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I am sharing today the evolution/history of the Christmas Tree in my life here in Northern Ireland – riveting stuff! From our tree from my childhood, to my tree(s) this year – I’m sure you can’t wait. When my husband and I were engaged we came to a compromise on a very important issue …….
I love it when we are up at our cottage, there is a clear blue sky, and we head to the beach – even if it’s November! Belfast might be going MTV Awards mad, with celebreties being spotted all over the city. It was a HUGE event, held in Odyessy Arena, and showed Belfast at…
Many of my american friends struggle to believe that here in Ireland, before pumpkins were imported and widely available, we carved out turnips as lanterns for halloween! I thought I would share a few more of the differences between then and now Then Carving Hacking out the middle of a large turnip with a metal…
It’s hard to believe, but our youngest has just turned 7! Here are a few images of how we celebrated….a has become our tradition, the family presents were opened on our bed. e still had to go to school, despite it being his birthday (he was not impressed with that). He had a cinema trip…
We have now had 2 weeks of being back to school, and everyone is “back to porridge” (I have always found that a weird saying!). All the books are covered, the uniforms labelled, and most of the consent forms appear to be completed, but I am sure there are still a few lurking around. As…
This afternoon we headed over to part of the North Coast of Northern Ireland which we don’t visit so often, the beach at Downhill, just beyond Castlerock. Downhill beach is a 7 mile stretch of golden sand from Magillan Point to Mussenden and apparently is one of the longest beaches in Europe. It was a…
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