There is a coffee morning tomorrow from 11am-3pm in aid of Sligo Animal Rescue. It's to launch their calendar for 2012 and to raise some much needed funds. Please call into Connacht Gold, Sligo and support this great cause. I submitted the photo above to the calendar. This is our resident fox. I also submitted... Continue Reading →
Seaweed, Sun and Strandhill
Well you'd never have thought it was November! It was a beautiful morning here in Sligo. I had a couple of hours to myself so I went to Strandhill. First stop was Shells Cafe for breakfast....I had a lovely cherry scone, it was fresh out of the oven and delicious. After a quick walk along... Continue Reading →
CraftFest Northwest
There are some lovely colourful scenes in Sligo town at the moment, all thanks to CraftFest Northwest. There are all kinds of craft events planned throughout the month. Even WB Yeats has got into the spirit of things with his lovely knitted clothes. The trees are in all their finery and it's certainly getting people... Continue Reading →
1.11.11
Happy November everyone! We had the first frost today. I had to leave the car running to de-ice it. Apart from that it was lovely to walk the dog in the daylight this morning....and it wasn't raining! I hope you all had a lovely Halloween. Lucy and her friend went trick or treating and I... Continue Reading →
Happy Halloween
So Hallowe'en is upon us again. I hope you all remembered to put your clocks back over the weekend. I really don't like the dark evenings, especially when we didn't seem to get any summer this year. Halloween is very different these days to when I used to visit my nan in Galway in the... Continue Reading →
Saturday in Sligo
There was a lot going on in Sligo today. The first thing we did was call into Homebase as they had a family fun day for the teenage cancer society. There was some live music, great cakes and a raffle. I hope it raised lots of money. Then we went to the new store in... Continue Reading →