The Christmas Fire is our first single for the festive season - a traditional song passed on to me by Cathal McConnell of the Boys of the Lough. Tom and I recorded this live while we were putting down the…
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Dec 4 2022
Jun 9 2022
Updates from here
Things have been a bit manic here and I'm a bit the worse for wear at this stage, but the end is in sight. summer colour in spite of the cold
My brother arrived home from Australia on Sunday for…
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May 20 2022
World Bee Day
Today marked World Bee Day according to Positive News Magazine. Is there a day to celebrate everything now? Mind you the bees need celebrating.
Our neighbour John keeps bees so our garden is full of them at the minute. The…
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May 17 2022
The Squirrels babies are here ...
I just had to share this ...
In the middle of the recording this afternoon I looked out the window and we had four feeding together ... how fabulous.
Thank you for all your comments the other day - much…
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Jan 31 2022
Blessings of Brigid's Day
Beannachtai lá Féile Bhríde Ort
Blessings of Brigid's Day to you and yours
1st February, Imbolc, Brigid's Day, the start of Spring
I hope you are all keeping well. We've had a lovely start to the year in this part…
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Dec 31 2021
Happy New Year
Dec 23 2021
Winter Blessings
From our house to yours
Wishing you blessings of the season on these short days.
Wherever you are in the world and however or whether you celebrate this winter holiday, I wish you peace, joy and good health for the…
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Nov 30 2021
Gorgeous Autumn walk
It takes me ages to get photos organised and get around to writing about outings but as Autumn turns to winter I was looking through some photos and thought I'd share a trip we took a couple of weekends ago…
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Nov 12 2021
A walk around and about today
Hello friends, it's been a while. Life has been picking up again and there are so many excuses for not keeping up with blogging and social media-ing (is that a word yet?). And Autumn has been so lovely. There's not… Read more
Sep 17 2021
Getting into focus
I love taking photos and I use a very scientific method introduced to me by an American friend years ago - point, snap, take loads and hope that you get one or two decent ones out of every 500 you…