GMBanks
@gmbanks
Single. Retired. Owned by a dog. Wide ranging interests including reading, tv & music.
11 years ago - Saturday 13th March 2015 - Jess came home with me from NSPCA Wicklow. On the left is her then & on the right just recently.
I got a new sofa & armchair delivered today. Jess has done the quality testing - and they have her seal of approval.
Does my dog, Jess, checking out my new Christmas themed bed linen get a look in?!
@rorycj.bsky.social You, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social & Sophie (plus @sociabledog.bsky.social ) have been such a joy to follow over the past few years. Jess & I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
Jess is getting into the Christmas spirit. The presents are wrapped & under the tree. 🎅🎄⭐️🎁🐕❤️
My house is - finally - 'Christmassed'. You'd never guess that I'm a big fan of Christmas - would you 🤔?
Starting to get into the Christmas spirit. The wreath is now up on the hall door - and I did polish the brasses!
Good for you. I've not started on my trees (I put up three!) yet, but I did give my hall door wreath a makeover yesterday. I just need to polish the brasses before hanging it up outside. At the moment it's hanging on the back of the door.
Season 24 currently showing on one of our Irish tv stations. I don't think it's been on ITV in the UK yet?
Great flow of water over one of the Dodder weirs this afternoon. If there were still mills along this stretch of the river, their mill wheels would be spinning!
We didn't venture outside at all today! We're under an orange weather warning until tomorrow, so it makes sense to stay at home. Jess is perfectly happy in 'her' chair - with the occasional dash into the garden!
I haven't been to Dublin's Garden of Remembrance in decades. It was looking well today.
River Clyde from slightly further up - beside the Transport Museum. This was in Spring 2024. Really interesting city.
Lovely visit to Kilruddery House & Gardens today. The house tour was really interesting.
Oh yeah, I had a builder & various 'trades'. My kitchen was stripped back to bare walls & then rebuilt. This was it a day or so into the job 😱. I'm very impressed you did yours yourself. 👏
This is some of the before & after of my kitchen. I had it revamped just after Easter 2023.
I found your website and the book but if I click on 'Buy EBook' I just get what's in the second photo. It's almost as if the book (and its sequel) is geoblocked!
It seems to be a geographical issue! I'm in Ireland (ROI) - it's available on Kindle in the UK, but if I sign in to my account the Kindle version is 'blocked'. Quite strange. I am using a browser version of Amazon.co.uk, as I know you can't buy Kindle books from the App.
Not according to Amazon 🤔 They have hardcover, paperback or Audible. Maybe a Kindle version is in the works?