With Mum on my birthday

As a blogger you sometimes get approached to review products, host giveaways or add a link to your sidebar. Some are more relevant and enticing  than others, but when offered the chance to taste test some Green and Black Organic Chocolate from their range, there was NO hesitation. When the chocolate arrived (8 large bars)…

My latest iPhone photo shared on Instagram. I love to decorate our home, whatever the season. Here in N Ireland, not many decorate their homes, inside or out, apart from Christmas.  My husband doesn’t quite share my passion, but kindly tolerates it. So, avoiding anything overtly Christmas, on Saturday past I removed the traces of…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

I asked my bloggy friend Mrs Miles, in Canada, for some inspiration on what to blog about today.  She was as helpful as ever and came up with lots of suggestions, but I chose to share the following (instead of blogging about my pile of ironing – not at all interesting!). Our first Christmas as…

One of our favourite family activities when we are up at the cottage is to go to Portstewart Strand. It is a beautiful long sandy beach, owned by the National Trust, with the stunning backdrop of Mussenden Temple, and the Donegal hills in the Republic of Ireland in the distance. It is one of the…