Sparkling New Year!

Happy New Year to all my friends!  I wish you all things magical and wonderful for 2014!

Just a few pictures to start off for 2014.  Apologies for wonky widths and weird lines - I'm battling with Blogger, hopefully I'll tidy this up shortly!

I love the beginning of a new year.  It puts a bit of a pep-in-your-step for fresh ideas, grand plans and dreams that I love!  I'll be working on new projects for Moonslipper, writing more, painting more and making time for doing things that I love.  What will you be focussed on for 2014? I'd love to hear!

I love crunchy leaves! Even though it's January, it's so mild, there's a real Autumnal feel to everything!

Out for a wintery walk.  I love Kaiser's head.  He's also known as 'Fluffy'.  He's not happy with that nickname. :)

Our barometer (which is spookily accurate) has been stuck in this position for weeks, frequently straying to 'Stormy'

One of my treasured possessions -  Lady Wilde's book, 1917 edition.

It has all kinds of essential information in it, such as how to become invisible. Excellent reading material for stormy Irish nights!

This chair.  Oh my word, I want to cover everything in my house with purple velvet right now!

A bag of Dolly Mix at work.  I ate the whole bag! It was gooood.

Coffee after work.  Sketching and jotting, thinking and planning about 2014.  A cappuccino helps with the process. 

Wishing you much love and happiness for this New Year.  Thank you so much for visiting and leaving lovely comments.

~Siobhan xox

Ghost Pictures - Volume I

Autumn has arrived

August flew by for us, lots of work, not much downtime and BAM - it's suddenly September and there's a definite chill in the air.

I love this time of year, the approach to Halloween (best holiday ever!) and that scent of dried leaves, moss and mustiness that starts around now.

A few photos from the past two weeks here in Ireland:

 

 

Bales outside the kitchen.  Clear blue sky.

 

 

The front door smothered in honeysuckle. The scent is incredible.

 

 

Starbucks scone recipe. I've never eaten one but the recipe looked yummy. It was!

 

 

Wheat for our Lughnasa festivities.

 

 

Old roofs, in traffic, on the way to Dublin.

 

 

Getting in the Halloween frame-of-mind!

 

Happy Autumn to you all! ~Siobhan xx

July has begun

We're baking in a heat wave here in Ireland this week - and loving it!

Some photos from the first few days of July:

 

Old gate - I love the latch

 

 

Pre-breakfast photos in sunhat, pyjamas and wellies. 

 

 

Beautifully scented rose in the garden

 

 

My new go-to hot weather fragrance. Lemon, green tea and wood!

 

Half-eaten Birthday Breakfast in Dublin. Crepes, bananas, pecans, yummmmy....

 

Birthday present from a dear friend

 

 



A girl can never have enough Chanel, right? :)

 

 

 

My fixation with lichen continues...

 

 

An Irish summer sunset. Celestial.

 

Enjoy these July days! ~Siobhan xo

The first week of June

June has begun with a burst of blue skies and rare sunshine this year - hooray!

Every minute possible is spent outside, soaking up the warmth and pottering around in the fields or forestry.

A few snapshots from this first week of summer:

 

Early morning sunlight in the forestry

 

 

 

Cotton buds

 

 

Daisies are everywhere

 

Fields filled with golden buttercups

 

 

 

A jar full of feathers

 

 

 

A lone dandelion

 

 

 

Treasures found on an evening walk

 

 

 

Sitting in traffic in the sunshine

 

 

In our local bookshop.  I think I may have to buy...

 

Hope you're enjoying June as much as we are so far.  Until next week - ~Siobhan xo 

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