A wee bit of Spring decor

St Patrick’s Day 2021! Do you have any plans? Let me know! I’m enjoying the warm sunshine, blue skies and a bit of gardening.

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Our house swap in France continues, and contrary to appearances, we are not planning our days out around stunning cathedrals, but everywhere we visit seems to have one! Today our plan was to visit Reims for some shopping, as heavy rain was forcast. The rain never materialised, and by mid afternoon it was hot and…

The back-to-school ritual of covering exercise books …. love it or loathe it?

My last post mentioned that I was enjoying a stay at a lovely hotel with my husband for my birthday (which is today, 21 August). We stayed at Galgorm Manor and Spa. It was originally a traditional country house but has been sympathetically extended and has managed to maintain it’s charm as well as combining…