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On the10th day of December….Santa Claus is coming to town
Continuing on with my daily blogging about Christmas here, today I thought I would share a few of the Santas that have accumulated in our house over the years. I didn’t realise how many there were until I started to photograph them. I will start with a few from the tree Then an advent one…

Half-term holiday round up
Quite a bit been happening since I last blogged. One lovely morning last week, we took the kids to the beach for a “photo shoot” (!!) for our planned christmas card. The kids tolerated me for so long, but then began to revolt! I promised it would not be much longer, but if I didn’t…

What a difference a day makes
The reason for this title will hopefully be obvious. Last Friday and Saturday I visited a local lake, almost exactly 24 hours apart. Here are two photos of almost the same view: I have not been doing much digital scrapping this week, although I am working on another 40th birthday present, but I don’t want…

Summer Days and NOT an Apology
It has been a week of contrasts here at our cottage near the sea there have been warm (yes, actually warm!) sunny days and wet and very damp days there has been the crazy busy of CSSM for the kids (but they wouldn’t miss it for the world) and quiet afternoons making jewellery or walking…

A double Show and Tell this week.
This week I had no trouble in finding something to Show and Tell, in fact I have two! First, I promised to share the results of our pottery painting evening at Eden Pottery. I really enjoyed the evening with friends from church. It was great “crack” as we say here (nothing to do with illegal…

Dulse and Yellowman at the Auld Lammas Fair, Ballycastle
For two days of the year, the small coastal market town of Ballycastle hosts it’s traditional Lammas Fair – a tradition which goes back over 400 years. The town swells with stall holders and visitors, and the most popular stalls are those selling the local “delicacies” (I use that word advisedly) of dulse (inedible edible…