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

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

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