Jun 9 2022
My brother arrived home from Australia on Sunday for…
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May 20 2022
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
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
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
Dec 23 2021
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
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
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
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…
Jul 27 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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 15 2021
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
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
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Mar 26 2021
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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Mar 18 2021
Joining in with Kates's weekly photo scavenger hunt today. And the prompt is
Sunset/Sunrise
I'm afraid I don't often see sunrise - not after the end of January anyway - so only evening pics for this prompt.
We get an…
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Mar 16 2021
Happy St Patrick's Day to you all.
We'll raise a glass and wet the shamrock and look forward to being out playing a gig somewhere this time next year. This is Ross's Monument in Rostrevor lit up for St Patrick's… Read more
