9th of December…. a simple nativity and a garland on the top of our piano (and warm white fairy lights of course!) You can see more of the piano on my stories (it dates back to 1899!)

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Anniversary roses …. thanks everyone for the lovely wishes and congrats on our 29th wedding anniversary. The roses from my husband are lasting well so of course an excuse for some faffing!
So here is what I learned this week That my son believes he can persuade some birds to come and live in his meringue nest! He ran around the garden with the aforementioned meringue nest shouting “Here, birdie, birdie….come and live in my nest – it is so yummy”! Even the addition of a dandelion…
It has been a week of contrasts here at our cottage near the sea there have been warm (yes, actually warm!) sunny days and wet and very damp days there has been the crazy busy of CSSM for the kids (but they wouldn’t miss it for the world) and quiet afternoons making jewellery or walking…
This morning I took this photo of the Palm House in Botanic Gardens, Belfast as U was attending a Craft N I seminar in the Ulster Museum. It was incredibly blustery – although all looks calm with clear blue skies – so windy in fact that there was a barrier preventing the public getting any…