Steve Donohoe – Page 3 – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

Happy to be a Brit

As I write this, the bells of Big Ben are chiming across London Town as part of the Remembrance Day commemoration, which is particularly poignant this year as it was precisely 100 years ago that the World War One hostilities…

3 Jun 18 Walrus

Argyle and Walrus

I’m sat in the luxurious lounge of Anchorage House, Tighnabruaich, gazing across a narrow stretch of blue/grey sea to the rolling hills of Bute, with my laptop perched upon a cushion on my knee. It is a favourite family holiday…

Steve Donohoe and Elaine Bousfield at Woolacombe beach

18 Feb 18 Walrus

Life is a Gift – enjoy it!

Me and my wife at Woolacombe beach I seem to be doing a lot of travelling at the moment. It wasn’t long ago that I was in New Zealand, which is certainly “travel”, but more recently I have been doing…

Map showing movement of ancestors over time

6 Nov 17 Walrus

Out of Africa

A while ago I ordered one of those DNA test kits because I was very interested to see what they would make of my walrus heritage. I used the Genographic Project which is far from the cheapest, but I am…

Pollen grains magnified with electron microscope

28 Sep 17 Walrus

Sunshine in September :)

I am recovering from a mild bout of walrus flu, which is a bit like man flu but heavier. I still ache like I’m 80, but today the sun is shining and life is for living, so what to do?…

30 Aug 17 Walrus

Are you feeling lucky, punk?

I used to be a "striver". I was always striving for something. It never really felt that great, all that striving; it felt like I was running on one of those airport conveyor belt walkways but going the wrong way,…

26 Jun 17 Walrus

A sneaky couple of nucs in the garden

I live beside a main road in South Manchester and, despite high panelled fences and a monstous privet hedge, I am very aware of the presence of neighbours on all sides. I like them. Neighbours I mean. They all seem to have small children whereas mine are adults now. Perhaps I am meant to have moved away, to the place where older people go, but for now I'm standing my ground... (click title for full post)