Welcome April …. spring blossoms

We have returned from a great family week at the Methodist Castlewellan Holiday Week 2014. Regular blog readers I wish to apologise for lots MORE photos from Castlewellan in this post, but it makes for a much more interesting blog post, so stay with me ….. please! It was our first time attempting a family…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

We used the Paris metro every day during our stay in Paris, and I used it as an opportunity to practice some street / urban photography with my Fuji X100S In no particular order ….. Loved the intricate designs on the subway tiles probably my favourite image – including the Eiffel Tower father and son…

As a wife and mum, inevitably I am most proud of my kids and husband. My 3 kids, each when they were born :- (no – not triplets, it was 3 c/sections over 7 years) You can see how they look now in the latest blog header above. My husband – he is a my…

Like everyone else, I am really noticing the prices rising, particularily in the supermarkets.  The credit crunch is persisting, there is much less job security, pay freezes, and everyone is feeling the pinch. The cost of our weekly “big shop” just keeps increasing. In our family, we use credit cards for our grocerices, petrol and…

Was in Bangor, Co Down early this morning, as I was teaching a group of young adults some jewellery making as part of the Well 2 project. It was an early start, but a very enjoyable morning.