Nelly's Garden

I really should have posted this a few weeks ago because the apple blossom has fallen from the trees and, if successfully pollinated, the fr...

I've been trying to make a post about why I lost my temper with a visitor to our home when he expressed unasked for views supporting the...

  Last Saturday, Zoe and I went to the Seamus Heaney Homeplace to hear local writer Jan Carson in conversation about her work, particularly ...

  The Daily Photograph 9 Wouldn't it be a fine thing to have even a quarter of that energy? I was weary today so I just had fun with the...

  I went to a wake last night for a family friend, the last of her generation. It was well attended, as she was a much loved woman from a we...

One very good reason why I have been neglecting this blog is because I've been getting out and about. Today Miss Martha and I hopped on ...

 Springhill, March 2026 Dear Reader, I am very sorry - very, very sorry that I have been neglecting you. The truth is Nelly's Garden is ...