Brian Connell

@brianconnell.bsky.social

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My own opinions about food, law, tech, sport, politics and whatever. #speirgorm

Bus parading Los Verdiblancos through the streets of Santander
Headline from The Guardian newspaper. "Cornichon shortage leaves British sandwich shops in a pickle". Article says this caused Pret.a.Manger to pull it's jambon buerre from shelves.
Pic of wild garlic or ransom having flowered with white multiple posies showing.
Woman selling eggs at her stall in Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona. Great attention to detail and a wonderful display.
Weather forecast for Dublin on Saturday 29th November saying "Snow continuing for about 3 hours"
Chicken 65, spicy marinated fried chicken, ginger, curry leaves, honey cumin yoghurt
2am outside a bar in Lisbon, pouring rain, Finnish midwife called Hannu does the splits holding an umbrella over her head and reminds me of a Magritte scene.
Sweet chestnuts bursting out of shell in tree
A picture of a town called Llastres in Asturius, Northern Spain.
A bottle of cider known in Ireland as Orchard Thieves
Photo of an "Indiano" family displayed on a street in Ribadeo, Spain. Young girl looks fit to burst, impatient.
Vermouth at La Palomq
Moomoo comic strip ending with "I only want to live in peace and plant potatoes and dream". So true!
Ireland Sevens Women's Rugby team celebrating winning the event in Perth.
The "get up, it's 6am and I'm sure you'd love a walk" look from my dog
Crab and fennel tart
A sign saying please refrain from feeding the wildlife while we are trying to eradicate a rodent problem.
A person sunbathing in Herbert Park, Dublin on October 1st 2023. The temperature is 17C and it is a sunny calm day. Maybe the last sighting before this species hibernates for winter.
Picture of a black and white dog standing on a colourful graffiti daubed wall in Blackrock Co. Dublin with the Poolbeg chimneys visible on the background. Dog's expression looks very happy.
A plate of navajas or razor clams
A plate of percebes (barnacles), a popular dish in Iberia.
Scene fro. The movie Blade Runner 2049 with orange lighting is the same colour as the lighting in a photo of British Columbia today because of the fires
Preparing hake, market in Santander
Tandoori 24hr marinated organic Pork Chop by Pickle in Camden st. Dublin
Freshly poured pint of Guinness
Cat reacting to a dog
Pint of Guinness, dog, in pub, in Ranelagh