Nelly's Garden

When Matty's other daughters come to visit (which they do regularly) they leave all sorts of strange and unusual foodstuffs behind them....

I see the Irish Blog Awards are on the go again. I see someone's nominated me. Thanks m'lord. Now I'm going to take the opportun...

Much as I'm loath to generalise, I have to say that I've always found Australians to be very pass-remarkable. And although I'm s...

...found me arranging my books in alphabetical order and moaning about Pearlie. A year has passed and I never did complete ordering my books...

The last time I took Matty to Junction One I couldn't find a spare disabled parking space so set off to look for another space that wasn...

Last night Bert had to shoot one of the calves. The vet didn't know for sure what was wrong with it. She thought it might be meningitis ...

Would be dutiful daughter dials number. Hi Mum! How are you feeling today? Oh. Is that you Nelly? I'm feeling much better today. That...

Father Gerry's method of quitting the weed is so good I almost wish that I still smoked so I could give it a go. So for those of you who...

I’ve been reading the memoir Better Late Than Never ... by Father Gerry McAteer, who came from around Matty’s part of the world. The Wee B...

--> It won’t be long now until the greeting ‘Happy New Year’ can be put away for another twelve months. Surely it will only be a mat...

unconcerned , originally uploaded by NellyMoser . Fred needed some kitten medication for which he needed to be weighed. Just put him ...

Ganching (gently) recently reproached me for my use of the word 'awesome'. She suggested that some people might think I was trying...

I took Matty Tesco shopping thinking it would be rather quiet. Surely there'd just be a few folks out topping up on fresh bread and milk...

Katy gave Bert a copy of B._B._King’s latest recording. We listened to it this morning. Bit of a depresso isn’t he? Sure is. Bu...

A typical early 2oth century card sent to Pearlie's mother. This postcard was sent to Pearlie in 1940. She would have been 14 and was st...

It's said that women do most of the preparation for Christmas and I'm sure that in many homes that is the case. Take our house - Ber...

What does Christmas mean to me? Easy. Cookin' and bakin'! On Christmas Day we plan to forgo the traditional roast dinner. This Chris...

And it's not even Christmas yet! Blame it on the Chocolate Man. This young fellow came into the office the other day looking for the b...

Apart from the garden centre, my present office is the coldest place I’ve ever worked and at least in the garden centre I could do some ph...

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