Nelly's Garden

 Earlier this evening, I knew exactly what all four of my sisters were doing, because I was doing the same thing. We were all listening to o...

I’m writing this while listening to the brilliant fiddler Colm Mac Con Iomaire, who I had the pleasure of hearing perform at Seamus Heaney H...

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...

To Cleo's thrilled delight, Saturday night brought Banjo Man, Jazzer and the two dogs. Their pup, Arlo, is just a couple of weeks older ...

I don't usually have much to say about famous people dying because if I did I'd be blogging about nothing else for sure don't th...

 Yesterday evening Bert and I went to see Evie and around 70 other young musicians give an open-air concert in Antrim Castle Grounds and it...

The day started off horribly wet and cold. Pigs had a duvet day. It was Pippin's first full day of freedom since her horrible accident a...

So, after the babies were tucked up in bed and we'd read the story of how Brer Rabbit tied Mr Lion to a tree Jazzer and I went downstair...

Ben and Bert in Sligo  Bert and I have known Ben all his life, all nineteen and a half years of it. He has been coming to our house sin...

This is the last day of my September Every Day Blogging Marathon and I'm feeling slightly jaded. Seeking inspiration, I checked the arch...

Band practice night in Springhill. Well it was. It's over now and they are listening to YouTube. We had Odetta and now Barrington Levy (...

Well, here we are - the last evening of 2016 and the 31st blog post in a row. We are expecting a quiet one. Our Godson is here and we hope f...

From the Granagh Road today It has been a month now since I caught myself on. Truly tired of being a fat wee fecker I decided to ea...

Martha and Evie like to listen to music when they are travelling with us in the van and as the only CDs that Bert had in there were by J...

Our chickens took quite a scattering this summer. A part from the depredations of the fox we had a nother one died last weekend, p...

This morning I went for a walk in the Glens with Nez and Fly. Nez knows the name of all of the hills and has tramped over the most of them. ...

Dessie came round this evening. I was telling him that I'd just bought Miss Martha a selection of percussion instruments from Lidl's...

This morning, while waiting for Matty's discharge from Antrim Area Hospital, I 'fell till' the floors. Every single room in the ...

Just noticed that I have 12 songs starting with 'Don't' on my iPod. They are - Don't Be Light: Air Don't Be Runnin...

I parked the car at Steen's Corner and walked half a mile in the direction of Ballymena, before turning right onto the Whappstown Road. ...