Nelly's Garden

Just over a week ago, Zoë and I travelled to London for Jonny’s funeral. We caught the first flight out of Belfast International to Stansted...

It was just over a year ago that Bert took over baking the family birthday cakes, and I was only too happy to let him. Our system was simple...

  Unposed pictures are always the best. This one must be from the late ’80s or very early ’90s, around Christmas time. Daddy has just come i...

  Just easing myself back into blogging after the longest break ever. Since my last post, I spent five days in London with our newly widowed...

  Stuck The photograph was taken in Leitrim about ten years ago at a large gathering of family and friends, marking a special birthday and a...

Our last remaining kunekune pig died a few days ago, at the age of fifteen. Nellybert are no longer pigkeepers. We won’t be getting any more...

I used to think my mother would live to be over 90, but it was not to be. She did have what’s often described as a good innings , a cricketi...