Lovely day for a road trip….new stockist of Janmary Designs at Down Cathedral gift shop….then on to Castlewellan

This past month there has been a frenzy of activity around the Northern Ireland Social Media awards – last month was nominating time. Thanks to everyone who nominated Janmary Blog in Section 5 – Best Blogger, because I have been shortlisted in the top TEN! Eeeek! Thanks for all the nominations, your work is almost…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

After our weather extremes of this winter here in Northern Ireland, there was no shortage of images to choose from for the theme at I Heart Faces this week. Here is my pick, my middle daughter, enjoying the snow. For more Winter Wonderland photos, check out I Heart Faces.

Well, Mothers Day is nearly over and it was a perfect day! I have had a lovely day which included the following : a cup of tea in bed a lie in a cd – the new TakeThat album (their song Patience is one of my favourites) a book – The Bad Mothers Handbook –…

My parents are wonderful gardeners, and when we were visiting I took some photos of their collection of hellebores (no, I didn’t know what they were called either – my parents told me!). I knew their more common name of “Christmas Rose” but I have also learned they are called “Lenten Roses” as they often…