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The beach, 300 year old beech trees and a giveaway!

We are half-way through our half-term Halloween holiday, and it seems an appropriate time for an update with photos and some digital scrapbook layouts too, The weather has changed to wintry, with the first snow in Northern Ireland in October for 25 years! The winds have been very strong and my 4 year old complained…

O Danny Boy….the summer’s gone

I am joining in with a Sizzling Summer Vacation Spectacular over at We Are THAT Family, and when I think of the end of the summer, the third line of Danny Boy always comes to mind. Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The…

Welcome to my (part-time) World, and a digi birthday card too!

Today is my husband’s 40th birthday. Here is the birthday card I created for him We are going out for a meal with his family later today, and meeting up with friends tomorrow. I came across this lovely idea through this blog, about Where you live weekend on the Just Pure Lovely blog. The idea…

My Giveaway Winner and St Patricks Day in Belfast

As I have a digital layout to share, I will start there. This is not my usual layout, with a photo, but was made for a friend. Her two brothers used to sing this song together, and one died recently of cancer (aged just 42) and her other brother sang it at his funeral. My…

Half term round up, more Compassion, and anything else that occurs to me!

So Half-term is over. The kids were off school on Thurdsay, Friday and Monday. We travelled up to the cottage on Thursday afternoon late. In the interests of the environment we decided just to manage with the one car, so we were well packed in, and I had George in his cat basket on my…

Waiting for Dad, and more from my hols

Our holiday here on north coast of Northern Ireland continues. First here is a layout of some photos from last Saturday. Credits Kit – June Collab by Funky Playground Template – template53 Vorschau by Lottchen Staple – C Renee – rusty staple For Miles Ribbon – twisty yellow ribbon by K Fredricks Stamped Alpha –…