As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about traditions, cooking (and eating) a traditional Christmas Dinner is one of my highlights. My daughters usually help set the table in the dining room, one of the few times we eat in there! We usually have some fun writing out the menu and making place cards. Planning a …
On the 17th of December……dinner is served…at least it will be on 25th! Read More »
Here are my favourite collection of photos I have taken of Northern Ireland. I struggled to narrow down which images to include, but the finished result includes : Ballintoy, Portstewart Strand, Giants Causeway, Belfast Shipyard (where the Titanic was built), White Park Bay and Dark Hedges. This week at the photography challenge site I Heart …
I Heart Northern Ireland – top images of Northern Ireland Read More »
Last weekend Two weekends ago we had a superb weekend up at our holiday cottage near the Giant’s Causeway. We had the pleasure of the company of a good friend from England, and we keen to share a wee bit more of what Northern Ireland had to offer. We arrived up at the cottage just …
Sharing the North coast of N Ireland Part 1 – Giants Causeway Read More »
The mornings are getting lighter, the evenings or longer, the frost is (almost) gone, the snowdrops are up so……..it must almost be St Patrick’s Day. Since starting blogging just before St Patrick’s Day in 1997, this will be by 4th time to celebrate St Patricks Day on my blog. Last year I hosted my first …
Announcing my St Patrick’s Day Blogging Carnival Read More »
I am taking part in Hooked on at Hooked on Houses and Beautiful Life at The Inspired Room this week, as this week I am hooked on RELAXING. It has been a quiet week up at the cottage, with warm sunny weather for most of it. We don’t tend to travel too far when we …
Today was a glorious sunny day, and remarkably warm for April in Northern Ireland. We spent the morning on the “wee beach” as it is know in our family, in Portballintrae. The kids spent a lot of time searching for shells, particularly my eldest daughter. The water was very calm, and the tide quite low. …
