Getting the hang of this blogging lark.

Having now got a few posts completed I decided to explore a little further to find a template that I like and feel comfortable with.  And here it is!  I like the look of it and it's clearly set out for my old(ish) eyes that have never really functioned very well - I began to wear glasses when I was seven!

Any way this is a short post just to explain to those (anyone?) who may have stopped by and wondered how come the pages looked  different everyday for a couple of days. It was because I was feeling intoxicated by being able to change the template without resorting to either my son or my husband for a simple explanation.  (I can understand most technical matters - I just don't want to!)

Just a couple of pictures today - at the top a dandelion from our little part of the earth (our backgarden) and below looking over at one of my favourite places in Northern Ireland, the Mountains of Mourne - you know, the ones that sweep down to the sea.


















Let me know what you think of the new layout :)

Clear blue sky and a camera

If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds,  I would pick more daisies.

 Nadine Stair

Over the last few years, I've that found looking into a blue sky is the surest way to help lift my mood if I'm feeling low.  

The last few days have been gorgeous and have been heaven for me - the same day to day niggles still crop up, I still worry about my teenage son and his exams, work carries on with all the little petty annoyances that can arise when you're working closely with other people - but being able to look out and see blue skies, or go out with my camera and be under the blue sky means that none of those things weigh heavily on me .  I feel that I can face anything, go anywhere, do anything!  

Here are a couple of  pictures I took in the garden today, while making the most of the weather.

A snail safely camouflaged in a shady spot 

3 Cornered Leek looking good enough to eat

And to finish as I started, with bright blue sky

A sparrow looking for insects in the Buddleia.

Of course reality and cloudy weather reassert themselves, but the memories of blue skies and photographs that I 've taken can be almost as good, until the next blue sky appears, and my energy levels, enthusiasm and enjoyment of everything around me surge again.