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Signs of the times
Not sure why but I am strangely drawn to decorative signs and chalk boards for the home/cottage. This one was a recent post Christmas sale purchase (from Laura Ashley) And here are a few other ones currently gracing the walls and shelves, either here or at the cottage: I also quite like individual letters –…
Last Christmas
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It’s Good to Talk
This morning we took our house guest to Bangor, where she was meeting her other Northern Irish friend. I took the opportunity to photograph the marina, and my eldest daughter for the new online photography course I am taking. Here is one of my fav shots of her this morning, while she was talking on…