Final evening at Sacre-Coeur, Monmartre, Paris

Food, glorious food! My fave foods would include – Creme bruleePasta carbonarraChristmas Dinner with all the trimmingsProfiteroles with chocolate sauceRoast ChickenApple Crumble and warm custardGoats CheeseFresh mango and pineappleSteak and Chips On to the recipes – they all link to recipe posts on this blogSpicy Sausage Pasta Home made vegetable soup My Mum’s Florentines Fifteens…

This afternoon I really enjoyed attending a cupcake decorating class at Angel Cake Bakery in Coleraine. We piped buttercream Christmas trees and swirls and wreaths and roses (loved learning these) Afternoon tea was served – cucumber sandwiches, victoria sponge and tea served in vintage china (my granny had this Royal Albert Country Roses set) It …

A Sunday stroll by the sea in Holywood today….. missing the north coast but will have to be content with this coastal fix for now . How has your Sunday been?

Today’s prompt on the 31 Day Blog Challenge is Pet Hates. Here are mine rudeness being late – I prefer to arrive at airport HOURS early! irritating yet catchy tunes on kids tv programmes that get stuck in my head all day people with more than 10 items in their baskets at the “10 items…

As long as I can remember this framed sampler hung on the wall of my Granny’s house in Co Down, N Ireland. I have always thought it was beautiful, but never knew much about it’s origin. Now it hangs on my wall, and I still don’t know much about it! My mum remembers that it…