The Week that Was

A busy week for me, both at the office job and with Moonslipper.

A few snaps taken with both the Nikon and the phone.  Everything is blooming and growing and Spring appears to have finally arrived!

 

In the Spirit of Spring Cleaning, I censed the house, top to bottom.

 

This Incense really does a good job...

 

Molly decided to stalk the fish afterwards.

 

Grocery shopping in baggy jeans!

 

A gloomy April morning with new tree buds.

 

A huge (3 foot wide) empty nest on the ground after a storm.

 

Found this at work. Is someone trying to tell me something? :)

 

Hope you're enjoying Spring so far! Chat with you next week.  ~Siobhan x

Photos from a day last week

What have you been up to over the past week?  Is it a spring-like April where you call home, or is it like here in Ireland - stormy, wet and cold?  Oh my, we're longing for warmth and sun  and the promise of balmy evenings.

Without further ado, a few pictures from a day last week, a bit of this, a bit of that, from my corner of South East Ireland.  I do hope you enjoy them! 

My boy Boots at breakfast.  He's looking at a Danish Pastry. 



 

On my way to work I see a purple tractor.

 

 

Reading my book at lunch, doing a bit of research for Moonslipper.

 

 

 

And this was where I had my lunch.  It was all very hushed...

 

Came home, took a walk through our forestry before being overcome with brambles...

 

 

We've tons of weird and wonderful lichen on the trees - a sign of pure air.

 

And lots of pretty things blooming after a long, cold , dark winter.

 

 

 

And someone who didn't make it through the winter. Fox? Lamb? I'm not sure.

 

Unopened bottle of Southern Comfort at the end of the day. Cool label.

 

 

See you same time next week, wishing you all things wonderful and magical.  ~Siobhan x

Back after a Year

No blog post in about a year - a bit of a disappointment I know.

The past year has been a bit challenging for me with a chronic back problem that suddenly decided to crank up the discomfort level a few notches. 

So, I've decided to try  and dip my toe in the blog world again with with photos from one day in my week.  Easy does it! :)

The ones this week were taken yesterday, with my Samsung phone.  Bringing my Nikon around with me in our local town is just too clumsy and a bit touristy and it just wasn't going to happen!

They're totally spontaneous, no staging, no prettiness, just what went on yesterday.  Chat with you again next week.

~Siobhan xo

 Before going out, an Easter Card from an old friend...

 

 

Seriously charming, hidden house next to our doctor's surgery...

 

 

 

I use this brand all the time and scored these samples at the local chemist...

 

 

Met hubby for lunch at the Italian in town and the waiter served me this with a wink.  Oh yes.

 

 

Cobblestone streets in our town...

 

 

More old buildings in town, the streets are so narrow...

 

 

Picked this up in the bookshop. Being plagued by insomnia at the moment...

 

 

 

Checking in on Moonslipper and typing up this blog. Must clean the screen... 

A week in photos in Ireland

What can I say about Irish April weather? Wet, dreary and more Autumnal than Spring-like, with accompanying low mood and blahness!

I decided to take a few photos this week, a sort of pictorial diary of what I see on my travels out and about the South East of Ireland.  I hope you like... :)

 

Hoping you're having a lovely late Spring wherever you are!  ~Siobhan xx

Reasons to be Cheerful, One, Two, Three...

I've never been one for Gratitude Journals, for me they seem a bit contrived, a bit like hard work.  I can imagine myself chewing the end of my pencils trying really hard to think of things everyday to be grateful for.  Not exactly the point of the exercise.

But being grateful and happy has taken on a little bit of urgency these days.  The news is bleak, everywhere you look people are worried and anxious, and if you do work outside the home, there is always a niggling thought of, what if I'm let go?  So, in the interest of self-care and providing a fairly sane and pleasant persona to those around me, I am making an effort every day to be very, very grateful for things (and people) no matter how mundane or ordinary they may be.  And I do feel so much better for doing this. 

So, in a collection of photos taken over the past couple of weeks, here are some things that I am grateful for and that make me warm-and-fuzzy happy:

My new walking stick, about 5 feet tall and made from a fallen piece of Ash.

I feel like the Wizard Gandalf striding about the fields!

Our two lovely boys - they make me happy and smiley every day

Making homemade pizza

Simple, fresh, nothing artificial

Bellini cocktails to go with above pizza. Notice the empty bottle?

Signs of Spring everywhere

Hazel Catkins

Early Spring sunsets outside our back door

Just a few, simple things that have made me smile over the past few days.

What makes you happy? What are you thankful for?

Happy St. Patrick's Day to you from me!  ~Siobhan xox

Magical Moon

We're at the tail-end of a Full Moon now and my darling other half took this photo just now of the most peachy, creamy, magical Moon, it is so beautiful.  I sat out just gazing up at it, taking in the lunar energy, it is so enchanting tonight.

Hope you have a lovely weekend wherever you are...we are all looking at the same Moon.

~Siobhan xo

If I Was...

I've been in blog-limbo the last couple of months.  A series of minor health issues, work stuff and general blah-ness have kept me from writing.  Caroline from the wonderful Coeur de La posted her list of 'If I Was' and asked her readers to join in.  What a great way to un-limbo myself! So here goes (thank you Caroline):

If I was a month, I’d be late October.

If I was a day of the week, I’d be Friday.
If I was a time of day, I’d be dusk.
If I was a planet, I’d be Venus.

If I was a sea animal, I’d be a starfish.

If I was a direction, I’d be South.

If I was a piece of furniture, I'd be an old, faded ottoman sofa.
If I was a liquid, I’d be champagne.
If I was a gemstone, I’d be a moonstone.

If I was a tree, I’d be a beech tree.

If I was a tool, I’d be a super-sharp scissors.

If I was a flower, I’d be a tulip.
If I was a type of weather, I’d be an early hot summer morning.

If I was a musical instrument, I’d be bells.
If I was a color, I’d be purple.

If I was an emotion, I’d be reflective.

If I was a fruit, I’d be a blueberry.
If I was a sound, I’d be windchimes.

If I was an element, I’d be water.
If I was a car, I’d be Toyota Rav 4, what I drive now, preferably shiny black.

If I was a food ... I would be a mozarella, olive and basil homemade pizza (with garlic bread).

If I was a place, I’d be right here...south coast of Ireland.

If I was a material, I'd be a soft, luscious velvet.

If I was a taste, I'd be fresh.
If I was a scent, I’d be oakmoss.

Do feel free to join in over at Caroline's (Coeur de La ).

~Siobhan xo