June Bank Holiday Office Hours

Woohoo!! Another Bank Holiday!! And, this time, rumour has it that we may have a sunny, warm and dry one... I won't tempt fate, but I have a good feeling about this one :-)

In case you are looking for us, we will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday - that's the 1st of June.

I hope you all have a great weekend and that you get to make it to Bloom - it really is good fun and no, I don't have shares in it!

Best wishes,

Fred and the Pressieport Team

Father's Day is on the 21st June 2009

No sooner have you taken care of mum, than Dad pops up looking for his pressies!! Father's Day is on the 21st of June this year and we've set up a category just to help you with ideas for your online shopping.

Don't forget that we'll gift-wrap your pressies for you if you want and we've got a bunch of humourous cards available too. Don't forget to tell us what message you want on the card.

We will be taking orders until....

18th June @ 3pm for Overnight Delivery Nationwide

Summer is on the way!

One of the things I love the most about the arrival of the summer, apart from the weather and the long evenings, is the start of the gardening season. I'm no expert gardener by any stretch of the imagination and I actually only tend to do gardening on a 'need to' basis, but every time I do finally tackle it, I always feel chilled and relaxed afterwards.

To get into the mood for gardening and to limit the potential damage I might unleash on the garden, I love to watch the highlights of the Chelsea Garden Show. This year it's on from the 19th to the 23rd of May and hosted as always by super-gardener, Alan Titchmarsh.

I was delighted to see that Dublin followed the example a few years back and decided to arrange and host the Bloom in the Park show. This year it will be taking place over the June Bank Holiday weekend and if the weather holds up, the place will be swamped with visitors. If you haven't been to this show before, then go to it. It gets better every year and even if you are not a keen gardener, you'll love the event.

If you decide to get started in the garden for a bit of practice then don't forget to check out our range of gardening gifts here.

Kenyan women hit men with sex ban

I came across this article on the BBC News website. Now this is what I call thinking out of the box. Women in Kenya are rebelling passively against the bickering that has been going on between the members of the coalition.

Read the article by clicking here

Happy May Day

Yes, today is officially the first day of summer! From here on in, it's all barbecues, holidays and sun.... Well, in theory anyway.

Here in Dublin, the day started off hesitantly with an overcast sky. Unable to decide what to do, it then decided to drizzle and then rain heavily. Having done that for about 2 hours, it then got bored and decided to let the sun shine. Let's just see what the rest of the day and indeed, the weekend, has in store for us.

Since it's a Bank Holiday weekend here, I was trying to work out what to do so as not to waste the time off. This evening I'm meeting a friend of mine for a bite to eat after work - we haven't seen each other in too long. Tomorrow, I'm meeting my little brother (not so little anymore...) in town to take custody of my baby nephew for a full day's baby-sitting (I may need a hand with this one)...

Then Sunday should hopefully, weather permitting, allow some emergency gardening to be done. I'm nearly convinced that I saw gazelle behind some of the shrubs, but I could be wrong. Monday, I am leaving deliberately plan-free so that I can just chill and do whatever I feel like.

So, for the moment, I wish you all a happy May Day.

Cheers,

Fred