I love the Boyle Arts Festival, and I try to visit every year. I usually only just get to the art exhibitions, but that's good enough for me. Although I would have loved the bubble show! That's the child in me! Anyway, off I went bright and early on Saturday morning, and started my day... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Happy Sunday, and Happy March! We are finally heading into Spring, and there’s a bit of a stretch in the evenings already, which is lovely to see. Things here are good, I’ve had a lovely week, with a bit of everything. I met up with Louise on Thursday, and we had a lovely chat. Someone... Continue Reading →
The blog is 16!
Sixteen years ago I decided to start a blog. It was February 2009, we’d recently moved house, and there was a lot of change going on in my world; my parents were ill - dad with kidney failure, and mum recovering from cancer surgery. The blog was my way to deal with everything that was... Continue Reading →
We’ve got the power!
I'm delighted to say that our power was restored yesterday evening. When the lights came back on I just sat and looked at them, half waiting for them to go off again. To be honest I was doing OK, apart from the very cold mornings when I thought the water in my eyes had frozen... Continue Reading →
It takes a village – community spirit in action
I wrote a blog post about us being without power since the storm. We are on day 6 without power now, and I know we are lucky, and there are people that are far worse than us. I’ve seen such amazing kindness in the community, and I’ve personally had offers of help, and we are... Continue Reading →
After the Storm
Sunday 26th I'm writing this offline on Sunday the 26th of January, I have no idea when I'll be able to get back online to upload it, but I'm sure you'll get to read it at some stage. This is due to the fact that the latest storm (Storm Éowyn) left us with no power.... Continue Reading →