My mum and my daughters on her 82nd birthday

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Today was Mum’s 82nd birthday, and it was lovely to see her in such good form, enjoying a visit from my daughters.

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Announcing my St Patrick’s Day Blogging Carnival

The mornings are getting lighter, the evenings or longer, the frost is (almost) gone, the snowdrops are up so……..it must almost be St Patrick’s Day. Since starting blogging just before St Patrick’s Day in 1997, this will be by 4th time to celebrate St Patricks Day on my blog. Last year I hosted my first…

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20 Years Married …….What a Difference A Day Makes!

Today, twenty years ago, was a glorious hot sunny day (quite rare in N Ireland!) and I was getting married. This is the gift I created for my husband….. We met in Ahoghill in 1988, and our first date was in Bleakers Restaurant on the Malone Road (opposite the end of Eglantine Avenue and above…

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Lessons Learned at a One Direction Concert

This is what I learned this week, courtesy of taking my daughters and their friend to a 1D (One Direction) concert last night. 1. If you are under 14 you must have an adult with you to attend a concert at the odyssey, Belfast…..so I just HAD to accompany my younger daughter, along with my…

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Inside the Manor House – to the manor born?

We’re home from our half-term break – 2 nights in Manor Country House, Fermanagh and 2 nights up at our cottage on the north coast. As requested, especially for Andrea, I’m sharing some more of the inside of the Manor House. There’s going to be lots of photos and just a few words. The entrance…