First snow this winter

I had resolved to NOT purchase another Christmas Nativity this year, but as with everything else in 2020, that went out the window! I couldn’t resist this minimalist wooden Christmas Nativity set from Sostrene Grene, and it was only £4 or so (bargain!) We put up our first Christmas tree last night – the family…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram

This is going to be a shorter post than usual, as I am in a lovely pub, beside an open fire, but don’t have a plug nearby for my laptop, so we are running on battery power. This pub, The Bushmills Inn, is a lovely old 16/17th century coaching inn, full of old local artifacts…

I love planning any holidays – whether a city break, house swap, villa in the sun or cottage in rural Ireland. I have been invited by Expedia to share my top 5 European cities that I have loved to visit. They would have to be (in no particular order) Venice We visited Venice as a…