My parents were visiting friends in Holland this week and my mother came across the Riverdale Brand. I had never heard of it before, but now I love it! There are only one or two stockists in Ireland but you can check them out online. With Riverdale home accessories, it’s easy to create a new mood for your interior again and again. Make it warm and cosy in the winter, and fresh and airy in the summer, That way, your home will always be in fashion! Here are some Autumnal ideas for your home.

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{All items from Heatons}

Hope you all had a nice weekend, it's a bank holiday weekend here in Ireland so I get an extra day off work :o) This weekend was the first weekend of May and Summer too. The weather isn't very warm though, although Sunday was sunny at times we had lots of small showers. I didn't go anywhere very far, there was a honda 50 run on but we didn't make it in time, so instead we headed into one of the local towns and took a look around the DIY store. On the way back home just up the road from us I took a few photographs of the local area. I hope you like them, they will give you an idea of how rural the area is and the type of landscape all around me...

A forgotten ruin which was once a family home...

Another forgotten ruin, now a home to a range of wildlife

A view of the forest in the background

Another ruin, with a lovely brick arch, so well built and lasting the test of time

A lone horse making the ruins home.

So peaceful and relaxing..

The sunlight reflecting of one of the lakes

So tranquil and serene

A few trees on the lakeshore

Can you spot the bird in the sky??

These are all photographs of my local area, it is dotted with drumlins and lake systems, forests and forts, farm animals and foliage. The familiarity of these elements of the landscape and the connection with the land creates a very strong sense of place for me, I have great pride and joy in spending time taking in the wonders all around me. To ramble by the shore and take a look around, the beauty there beyond compares is nowhere to be found!

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Here are a few pretty tea time photographs I came across online- LOVE Them!!! Hope you all had a lovely week and enjoyed Saint Patrick's Day. The good news is IT'S THE WEEKEND :)

Have you any nice plans??

                                 

    

Here are a few of my thimbles that I have been collecting for years, the majority of them are from different countries and I also have alot depicting wildlife. I started collecting them when I was a teenager. I need to get a new stand for them as I currently have 3 wooden stands and I don't have enough space for my growing collection. Do any of you collect thimbles?? If so what kind of storage/ shelves do you use for them? The stands I have are very dated wooden ones, I would like something different.