Victoria St and the Albert Clock, Belfast

We woke up to another bright and breezy day, packed up a picnic, and headed west, past Galway city and into Conemara. The countryside was rugged and beautiful. We stopped at a beach near Ballyconneely for our picnic lunch, and explored the beach. The sand is a beautiful colour, but not as soft and fine…

This year our church held a Fall-Fest celebration on 31st October as an alternative to the tradtional Halloween Celebrations, so instead of dressing up and having too much sugar Trick or Treating, we went to a party where…..the kids dressed up and had too much sugar! Posting my lessons up in 3 parts Lesson 1…

A highlight of our trip to Rome was definitely our day spent with Andrea, a chef, from Cooking Classes in Rome. Having found the cooking day highly recommended on Trip Advisor we booked a 5 hour lesson and meal. There were 12 of us in total. This was our menu – I had requested if…

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…

While delivering some more Janmary Designs jewellery to the lovely Doris and Jeannie shop in Anne Street, I made the most of some time in Belfast, and visited a few of my favourite shops – which include Paperchase, Avoca and Cath Kidston. This new ric rac pattern is everywhere in the store – china, purses…