The perfect cakes for the perfect couple on their wedding day

How has life been treating you this week? With friends and internet friends suffering with their own health or the health of their kids, in a way I feel guilty that our holiday continues unabated. So what have we been up to, and what have I learned? This last week was New Horizon – a…

With the kids all off school, and as we are avoiding all possible retail experiences, we have done some baking. Yesterday we made brownies (yes, actual baking, including an oven and all that!) and they were delicious. Today normal service has resumed in that our baking today is a no-bake recipe. This is a classic…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

This will be a short and somewhat bittersweet post tonight. Photos taken with my NEW Canon 500D – an early Christmas present. I NEVER remember snow like this In other news, unfortuantely my daughter, who will be 13 tomorrow, has had to postpone her birthday party due to the continued snow and atrocious road conditions. …

 As a child I hated having a birthday during the school summer holidays, as my friends always seemed to be away, and by the time we got back to school my birthday seemed a distant memory. There was one advantage though – you were never subjected to “the bumps”. Did you have the bumps as…

Today we take a break from our advertised scheduled viewing of my blog, and welcome our special guests of BoMama and friends. Today is BooMama’s Christmas Tour of Homes and I am delighted to share a bit of my Northern Ireland home with you all. Before the (not so) Grand Tour begins however, first, for…