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18th of December – postman and presents
Can you believe that this time next week will be Christmas Day? This morning we had our first sprinkling of snow – and more is forecast. Here in N Ireland we rarely have a white christmas, but maybe this year it will happen. For those who get tonnes of snow each year, this may look…

Online Poster Printing Canvas Print Giveaway
UPDATE THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED – I have contacted the winner, and will post there name here shortly. Thanks everyone for taking part. This is one of my fave images of our 3 kids this year! You would maybe have expected it to be them playing on the beach, paddling in the rock pools,…

Our House Swap Day 2 :Clifden and pony trekking on the beach, Galway
We woke up to another bright and breezy day, packed up a picnic, and headed west, past Galway city and into Conemara. The countryside was rugged and beautiful. We stopped at a beach near Ballyconneely for our picnic lunch, and explored the beach. The sand is a beautiful colour, but not as soft and fine…

Funky Fish
This afternoon our kids spent the afternoon at our church learning about the Funky Fish Youth Cafe project in Cork. They baked buns, decorated fish and played all sorts of games including a variation of “Duck, duck, goose!” called “Fish, fish, shark!”. Later in the afternoon the parents and other members of our church were…

On the 18th of December ….. snowy business
This will be a short and somewhat bittersweet post tonight. Photos taken with my NEW Canon 500D – an early Christmas present. I NEVER remember snow like this In other news, unfortuantely my daughter, who will be 13 tomorrow, has had to postpone her birthday party due to the continued snow and atrocious road conditions. …

Back to the beach
Having not been walking on the beach since half-term back in October, it was great to be back today. It was chilly and the “wee beach” at Portballintrae was all but desserted apart from us. I took a few lots of photos : It looked idyllic, and very calm in the sheltered bay These are…