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    • Fil & Tom
    • Fil Campbell
    • Tom McFarland
    • The Emigrant Woman's Tale
    • The Birds' Song
    • Ballyneddan Studio
    • Fil's Choirs and Workshops
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Dec 4 2022

The Christmas Fire

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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Nov 7 2022

Hello,

Gosh it's been ages since I've checked in here and I thought it was time to come by and reassure everyone that I'm still here - thanks Susan for the nudge.   


Under the beech tree on the garage roof
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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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May 10 2022

Too much

Sing for Earth Day Rostrevor 
singing in the forest after a morning workshop learning songs to praise the Earth.

It's been such a long time since I posted here - nearly three months - that I hardly know how to…Read more

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

 

From the Mourne to the Cooleys - winter sunshine


Happy New Year dear blogger friends.   May 2022 be kind to us all. 

Lots of love and blessings

Fil 

 

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…

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Jul 27 2021

Glorious weather, good books and new ventures

It's been a busy couple of weeks around these parts - my friend Belinda opened her second Good Craic gift shop on very short notice a few weeks ago, and both Tom and I have been helping her until her…

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Jul 3 2021

Good news - a date for the diary and other updates

After deleting several blogs I sort of followed at one time, the spam problem went away and Hurrah I can see your blogs again.  Just in case, I've changed my password and am slowly working my way through all my…

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Jun 30 2021

My Green (and Blue) Garden House

Tom has been busy building in the garden ... 

and here I can reveal 

my Green House :)

 

 

 

Made from recycled windows and wood - I am so pleased.   He has done a brilliant job.   It's warm enough to sit…

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Jun 29 2021

Spam posts

I've just been bombarded with dozens of blogs from Blender Ukraine and can't see any of your blogs for the past couple of days - already gone back 4 or 5 pages!!!   Grrrrr.   Anyone know how to delete blogs from…

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Jun 21 2021

Happy Solstice

 

I can hardly believe it's Midyear's Day - and it still feels like the summer has to come.   How are you doing?  I wish you all the joy of the Solstice, whether winter or summer, and a continued happy and… Read more

Jun 2 2021

Ne'er cast a clout til the May is out

 

It's been a while since I posted here ... hello everyone, sorry I've been awol.   The flu bug really hit me hard last month and took ages to shift and I just lost interest in everything.  So I thought I'd… Read more

Apr 23 2021

Earth

Happy Earth Week to you all - hasn't it been a beautiful week to celebrate.  And our scavenger photos all tie in with that with the prompt quite simply being 

Earth

Where to start with this one ... when I…

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Apr 15 2021

The Colour Purple

 Just a selection of photos today to link with Astrid's Photo Scavenger Hunt with the subject

The Colour Purple

And apart from the fact that it is the title of one of my all time favourite books, it is also…

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Apr 13 2021

Happy Tuesday

 Hello

Just popping in for a quick mid week hello.   Thank you so much for your lovely comments on last Friday's photo scavenger hunt pics.   It has been a great constant all winter when there wasn't so much to blog…

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Apr 9 2021

Farm - Childhood Memories

 


I'm sure I've shared this photo before with you but when I was looking around for Farm photos for Astrid's Photo Scavenger Hunt, it kept coming up and making me smile.   I'm sure that guy in front is called… Read more
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Apr 2 2021

Photo Scavenger Hunt: Chocolate

Desserts to finish a festival


The photo scavenger hunt has a new host this week - Astrid at Dragon Stitches and Stuff has taken over the reins from Kate who hosted it for the past 5 years.   Thank you Kate… Read more
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Mar 26 2021

Photo Scavenger Hunt: Light/Dark

Joining in with Kates's weekly photo scavenger hunt today.   
 

This is the last week that Kate is hosting this challenge after 5 years of coming up with prompts.  It has been fun Kate, thank you so much for all the…

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Apr5

Irvine Folk Club

Wednesday, April 5 @ 8:00PMWed, Apr 5 @ 8:00PM

Vineburgh Community Centre, Quarry Road, Irvine, Scotland

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