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Fireman Sam – and we are back home
As I can never think of imaginative titles for my blog posts, I usually use the title of one of my latest digital scrap layout. So here is my Fireman Sam layout, using one of my favourite kit In Memory of Miles – a wonderful collaboration kit by the digi-scrapping community to remember a little…

An Old Sketch instead of An Old Photo
Today’s challenge (the month of daily blogging is nearing an end!) was to share an old photo, but I thought this would be an appropriate post to share a pencil sketch an artist relative (my Dad’s cousin, Elizabeth McEwen) did of me when I was about 7. Elizabeth is more known for her botanical paintings…

House swapping, transatlantic visitors and a political tour of Belfast
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A New Year and a Sunday morning drive
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