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The beach, 300 year old beech trees and a giveaway!
We are half-way through our half-term Halloween holiday, and it seems an appropriate time for an update with photos and some digital scrapbook layouts too, The weather has changed to wintry, with the first snow in Northern Ireland in October for 25 years! The winds have been very strong and my 4 year old complained…

Belfast Food Tour – St George’s Market and beyond
We had a really enjoyable Belfast Food Tour of St George’s Market and beyond today … it was a lovely Christmas present from my husband. I won’t go into lots of details of where we went, as if you decide to go yourself I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Needless to say I highly…

Summer has arrived – beaches of the Causeway Coast
We have been up at our cottage (near the Giants Causeway) since Tuesday, and from Wednesday it has been warm and dry! For some of my readers who live in warmer sunnier climates, you might not appreciate the wonder of that last sentence, but for locals here in Norn Iron (Northern Ireland said in a…

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Promise of spring, and getting to know me!
This morning, after I dropping the children off at their Sunday School classes, and before returning for coffee and the morning service at our church, I took a walk in the nearby park. At first everything seemed quite grey and bleak, but then the sun came out, and I spotted some flecks of colour among…