24 hours of Alfie our 8 week old doodle

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This week’s lessons learned Nothing says summer quite like eating ice-cream in the back garden with the kids after school. I enjoyed having house guests again – it has been a while. Dave and Debbie and Joseph were passing through on the way from England to use our cottage on the North coast. They were…
I LOVE to take photos, especially since I received my Canon 400D (a Rebel Xti) last Christmas. I really love to take portraits, but it would just be too hard to chose just one, so instead I have chosen a favorite landscape photo.The Dark Hedges, near(ish) Stranocum, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. This is one of…
As usual, my lessons learned this week are a bit of a mixture, but first I want to share my daily photo. We have a large ceanothus bush at the front of our house. I love the masses of blue it displays at this time of the year.OK – on to the lessons Contrary to…
If you have not yet discovered the joy that is The Beach Cottage blogger, you are missing out, especially if you love shabby beach chic with lots and lots of white! Originally from England, she has embraced the Aussie life to the full. She challenged her readers to complete a Mission this Saturday. I knew…
This photo about sums up our day! George (the cat), by son and I all had a relaxing afternoon while my husband and daughters went swimming. Every week or so, my son needs to take an afternoon nap to “catch up”, and I probably need him to as well! Eventually, after sleeping for over 2…
We woke up to another bright and breezy day, packed up a picnic, and headed west, past Galway city and into Conemara. The countryside was rugged and beautiful. We stopped at a beach near Ballyconneely for our picnic lunch, and explored the beach. The sand is a beautiful colour, but not as soft and fine…