A great few days...

Hello...we are just back from a few lovely days away. We visited some artist friends who live on the Kerry/Limerick border in the west of Ireland. They have two beautiful little traditional Irish cottages nestled beside each other and hidden amongst the most beautiful gardens! Such a lovely break..the woofers came with us too and I can report that they also had a lovely time. I have lots of photos to sort and will post them over the next few days...for now...breakfast this morning, crumpet and nutella with banana and some yummy yoguhurt and delicious coffee. New Le Creuset mug and dish which I got at bargain prices in Kildare outlet village!

We are off to the Aviva stadium to see Leinster v Toulouse in the semi-final of the Heineken Cup this afternoon...it promises to be a cracker of a game...GO Leinster!!

Happy Easter...

Yayy...I am off today and not going back to work until 3rd May!! The weather is gorgeous...did nothing at all today apart from a bit of food shopping. Now we are just hanging around in the garden soaking up the sunshine and kicking back!



Photo via The Daily Bunny

Wishlist...

Have these items from Bodie and Fou on my wishlist for a little while now...







Not anytime soon tho...especially if I continue to make little purchases at Cos (posted recently here). I just can't seem to go in there without buying something...but it seems such good value! I will post a picture over the next day or two...be prepared for "the bow"...my husband says I look like Laura Ingalls going to Church on Sunday in Little House on the Prairie...he could be right!!! But I don't care...I like it...let's see what you think when I get around to posting a photo!!

Thrill a minute stuff around here...

We painted our garden shed last week and I think it looks great! In fairness, we had let it go to seed a bit so it wasn't difficult to improve on it! It was stained when we bought it back in 2004 and hadn't been touched since...also, my hubbie can now do his wood-carving and stuff in there as he has cleared it out and made it "his space" again which is great as I really want to see him doing more of what he loves :) Need to try and pull together some kind of "garden" also...anything I buy in the form of shrubs and plants tends to die on me...boohoo!

Some snaps before and after below...taken with my iPhone - I haven't had the use of my camera for ages as I can't find the charger (then again I haven't really extracted the old digit and had a good look...so blasted lazy!). So, that explains the lack of stunning photography that is usually posted on my blog I hear you say?!?!

Before...

First undercoat...

After..


Painted in Vert de Terre (a Farrow & Ball colour)...I will post better photos when I add a few nice plants to the space...have a lovely weekend!

Bed of Flowers...

I have had Bed of Flowers, a Bed & Breakfast in the Netherlands stored in my bookmarks for a few years now and finally may have the chance to go stay there! Friends of ours are moving from the UK to somewhere (I can't remember the name of it) on the German/Dutch border and we will definitely visit them and hopefully do a little drive round NL...this is a dream home..when I looked at it again, sighing and drooling over the beautiful images, I couldn't believe that I hadn't posted about it before..I know I intended too.

The B&B is run by Floriene Bosch who is, according to her website, "very passionate about interior decorating with a very personal style and characterized by daring colors and flower designs. She also enjoys hosting people from all over the world."

Go have a look..there are lots more images on the website...words escape me! LOVE!!

Study / Snug / Library...

An age ago we decided to move our main bedroom from the attic down to the first floor and to use it instead as a combination of study/snug/library. It must be at least 18 months since we did this and it has worked really well. I have been meaning to take some nice photos but never really got around to it but here are some random shots taken in the last while. It gets beautiful light in the afternoons and evenings right up to sunset so it is a lovely place to sit and relax with the windows open on a sunny day reading a good book.