Balmy Alley

San Francisco is well known for its murals. There is a little lane in the Mission called Balmy, which is entirely painted with murals. This is a particularly well known artist I think is hyper cool. Ryker and I would always be on the look out for murals. When we passed by one we each tried to be first to shout out "Mural".

Daddy came to Ireland for Halloween this year (2010) and we decided to go to London for the long weekend. We stayed with Cousin Janice in Ruislip and did lots of cool things, especially Legoland in Windsor.

I dressed up as a Vampire, but with a twist. I wore my bridesmaid/wedding dress and had devil horns. Daddy and I went trick or treating around Ruislip for a whle and got lots of candy. There was one house in particular that was very very scary. I was so scared!

The trip to Windsor took us on all sorts of transport options, tube, rail, bus. It took a while but we made it there to have enough time to see the entire park. It was quite cold, so Daddy let me wear Ryker's new Thomas duffle coat. Truth be told, it is a little big for Ryker so I asked if I could hold onto it for a while and give it to Ryker when I see him next. I'll wear it to school in those cold days in Winter.

I love getting my hair done, so Janice being a hairdresser I couldn't let the opportunity pass. She curled my hair just perfectly, don't you think?

Daddy and I spent the weekend in Donegal, at the Harvey's Point Hotel. I got lots of presents from California, a lovely necklace from Lisa (with little fairies), a diamond necklace with a little bear from Sarah for my poem recital, lots of Polly Pockets and Little Pony, but a few.

Last year we went to catch tadpoles in the monument in Omagh and we did the same this year too. This year I was able to catch them myself and put them in a bottle, just for a short period of time before reuniting them with others.