Neighbours
I have some really beautiful neighbours, they are not nosey, they don’t have loud late night parties and they never ask to borrow the lawn mower…

We were just talking yesterday about how great our small fridge is. I expect that most Irish people take their fridges and freezers for granted and would not even consider living without one although as a nation we are not very far removed from living without them. Rural electrification only happened in the sixties for…
Guest Post from Colette Ní Eachtarn (a friend who doesn’t have a blog… yet. Her words need to be heard) ————————————————————– Day on the ground in ‘The Jungle‘, Calais, France. Day 1 – up at 6.45am and home at 6.45pm! Was a long but really worthwhile day full of hard work, co-operation and smiles.
It’s still Seachtain na Gaeilge – Irish language week or is it fortnight? Anyway I am going to attempt to write bilingual blog posts for a while to see how it goes. B’fheidir go mbeadh mo spellings uafásach ach is maith liom iarracht a dheanamh nios mó Gaeilge a usáid so tá súil agam go bfhuil…
Guest Post from Colette Ní Eachtarn (a friend who doesn’t have a blog… yet. Her words need to be heard) ————————————————————– Day 2 on the ground in ‘The Jungle‘ camp, Calais Another very long day today – the sun was shining all day and the teams spirits were high throughout. The first thing I noticed…
Note: not all of my images made it through the import process, some were lost in a photo sharing program I used to use. This spring there were really beautiful whitethorn (hawthorn) flowers to be seen across the countryside. Our own whitethorns were not as spectacular as last year and I have been told that often…
We are very excited to have been nominated for the Save Our Planet Awards in which voting is currently open. I’ll wait right here while you pop over to vote for us. These awards are in their second year in the North West of Ireland where we live and are a great way to find…
I can’t imagine more beautiful neighbours!
Neighbours from heaven.