Our little pink chicken, Pearl, arrived in Spring. Perfectly on her due date of March 4th. That makes her three and a half months. Already! ...

Thanks to amazing IFJ photographer, Jack Caffrey, for all the gorgeous snaps as always. Well hi there if you've been directed here from...

Well, Happy New Year and I hope you had a lovely Christmas break. We certainly did here at Friendly Cottage. After spending a few days down ...

Well, it's my happy birthday today and I'm STILL waiting for my cake (which I suspect isn't going to materialise, Marty!). Anyh...

Thanks to journalist Niall Toner from the Irish Times for including me  (along with Mel over at   design heaven )  in his recent feature on ...

There's nothing quite as satisfying as making, baking and eating your own bread. For me it gives a great sense of wholesomeness and warm...

As always I'm oozing with Pom Pom love! This time Pom Factor has hit a lampshade once again. I bought these shades really cheaply from I...

So I've been out of touch once again, sorry! I'm still away with work but getting closer to home...this time in the same time zone ...

I have snapped the photos from our wedding album but the original photos are taken by Joanne Grant Yay, it's our happy four years marri...

Well, hello there! Hope you are still speaking to me after a very lengthy and unexplained abandoned ship! I hate it when blogs I follow do ...

Yay, it's that time of year again that our gorgeous Elder tree blooms heavily with hundreds of fragrant flower heads.   Elderflower co...

Painted in Cuprinol's 'Seagrass' (& the trim in 'Pale Jasmine ') from their Garden Shades collection Hurrah, we hav...

So, you know the way Americans call the boss The Big Cheese? (or is that just in the movies..?)  Well, in Asia they call them The Big Nood...

Happy bank holiday weekend! And what a fab sunny time it's been too (well, except for the rain today, that we just won't talk about...