Author Archives: Ruth Weal

An unusual sweet name!

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Ruth Weal

If you ever get offered a Manx Knob don’t worry, you’re not the subject of a sexually lewd comment, they’re just trying to offer you a boiled sweet much like a mint humbug (and very tasty too). The name of … Continue reading →

Posted in My Travels, Photography | Tagged Boiled Sweet, Isle of Man, Manx Knob, Mint, photo, photo manipulation, photograph, photography, ruth weal, Sweet, Sweets, travels, wealie | 1 Comment

Isle of Man hotel bedroom views

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Isle of Man view to the left - Copyright R.Weal 2010

Just before I checked out of my hotel last week I took the following pictures on the iphone 3GS. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t very nice, so it looks a bit grim. I lugged the Pentax K7 DSLR all the way … Continue reading →

Posted in My Travels, Photography | Tagged beach, irish sea, Isle of Man, Manx, promenade, ruth weal, sea, sea view, seaside, seaview, travels, wealie | Leave a comment

Popping my Illustrator Cherry!

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Irene the Illustration - Copyright R.Weal 2010

Sorry for the long absence, but with the less than ideal internet connection in the hotel on the Isle of Man and being really tired when I got back, I’ve just not had the will to turn on the laptop … Continue reading →

Posted in Doodles, My Blog, Other | Tagged adobe, adobe illustrator, adobe illustrator CS5, adobe master suite CS5, doodle, doodling, electronic illustration, face, illustration, illustrator, ruth weal, wealie | Leave a comment

On the Isle of Man!

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Just a quickie on the move to say I’m in the Isle of Man for work until Thursday evening. I’ve got a sea view from the Hilton hotel and the people seem very nice, but the lack of technological advancement … Continue reading →

Posted in My Blog, My Travels | Tagged IoM, Isle of Man, ruth weal, Travelling for Work, travels, wealie | Leave a comment

Happy Halloween!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Happy Halloween one and all! Also known as All Hallow’s eve and linked to the Christian All Saint’s Day and of course it’s earliest incarnation the Celtic Samhain! Like many modern western holidays the pagan roots have been partially co-opted by Christianity and more recently … Continue reading →

Posted in My Blog, Photography | Tagged All Hallows Eve, All Saint's Day, Celtic Traditions, Gaelic, Gaels, Halloween, Halloween 2010, Harvest Festival, photo, photograph, photography, ruth weal, Samhain, wealie | Leave a comment

A Wealie Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Here’s the photographic evidence of what it’s like to spend Halloween with a Wealie! I’ve also provided some details of how to make the decorations too, for details on the pumpkin costume see my post How to make a pumpkin! This … Continue reading →