Years ago, when I was about 8 or 9, I found myself in my mum's bedroom. I can't remember now exactly why I was there, but I imagine I was probably trying on her shoes or rummaging through her make up bag. I had a fascination at the time with her peachy pink Cutex lipstick…
January can be a tough old month. When I get up at 6am each morning, it's dark. When I drive home after work, the sun has already set and it's dark once again. The weather is variable, to say the least. Yesterday it was never ending grey, tomorrow I believe there is some snow on…
I've had a few surprises this week... Surprise number one - I reached 200 followers. Thank you. It made my day. Surprise number two - I was just sitting down to watch a few episodes of House of Cards (love it), when a message popped up on my phone from Gerri of To Create Sunshine (please…
I've always been an avid reader. As a child, when I got my 50 pence pocket money each Saturday, I'd run round to the corner shop near my grandad's house and treat myself to comics. The Beano, Dandy and Whizzer and Chips were my favourites (with a Curly Wurly or a packet of Spangles thrown…
Somewhere along the way this month, I forgot to look after myself. We all do. I chose to ignore the little signals that tell me I am stressed - drinking too much coffee, little to no sleep, one sugary treat too many. By the time Friday arrived, I was feeling a bit frazzled and out…
In a quiet corner of the grounds of Belfast's City Hall lies the Titanic Memorial Garden. I found myself there a few weeks ago, on a bright Tuesday afternoon , completely by chance. I realised rather embarrassingly that I'd never been there before. There was just me and one other tourist there. I say 'one other tourist' because…
It's Friday, it's my 100th blog post, I'm off work and it's St Patrick's Day. I may just have a little drink later to celebrate ! Before then, since it is St Patrick's Day, I thought I would share some of my favourite images of home from the past twelve months or so - small details…
