Still smiling and laughing together after over 54 years of marriage

To celebrate my husband’s birthday we had a night away at Culloden Hotel, Cultra without the kids. My husband has caught up my age ….. well for 3 months of the year anyway…. when he is as old as I am! Lessons learned this week: 1. Upgrades! When booking hotel I happened to mention that…

Confession : I haven’t blogged in forever. I add content to my blog daily with my instagram pics but I haven’t actually written words and sentences (and put verbs in my sentences) in so long….but I’m back! A few weeks back I attended the #countryblogretreatni in the stunning Larchfield Estate with 140 other local bloggers…

Welcome to my 4 night holiday in Rome! Thanks to my lovely parents, my husband and I were able to book a 20th wedding anniversary trip to Rome, without the kids. We flew with Aer Lingus direct from Dublin to Rome, and were glad we had booked a private transfer to the hotel. It was…

Before we pack away the Christmas decor, I am recapping out festive season – this highlights and favourite photos.  I am taking part in YOU CAPTURE over at Folding Laundry which this week is about capturing the holiday magic……. Presents to unwrap Gifts to assemble A VERY white Christmas   Snowmen to build Carol services…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog – this is my mum’s wedding dress from 1962 and here are Mum and Dad (and the dress!) on their wedding day!

Couldn’t quite decide on which title to use for this post – so went with all 3!  It has been unseasonably warm here this week, so when the opportunity to take my camera to the park I thought I would share some of the the autumn colours here on the trees. This is my favourite…