

I'm going to try and pull off the photos from the office camera and turn it into a slide show that everyone can see. Because they are some astounding photos.

Now comes the paying and the thank yous. The thing is i don't have a budget that extends to the thank yous really. But i wish i did. Because people gave so generously.

The thing though is staying in the present is the best thing. The present for Friday night looked at diversity and multiculturalism openly and embraced it. It also took in people and wildlife - not just one or the other. And through food and wine, through celebration and delight, it brought the world and all it's beauty alive. It took the positive and people were given the space to be positive. A safe space, that is what we want at the end of the day isn't it? A space where we can all be our beautiful, kind and compassionate selves. The safe space that enables us to love. To go a little further to love. I think that all of us are dying to do that. Literally. We are not creatures that stagnate in our love. The circles of love must extend, just like running water. Just like the was a pool becomes stagnant if nothing enters or leaves. Love is like brook.

I think there was a bit of that on Friday night.

People cannot stay angry for a long time if they are shown love. Shown how we can work together, how we share the pain and can transform that into joy. Maybe i'm still a bit drunk...

Ah well. I'm going to now buckle down and think about how i structure life a bit more. Make a few changes, rearrange my life's furniture... it'll be good.