Lisnabreeny & Cregagh Glen

I spent a lot of time during the past week on travel. I have booked airfare to go to the US Dec. 19 to Jan. 9. And I'm going back to London for a big year-end bash that is also a farewell for our CEO. I have a dogsitter for Paddy for both trips, Catherine who is a nurse at my vets. Happy days.

It is not lost on me that, during COP26, I have booked two trips. I also drive places to walk my dog. Like Lisnabreeny and Cregagh Glen, where we were this morning.

My standard defence for all of these emissions is that, as someone who works from home, I don't use my car very much. I am something like 90% vegan. That is probably meaningless.  I don't buy dairy or eggs, but I do occasionally buy food made with them (cake!! quiche).

Highlights of the week--dinner at an Italian restaurant with a golfing friend, Trish, and Saturday I went to the Royal Ulster Academy art show at the Ulster Museum, then a film (Mothering Sunday) at QFT. I am trying very hard to not let my weekends be eaten up by chores, golf, and walking Paddy.

The art show included some exceptional portraits. Not many landscapes but a fine one by Julian Friers featuring choughs in flight. I wasn't keen on the film. It seemed more like a play than a film. Very long and drawn out without much of a plot. Josh O'Connor was in the film and I wanted to see him do something different than Prince Charles. But the role wasn't that much different.

Nov. 8-14