Unusually for me this year, I had a whole week off at Easter. It's been lovely - catching up on sleep, Easter Sunday lunch with family, a touch of spring cleaning and some sweet treats for good measure ! The weather has been far from kind, but in between the April showers, I've been out…
I came home from work the other day and noticed that the first daffodil had finally flowered in my garden. Living where we do, it takes them a little bit longer to appear and with winter digging its' heels in, they were perhaps more reticent than usual to say hello. They were right to hesitate...as…
During my working week, it is usually still dark by the time I get home. So when Fridays come round and I finish in the early afternoon, it's a chance to get out into the daylight and fresh air . Winter seems to have been around longer than usual this year so Friday afternoon is…
My much anticipated visit to a local garden to see the snowdrops never materialised. Instead I was stuck at home in a cold house waiting for someone to come and fix our heating (again !). So, another week went by before I could venture out in search of these little beauties and at my next…
If you are in to Instagram at all, you'll find, of late, beautiful pictures with bright yellow daffodils and tulips telling us that spring is just around the corner. And I love all the pretty spring pictures, of course, but when you live a bit further north like I do, you realise spring is some way off yet…
Sometimes, good things happen just by chance. As luck would have it, I had to take two days off last week as I am having to get a series of steroid injections in my hand and the doctor advises rest for 48 hours after each one. I know that doesn't sound like good luck, but…
In that lazy, hazy period between Christmas and New Year, me, hubby and Boris bundled into the car and took a drive to Rowallane Gardens, a National Trust property in Saintfield a few miles outside of Belfast. Having been 'cooped up' in the house for a few days, we were in need of some fresh…
