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This piano is the one I learned to play on, and now my children (and husband!) are playing and practicing on it now too.When my parents were moving house about 20 years ago, they decided they did not really have room for it, and proposed getting rid of it. I protested, and asked they keep…
Faces of St Patrick in Belfast, 2010
On St Patrick’s Day this week, I managed to see the St Patricks Day Parade/Festival in Belfast. The city has made great attempts to make this an inclusive family day of celebration for all. Here are just a few of the carnival participants. (There were lots of kids involved in the parade, but I won’t…
10th day of December I’m dreaming of a (red &) white Christmas
Today I am dreaming of a red and white Christmas kitchen! Following last year, and the story of roasting the turkey with the help of a broom shaft and the long awaited kitchen makeover, I have been anticipating decorating our kitchen with even more enthusiasm than usual. I will let the photos do most of…
I’m back ……again
It is been ages since I blogged, and in what is now becoming a tradition, here’s what I have been up to (not excuses, just reasons……well, sort of excuses) : ladies night at church – we had chinese takeaway, lovely desserts, books, cupcakes and jewellery (mine) on sale, followed by an unexpected but hilarious “wee”…
When Raymond met Sally
Technically this post should be when Raymond met Sally and Hazel, but somehow that is just not as catchy! (Sorry Hazel!) Finally. almost one month after I returned to Northern Ireland, I will finally finish blogging about my trip to Bristol. Did you miss the other parts? Well, I’ll forgive you this time, and you…
On the 12th of December – welcome to my Christmas world :)
Welcome bloggy friends, old and new. If you are a new visitor here, and dropping in because of the Christmas Bloggy Home Tour then “Come on, on in, you are most welcome to my blog here in Northern Ireland”. If you are a regular, then you too of course are welcome. It is hard to…