Sobering visit to 9/11 memorial and the new One World Trade Center

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram. Now into my 3rd year of taking a daily iPhone photos – some days it is trickier to decide what to take a photo of, today it was easy (if a little chilly in the back garden!)

The following are my two most requested recipes to share ….. and they have quite a reputation among my friends. You can almost guarantee they will visit if they know my Mum has delivered some of her delicious yummy Chocolate Florenties and Mocha Fudge Truffles. These have been repeated previously on my blog, but I…

How’s that title for a bit of alliteration?!! One of the newest, largest and well equipped playgrounds in Northern Ireland has to be Wallace Park in Lisburn (although we might be slightly biased!). Here are a few images from this morning’s adventure in the park.   There are some novel features I haven’t seen elsewhere…

“Halloween is coming And the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny A Ha’penny will do If you haven’t got a ha’penny The God bless you And the old man too!” Well, Halloween here in N Ireland is over for another year, the…

A quick post here today, as lots going on. My husband will be turning the big Four 0 this weekend. We are spending it up at the cottage, and I need to pack, finish his card, wrap pressies, buy cake……you get the idea! Before I go I want to share a couple of new layouts…

Last night my husband and I had planned a quiet night out – a walk on the beach and a coffee …. thanks to our helpful neighbour who was coming round to be with the.   We knew we would miss quite a bit of the Opening Ceremony but there was bound to be edited highlights…