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  Back, by popular demand (!) it is time for the annual St Patricks Day Blogging Carnival. This is the FIFTH year I have blogged about St Patricks Day and our celebration non-celebration You can visit the previous years : 2008 2009 2010 2011 In these posts you can learn what we do don’t do…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Are you taking part in Project 365 – taking a photo a day to record life’s happenings (both monemental and insignificant) for 365 days? I am (just about) managing to keep going, with the help of digital scrapbooking. Gina at Weeds and Wildflowers has created an amazing resource /collection called LIFE 365 to help us…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog, today while on my way to another kids jewellery making birthday (this time in Kircubbin) I stopped off at Mount Stewart National Trust property. I walked around the lake and through the formal gardens. Another time I will return and tour inside the house.

“Halloween is coming And the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny A Ha’penny will do If you haven’t got a ha’penny The God bless you And the old man too!” Well, Halloween here in N Ireland is over for another year, the…

This morning we took a trip down the coast to try the National Trust Corner House Tea Room in Cushendun …. and we are very glad we did! The decor is a lovely mix of traditional and modern.   The food was delicious too – our order included coffee, hot chocolates, warm apple tart and…