Blue skies in Newtownards this morning

Answer When it is a turnip! Yes, growing up in Ireland, we did not have pumpkins filling every shop on the weeks preceding Halloween. Halloween was a much less commercial event, and in mainland UK Halloween was overshadowed by Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November. As a child we had to make do with turnips…

It dawned on me yesterday, while competing for the christmas goodies in Marks & Spencers and remembering I already had some crackers, that I have not seen ANY crackers mentioned on blogs, in digi-kits, or even in digital Lay-outs. I assumed therefore that these are a purely British tradition, but a Wikipedia Search revealed that…

Welcome to my 4 night holiday in Rome! Thanks to my lovely parents, my husband and I were able to book a 20th wedding anniversary trip to Rome, without the kids. We flew with Aer Lingus direct from Dublin to Rome, and were glad we had booked a private transfer to the hotel. It was…

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!  

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