Sunset at Castlewellan Lake

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

We have had a lovely start to summer, my son and I. My husband was working (for most of it), one daughter on her gap year, one daughter on an Exodus trip to Moldova, so down from our usual 5, for the majority of the last 2 weeks it has been just my son and…

My latest Janmary Designs nest pendants – do you have a favourite?   These are handcrafted by me, using over 6 foot of silver plated wire to create each nest, and they come on an 18 inch silver plate chain. To order one, head over to my online shop at www.janmarydesigns.com and order your nest…

Today, having waited a whole week, I finally stopped resisting and went to the new Ikea store in Belfast. Those who don’t know me so well, may not appreciate quite what a momentous occasion this was. For nearly 20 years, since I visited my first Ikea store in England I have had a passion for…

I have resisted too long, not sharing my love for Pinterest on my blog It is where I  can go and pretend I am being creative, but actually it is just like flicking through your favourite glossy magazines, and instead of trying to remember the ideas, you can just “pin it” to your own memory/mood…

OK I think I have had quite long enough to recover from turning 42 (eeek! – still sounds old!). This post is WAY to long (as my daughters would say) but here goes…. Not being able to sleep, so seeing a beautiful dawn on the morning of your birthday is not such a bad thing!…