It’s been lovely having a full house again over Christmas…. but the nest is a bit emptier tonight …. these 2 have returned to Scotland

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

I am blogging on my husband’s laptop in preparation for our US trip, including NOT using Photoshop Elements to edit and resize all of the photos. We will see how it goes….. So what has been happening? Last Friday night we had our annual trip to Barry’s in Portrush….. On Saturday we visited the Dunluce…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

My mum’s florentines are infamous, and I frequently am asked for the recipe.  Before sharing it, I have to confess I have never made them myself. As my Mum delivers boxes of them from time to time, I have never had to (thanks Mum!). So I am delighted to share this recipe, and how you…

Blogging – it is almost SEVEN years since I started blogging! How did it all begin? You can read my first (and very boring!) post HERE I didn’t really know what a blog was when I created my blog! I had started digital scrapbooking, and found that other digital scrapbookers were using a blog to…

This has not been a great day. Yesterday, when completing my FINAL wash – yes, I could actually SEE the bottom of the laundry basket (!) our old (17 years) and faithful washing machine began to make unhealthy noises. Within 10 minutes it had to be switched off before it rattled and rolled into orbit….