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An eye opening visit
My Show and Tell this week is of a special painting of a special place in our family’s life. The scene is of Clifton, Bristol in south west of England and includes the Downs, the Suspension Bridge and the Balloon festival. We lived for a year in Bristol nearly 5 years ago. We had a…
10 years ago today …….remembering Jean
When MamaKat sent out her blog post prompts one lept out at me immediately…..10 years ago today my husband’s mum Jean was in hospital. We didn’t know it at the time, but she would only be alive a few more days. Jean was only 65 when she died, and as I am now 44, that…

Day trip to Bangor
As the song says ……. “Didn’t we have a lovely time, The day we went to Bangor!” (although this folksong was not about Bangor in Northern Ireland, but the Bangor in Wales) HERE is the link to YouTube – enjoy! And HERE are the lyrics Today I headed east of Belfast to Bangor, which is…

On the 14th day of December….BooMama and her tour of homes comes to town!
Welcome, welcome, welcome. Ever since joining the BooMama house tour last year, I have been looking forward to taking part in this one. Also welcome to readers of Hooked on Houses – 2 parties, double the fun. If you have not been here before, welcome. In my blog I share about my christian faith, my…

A New Year and a Sunday morning drive
We all woke up late, and had a leisurely morning following seeing in the New Year. We headed out before midday and I tried to capture a few images and some video clips of our drive to Ballycastle along the coast road in North Antrim from Bushmills. Just sharing the photos for now, will have…

Lessons Learned and a peak at the madeover bathroom
The bathroom is not quite finished, but from this angle it looks like it is! Here you go …. I love it, and the bath is so deep and comfortable. Here is what it USED to look like – just 2 weeks ago!We have lived with this Room of Doom/Gloom for 11 years, so it…