It’s lion season again – Dandelion that is. Check out the story about my mother taking me ‘lion hunting’ here. I love dandelions – I love how they brighten up an abandoned corner of the yard, or how they sprinkle
Author: byddilee
Focus on the Flowers
I started this week’s blog many times and from many angles, but found it hard to settle on a topic. The riots in Belfast are most unsettling. But I don’t want to write a political post. It’s too complex, too
Brilliant Books and Beyond!
Last weekend the weather sucked big time. We had snow, gales and isobars of grumpy! I was fed up wearing the same thing every day – either PJs or yoga gear (fraudulent yoga gear that is rarely used for yoga
Reflections – More than just bouncing light
It has been a week for reflections. I found it difficult to watch all the news coverage of the one year anniversary of the first Lockdown. It made me want to scream to think that if only we’d locked down
Time-lapsed Spring
I had the most glorious walk to the Butterwater River yesterday to see this massive tree that was brought down in the storms last year. It was a beautiful spot to sit and contemplate life. I wondered how old that
Unfurling
March certainly has come in “like a lion.” The weather feels raw, the wind blowing with a sandpaper edge, temperatures nipping at exposed skin. For some reason, these blustery days feel angry, like a tempestuous toddler, compared to the more
Ever The Optimist
Ever The Optimist One of my friends recently described a cruise as a floating petri dish. I don’t entirely agree with that summation. My cruise line of choice is Princess, and we’ve been on board a ship, the Coral Princess,
Simply A Great Story
Have you ever stumbled across a book and been wowed by it – so much so that you want to get everyone you know to read the book? A few months ago, I saw Weep – The Irish Epidemic by
A Wonderful Paradox
The world feels upturned in more ways than one at the moment, but let’s face it, we’re lucky to be here. Seriously lucky to be here! Think about it. There are a gazillion ways to die! There’s disease, and not
Walk This Way
I find myself writing condolences messages on a daily basis at the moment, and it’s been like this for the past few weeks. It makes my heart so heavy. People are suffering. A vaccine will not prevent the grieving for