This year has been difficult for me but I suppose life isn't always rosy is it? This month I lost my Dad, he was much more than just a father figure he was one of my best friends. As a family we had such fun times together. He loved to travel and explore new places and was always so positive and cheerful. The photographs below are from our last trip around County Cavan, these photos were taken in June, little did we know that one month later he would be gone. I do hope that his soul is gone to heaven and that he is looking down on us everyday. Forever in our memories Dad........

January: The start of the year and my wee home was featured in IKEA Live Magazine

February: This was quite on the blogging front but it was our first Valentines as a married couple which was exciting.

March: I had a nice break from work for Easter and was happy that the days were now much longer and I could get out and about on the farm and pick some lovely wild flowers.

April: I spent quite a while in April deciding on fabrics for my guest bedroom but made a good choice in the end.

 

May: The weather was nice in May and we spent a lovely day in the Phoenix Park in Dublin which was enjoyable.

June: More trips, I visited Derry City for the first time with my parents, it really is lovely place with great architecture.

July: How could we forget the wonderful weather we had, we went for a weekend to Avoca, visited Glendalough and Powerscourt House and Gardens in County Wicklow and really enjoyed the beautiful weather.

 

August: Afternoon tea in Castle Leslie  was the highlight of August. This was a gift from my sister in law. Some more interiors were tackled in the house- we eventually did some work on our guest bedroom and just had to wait for the blinds to be finished.

September: More time spent on interiors and getting use to the shorter days drawing in.

October: Autumn time was setting in and I took some lovely walks in the countryside which inspired me to post some lovely autumnal interior posts.

November: The nights were really drawing in and there wasn't as much work on the farm in the evenings so I read a lot and posted some wishlist posts.

December: It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our home. I had friends visit and enjoyed my time off from work with family.

 So here's to 2013 and I'm off to get ready for visitors coming for the New Year Celebrations later tonight!

Knock knock, open wide,

see what's on the other side,

Knock knock, any more,

come with me through the Magic Door.

Our number 1 childhood TV programme was Bosco the little red haired puppet, cute ain't he! Everyone in Ireland will remember him. We didn't watch much television as children but I did like Bosco. He was on television during the week. Every programme featured him going to visit somewhere behind the magic door. At the end of each programme he went back down into his box and my brother cried. It's amazing how the years go by so quick.

Time waits for no one or no thing, it is something we will all run out of. For us, every second of every minute of every hour of every day, time ticks away. This sounds a bit morbid but it is true, and as the saying goes cherish your time and spent it wisely...

We can't turn back time but we can have wonderful memories from times gone by and also we can appreciate heritage from our past which still stands the test of time.

Some of my blogger friends have reminded me of my holidays in Paris. Here are a few of my holiday photographs from Paris when I was there a a year and a half ago. It really is a truly enchanting place, with something nice to see around every corner. I went on holidays with two of my friends and saw lots of the lovely sites which I had visited before. I'm not a great photographer but I really like these photographs. It is such a wonderful city