Sunny Sunday afternoon in our back garden

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Finally sufficiently warm in the back garden this afternoon, and we managed our second BBQ of the year too!

Autumn – Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness….and snails!

As it was National Poetry Day yesterday, and this is the only line I can remember from the poem of J B Keats “Ode to Autumn” it seemed an appropriate title for this post. I can’t say I ever really enjoyed English Literature at school, and double periods of English in Room 8 were never…

At the Ulster Museum seeking out some dragons and vikings!

My son and I headed to the Ulster Museum seeking out some dragons and vikings – at the Vikings Guide to Deadly Dragons exhibition based on the books and illustrations by Cressida Cowell… my son is a huge Deadly Dragon fan/expert!

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Monday Musings

Everyone finally back to school today ….. the cat and I have the house back to ourselves! It is only a month until our trip to Florida – can’t wait, especially on dark, wet and gloomy mornings like today! This was at 8.45 am this morning. I am looking forward to the lighter mornings! Our…

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Blog Journal Day 1- Introducing JanMary

Let me introduce myself – I am JanMary (online!) and I am a Christian wife, mum to 3 great kids (but slightly biased) who loves to blog, take photos, make and sell jewellery (www.janmarydesigns.com), digital scrapbooking and plan room makeovers (kitchen/bathroom/cloakroom). I live in N Ireland near Belfast and we also have a holiday cottage…