I am not here.....

I am here...

spending Easter in beautiful Tuscany.

I will be back soon.

Be good....

♥♥ {Green Day 38} ♥♥

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment

This week has been all about...

 ♥  special birthday for a special son...

♥ a little sunshine

♥  lovely reading material...

a lot of upheaval...

♥  pretties from Primark

♥    a present from my Mum

 ♥  and planning for Easter...

Wishing you a lovely week

full of sunshine and happiness

 ♥♥ {Green Day 37} ♥♥

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment

Upside down

Upside out
inside out

and 

topsy turvy

that's my house since we had our chimney fire.

We will be spending this weekend  not celebrating St. Patrick's Day

but

packing all our bits and bobs into boxes

as the builders arrive here Tuesday morning to replace our chimneys.

I am sorry for the short post this week but honestly I haven't a minute

and am constantly chasing my tail.

I will be around to visit you all but it may take me a couple of days

so please bear with me...

Smile Makers.....

Mother's Day - hope you all had a great one.

There were flowers and other lovely things here

Not much walking this week
(actually I lie) 

no walking

 but 

planning to rectify that on Saturday

as I need to clear this old head
 and so a trek up the mountains is planned...

Let's talk birthdays 

BIG Birthdays

you know those awful ones with a large 0 at the end....

well

I have one of those birthdays
 this day 4 weeks.......

dread it,

 don't want it to happen, 

want to sleep until it's over
shudder, shudder, shudder....

if I close my eyes will it go away?
Why can't I stay 49
49 sounds 20 years younger than 50...

 So how do you feel about BIG 0 Birthdays

do you mind going into the next decade?

Well anyway enough of my old lady ramblings and just time to say...

♥♥ {Green Day 36} ♥♥

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment

Slieve Blooms and a pretty house...

Well it's March and that means daffodils

lovely golden daffodils

I have a few flowering

and I planted some outside the gate

but stupid sheep wandering up the road ate them and now

I only have 2 flowers left

I hope those stupid sheep and hope that they have really bad belly ache...

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More walking this week
this time we headed for the Slieve Blooms.

We passed this beautiful little cottage on our way
and I just couldn't resist having a look

I didn't think anyone lived there and gawked through the window
but there were signs of life
so if it's your house and I was making a nuisance of myself
 sorry sorry!!

 We had a great day up the Mountains

wonderful sunshine and greens

but boy oh boy was I wrecked.

It was a 7km trek and very slippy in places

I fell on my bum more than once
 to the delight of the men in my family
who enjoyed a good laugh... 

huh....

when we got to the end of our climb even this weary horse looked fresher than me!!!

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I bought a bunch of peach roses when I did the dreaded grocery shop

they were such a lovely shade,

 they didn't last long

but even when they were dying they still looked pretty...

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Soon it will be Easter and all the yummy chocolate goodies are appearing in the shops,

I'm trying to be good
so instead of buying delicious chocolate eggs
I bought coloured ones to decorate with
(have no idea what I'm going to do with them)
but sure they look nice and you can't eat them...

 Do you remember last Summer when I was telling you

 about lovely daughter with a bruised heart.

Well same daughter's heart has obviously healed 

 as she is out and about with her friends,

wining and dining and living the high life.

She met a local guy who has an identical twin and she seems hAppY....

I met him recently in the village and started chatting to him,

telling him how cold I was, asking after his Mother

 and if he enjoyed his Saturday night out,

yabba, yabba, yabba

I thought he was looking at me strangely but he chatted away politely

yes you have guessed it

I was chatting with the twin brother

Oopsie, dosey Me

(I didn't tell Ms. Raindrops as I don't think she would be too impressed!!!!)

I'm sure he thought I was just a simple old wan wanting to chat about nonsense

thank heavens he didn't know who I was...

Lesson to be learnt,
 know who you are talking to Fiona

before you open your big mouth....

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend full of sunshine and laughter

♥♥♥♥♥

and because it's Friday  it's

{Green Day 35}

Why not post your photos here?

Thank you to all who participate I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment

Mountains, Mugs...

and hApPy things...


Hello my lovlies and how are you this week?

It's been cold here and just when I thought Spring was on it's way

she disappeared and left her friend Mr. Winter with us.

Myself. Mr. Raindrops  Teenager Raindrops and 2 crazy dogs went walking
 It was bitterly cold and I wrapped up well
I looked like someone attempting to climb Mount Everest
 but better to be  safe than sorry right?!

We had beautiful views of the Wicklow mountains
 and even though I moaned about the cold it was worth it.

On Saturday it started to snow and as it was quite heavy
I decided to go to the supermarket and do all my  shopping
just in case we were stranded without anything to eat for the week,
it looked lovely

but sure when I came out with a trolley load of shopping
it was gone....

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Do you like grocery shopping?
I don't....

take the food off the shelves
put it into the trolley
take the food out of the trolley
 and put it on the conveyor belt
put it back into the trolley
take the bags out of the trolley
and put them into the car
take the bags out of the car
and take them into the house
take the food out of the bags
and put it into the cupboards
.... agghh time for tea!!!!

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Anyway when I was food shopping  I bought a new book
just to make the job more appealing

I haven't started it yet but it sounds promising

it's a story about mothers and daughters 

and I'm looking forward to tucking into it when I get some "me" time.

Look at this shop isn't it just so pretty
they have the most wonderful Spring flowers on show
and sure you couldn't help but smile at the bright colours and the gorgeous scent...


and so
 I had to buy....

 pretty white hyacinths for the kitchen,

 romantic and dreamy...

I also have some tulip bulbs in a basket that I bought a few weeks ago

the label said they were white but they seem to be a very orangey shade of white...

During the week I spotted (!)  some pretty  mugs in a discount shop

and they were only €1.49 each!

The boys don't like these ones (whew!!!!) as they are too small

that suits me as it means they wont be using them!

   

 I enjoy  drinking out of china cups or mugs and I don't like them too big either

if I'm making tea I always use a teapot

 I don't think the tea tastes as nice from a teabag in a cup.

My kids think I'm bonkers

 but I suppose we all have our funny little ways don't we?

Or maybe it's just me......

What do you think?

Anyway happy weekend to you all
and remember...

♥♥♥♥♥

{Green Day 34}

Why not post your photos here?

Thank you to all who participate I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment

52 Weeks of Happy & Green Day

We have had a bit of a set back here with a chimney fire on Wednesday night.  
It was scary but thankfully no one was injured and there wasn't too much damage
but the chimney needs a lot of work
   it's a BIG job and has to be done on both the inside and outside of the house
  because of the this I'm a little shook and so
 I haven't got a lot to share with you today
-sorry, sorry...
Next week will be better I promise...

B U T 
the happy bits...

  ♥ Friday at last...

and in 7 hours 45 minutes
 it will be the end of my working week

and then time to relax, have some me-time, read, knit, garden, shop, potter about and
enjoy hot drinks in pretty cups

and of course lots of household drudgery to catch up on too

laundry, ironing, cleaning, changing bed linen, cooking, grocery shopping

and the list goes on and on and on....
but that's family life!
 ***
  This week I noticed that my hanging baskets are looking healthy and oh so pretty

and joy oh joy
the days are getting longer...

I don't like getting up in the mornings when it is cold and dark

it is so much easier when there is daylight and even though I don't jump out of bed

I certainly manage to get out with a little spring in my step!

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 I have had some lovely walks this week with  Mr. Raindrops and Teenager  Raindrops and 2 crazy dogs
we took ourselves across the plains and it was a workout
but a hugely enjoyable workout

  ♥♥♥♥♥

and because it's Friday  it's

{Green Day 33}

Why not post your photos here?

Thank you to all who participate I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do

Raindrops and Daisies

The object of the link up

is to post a photograph of something green.

The photos can be of anything you like

once they have a green theme,

green fields, pretty green things, green clothes,
green leaves, green foods,

anything at all that takes your fancy!

I hope that you will join in the fun.

Now here comes the boring bit - a few rules

1.   Please do not post anything that may be deemed offensive to others.

2.   Only post material that belongs to you.

3.   When posting your photographs please link back to Raindrops and Daisies

4.   Link directly to your Green Day post and not to the url of your blog

5.   Try and visit some of the other participants and leave a comment