♥
Well hello my lovelies

and how are you all today?

I hope that you all had  a nice Valentine's Day yesterday.

It has been wet wet wet here

I could turn into a very lazy lady lolling around
but
I put on the wellies and braved the weather each day just to get a bit of air
and to shift all those biscuits I have been munching on while indoors (oh dearie me)!

It was damp and dismal but with the rain comes the  lovely green

and even though I love walking and fresh air

sometimes it is just nice to relax, drink tea and take a breather 
heaven

and while it's cold and windy outside

it's warm and cosy inside

I have been doing a little reading...

this lovely book by our own Maeve Binchy
it is a nice easy read

I will miss Maeve and her writing...

RIP Maeve

Have you read anything good lately,
I'm always looking for recommendations...

Bargain of the week

Are any of you familiar with the Tangle Teezer
if like me when you wash your hair and it is impossible to get a  brush through it
well this is your answer
it takes tangles out of wet hair in an instant - fantastic!

Well I bought a Denman Tangle Teezer  in the chemist and it was €15.99
but it did the trick and I thought it was value for money
until

I tried the Penney's version  at €1.50

does it work
Y E S   YES   YES
fantastic little product and €14.50 cheaper
buy one quick before they disappear!

I'm off now to put on the kettle for a cuppa
have a lovely week all of you
 I hope to visit you all over the next few days
toodle oodle till next time...

♥♥♥♥♥

Well it's Friday and so it's

{Green Day 32}

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

Prayer Shawl and smiling because...

  that shawl / wrap thingy is finally finished!!!

"not before time" I hear you all shout!

Well it is now done and dusted
 and dare I say it

now that it's finished I'm not sure that I like it

I think it's because I was at it for so long
that I'm fed up looking at it

but anyway here it is ....

**T a   d a h**

Prayer Shawl

We had snow and icy roads on Tuesday morning

and while it looked lovely

thankfully it was all gone by lunchtime

- my kind of snowy weather!!!

The primulas are starting to flower in the garden and look so pretty...

Mr. Raindrops  is working away this week

and boy oh boy am I enjoying having the bed to myself

no snoring and snorking and I can toss and turn to my hearts content

so it's just teddy and me for the next few nights...

 and
he doesn't like the smell of hyacinths

finds the scent strong and overpowering

so guess what's in the hallway and smell heavenly...

The sun shone on Wednesday and while I was out in the garden this big man popped his nose

through the fence to say hello!

 I'm still trying to catch up with you all this week

but am making progress slowly but surely

If I haven't popped in to say hello to you yet

I'm on the way!!

Today I'm linking up with Karen from My Little Home and Garden
who is doing a post full of sunshine and happiness.
Karen has a lovely blog, pop over and say hi!

Have a great weekend my friends full of smiles and joy.

♥♥♥♥♥

Well it's Friday and so it's

{Green Day 31}

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

A blog post at last!

I bet you all thought I had disappeared

well truth is, I almost did!

Thanks to all who told me that I had comments disabled on the last post
I didn't even know and thought you were all ignoring me
by the time I realised it was off it was too late to turn it on!!!

♥♥♥♥♥

It has been dull and dark here so I needed something to brighten those long day
flowers were the call of the day

lovely yellow and pretty white...

♥ t u l i p s ♥

lots of knitting happening

I made some pretty love hearts,

and bought a book to help me along the way

and I have a bag full of yarn so am raring to go...

The weather has been upside down,

one day really cold

the next, sunshine and blue skies

and the day after that - lots of the wet stuff...bleughh

What I bought...
 
I was out shopping during the week and
treated myself to a new bag in the sales in Carraig Donn

down from €50 to €29

it's a good size so should come in useful
happy happy days...

I also bought some pretty brushes for the kitchen in Primark all under €3
they're almost too nice to use...

and a lovely (big bauble) neckpiece in Dunnes which was €25 but reduced by 75% to €7.50

an oldfashioned cookbook for €5
I have tried out some of the recipes and they're yummy (maybe too yummy)
I'll be back on that diet if I don't watch myself!

A giveaway...

I just want to  mention a lovely giveaway at Sweet Like Cinnamon

Look at the fab prize she has for one lucky winner...

Sweet Like Cinnamon is an Irish blogger 

she shares  recipes, pretty things and good ideas on her pages

She has 10 followers but should have more

why not pay her a visit become a follower and enter the giveaway..

you never know you could have beautiful hands and feet in a couple of weeks

and wouldn't we all love that!!!!
The closing date for this giveaway is Valentine's Day  ♥

An award...

Alessandra from Homemade@myplace
has awarded me the Liebster award
Thank you so much Alessandra, I appreciate it very much.

Alessandra has a wonderful blog full of creativity
she is certainly a very taleneted lady.
Why not pop over and say hello

{Green Day 30}

Well it's Friday and so it's Green Day

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

Worst Blogger Award goes to....

**ME**

It's official I am the worst blogger in blogland.

I have only blogged twice since Christmas and today's post is a very short one with no photos and no news.

I really need to apologise to any of you who were awaiting Green Day last Friday because it just didn't happen
 and do you know what I have no excuse.  
I am sorry...

It has been cold here but we haven't had snow in my part of  the country.

With the freezing temperatures all I wanted to do was snuggle up, drink tea and eat cakes but alas I had to go to work!!! 

I have a Green Day linkup this week so for anyone that wants to join in -it would be lovely to have you

but if you don't feel like it, no problem.

I hope that you are all well and happy

and I do miss you all very much...

Have a lovely weekend and fingers crossed I will get my act together this week.

 It's Friday and therefore
it's Green Day

The usual rules apply...

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

Raindrops and Daisies

Christmassy January and Green Day!

 I went back to work this week and so life is back to normal

well as normal as can be!!!

Doesn't time fly, it's like Christmas never happened!

This week we have had lovely frosty mornings and lovely evening skies...

I miss all my lovely Christmas decorations but the house still looks Christmassy as

I  have decided to keep the twinkly fairy lights on my kitchen cabinet
as they brighten the dark mornings and make me smile when I'm drinking my cuppa at 6am

and
I threw some of them into a large glass jar after seeing  something similar on
Vicki's blog don't they look pretty?

the little cream poinsettia is still flourishing

so I'm hoping it keeps going for another couple of weeks

and of course it is nice to sit down and enjoy candlelight

and a glass of the red stuff occasionally

But I have been out for a few walks over the last week and can honestly say I feel better for them.

I took these two scallywags with me...

Oscar loves it but Charlie is a bit lazy (a bit like myself) but he could do with losing a few pounds too!

Buys this week...

No further knitting done  (oopsie)!!
but I did buy this lovely magazine which cost less than 2 euro
and which included a free set of knitting needles and 2 balls of wool
now that's good value!!
So you never know maybe next week I will have produced something!!

and while out and about I saw this dress (I love the colours)
it was 27 euro in Carraig Donn and the boots were less than 70 euro in Clarks
I will get lots of wear from both of them so happy days!

and so it's Friday and therefore
it's Green Day

The usual rules apply...

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

Raindrops and Daisies