Is it just me or does time seem to speed up as we hurtle towards the end of the year ? The last six weeks or so seem to have gone by so quickly and Christmas is almost upon us. I'll be honest - I used to love Christmas but in recent years less so,…
Tag: lifestyle
Café Parisien
Café Parisien was, as its name suggests, a Parisian style café on the Titanic. Designed as a replica to the cafés which you find through the streets and boulevards of Paris, it was popular among the younger passengers. Adjacent to the restaurant, it was a place where people could meet for drinks and it was…
May was a month of lovely
Wasn't May a lovely month ? We were blessed with long sunny days that have lightened the mood and lifted the spirits and a feeling of summer has settled upon the place. The season of fetes, and festivals and farmers' markets has arrived and I, for one, couldn't be happier. We ventured to Hillsborough Farmers'…
Weekend vibes
Waking up on a Saturday morning to sun streaming through the bedroom window must surely be one of life's great pleasures. Knowing that a day of glorious weather beckons and that you have the working week behind you, bestows a lovely sense of freedom, a lifting of the spirits. It's so much easier to get…
Overwintering
'Overwinter' - to spend the winter in a particular place, to keep plants or animals in a particular place during the winter. The perfect word really to describe my weekend...spending winter in one place, at home, plants brought indoors and our furry friend Boris snug on the sofa, while we all quietly bide time waiting…
Romeo, Romeo
About this time two years ago, we ventured down the motorway to 'just look at' some basset hound puppies that were for sale. I say 'look at' but really we already knew it was highly likely that we would end up bringing one back home with us. Our previous basset hound Oscar had passed away…
Winter blues
Hello there. Well, did you survive January ok ? I'm quite surprised with how much I enjoyed last month. I think this was pretty much down to just taking things easy and learning to embrace the slower, darker days. I was kind of in a cosy, hibernation mode, and now that February has arrived, I…
