I do love pictures of sunrise and sunset. There’s something inspiring about waking up in the morning, stepping outside and seeing the sun rise in all its glory. For me, it marks a new day with all its possibilities. And when the sun sets in the evening, it’s time for me to reflect on the day and count my blessings. I thought I’d share a few recent pictures – the weather has been good of late, less rain and with a touch of spring in the air. The first is the view from our front door – the sun rising over Carnmoney hill. The second is the sun rising over Belfast Lough as we walked along Hazelbank park in Newtownabbey.

These last two are sunset over the Mallusk hills as seen from our garden a while back – I think these are among my favourite pictures.