Sisterhood Stories.......Venice

No words today.....just images :-).

Sisterhood Stories......Friendship

What a fantastic weekend spent in Venice.  You know as you get older you think its harder to make friends (well at least I did).  In my experience this hasn't been the case.  Photography has opened a whole new world of possibilities and friendships.  I'm grateful to have spent the weekend with 30 wonderful and talented women.  We laughed, we cried, we froze, we got rained on, we waded through floods, we drank, we ate and we talked......boy did we talk!  Thank you ladies for making my weekend memorable. X

Chateau et jardins de Villandry

Ah memories of holidays past, well last year to be precise.  No holiday in France is complete without a visit to one of the beautiful chateaus.  Chateau and gardens of Villandry in this case.  Here are some images of the beautiful gardens.

Wigwamming in Northumberland

At the end of March I had another opportunity to meet up with the ladies of The Click Collective, this time wigwamming in Northumberland.  We had a bit of a heatwave the week before but alas that did not last. Although it had got cold, the rain held off to give us glorious blue skies the whole weekend.  There was much buzz and excitement meeting up for a second time (for some the first time) and of course we all had our cameras with us to capture the weekend.

Many thanks to Pam of Pam Hordon Photography for organising the weekend.  You did a great job!!

Here are some of my images from the weekend....

London's Calling

I celebrated a great milestone in my life last week....the big four oh!. What better way to celebrate than a fab family weekend in London.

We visited The Natural History Museum, The Science Museum, Brick Lane Market, Petticoat Lane and Spitalfields Market.

Here are some pics....

Crabbing

I remember going to Portmarnock beach as a child, picking periwinkles off the rocks, collecting shells and trying to catch the crabs as they scurried along sideways.

When we visited Mersea Island in June and my husband suggested we bring the boys crabbing it brought back memories of those days on Portmarnock beach and how easily kids could be entertained for the price of some petrol and an icecream.  In this case it was for the price of a few slices of bacon, a couple of buckets, a bit of fishing line and a couple of nets (all of which (minus the bacon) can be used again and again).

Here are some images

The crabs just loved the bacon and between the boys they caught 111.  Paul and I then had the task of throwing the angry crabs back in the water.  I gave up after a few (they were vicious!), so Paul bravely continued until they were all back in the water.  Thankfully he didn't lose any fingers but he did get a couple of nips.....ouch!!!

New York!

Ah New York! What a great city.  Every year I get withdrawal symptoms, longing for a trip to the Big Apple. It had been three years since I'd been so I was in serious need of a fix.  The appointment for that fix came on my birthday last when I received a ticket from my hubby.  Thank you Paul!!

Myself and a friend headed there last month.  We had just gotten over the freezing cold weather here in Ireland and headed over to NY in anticipation of more freezing cold weather.  We were not disappointed!  It was cold, so cold in fact that we had to brace ourselves every time we reached a street corner coz the wind chill would cut you in two.

We were staying in the Chelsea district and had the perfect view from our window.

Of course we did the shopping thing and kept some time to go out and take some pics.  The Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn side was our first port of call.  That required a journey on the subway.

We also headed up to Central Park...

These were taken not far from Central Park heading downtown.  Guiding Lights!



It's hard to resist taking pics of the tall buildings. And of course no holiday in NY is complete without a trip to Times Square.

I definitely heart New York!!! :-)

Mersea Island

Mersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK. It is joined to the UK by a causeway known as The Strood.  The island is cut off from the mainland during high tide.  Mersea Island is famous for it's seafood, most notably it's oysters.

We visited my husband's family on Mersea Island last week.  The weather was what you would expect during Autumn, wet, cloudy, cold and miserable.  However, we managed to get a couple of dry days and I managed to get out one evening to take some pics down at West Mersea harbour.  Here they are....