Nelly's Garden

One of the many interesting items to be seen at Articlave Despite the hugeness of our kitchen I have very little workspace so, after many mo...

cauldrife [ˈk ɔː ldr ɪ f] adj Scot 1. susceptible to cold; chilly 2. lifeless [from cauld + rife ] My mother-in-law has ...

Most evenings, on the way home from work, I collect Hannah in Ballymena and we continue on our way towards Cullybackey. I don't drive th...

I'm confused. Some research, recently in the news , suggested that alcohol can actually be beneficial to one's health. It shows that...

You know you're getting older when little niggles and aches take far, far longer to go away. I have a sore shoulder. It doesn't soun...

There's nothing wrong with having a plan, is there? So far I have.... 1. Had annual conversation with Matty about how much she is not lo...

I am greatly maligned. Firstly my youngest daughter informs the entire world that I might know what snot tastes like . As if! Then the oldes...

Some might say that I’m a morbid person because of my keen interest in road kill. It’s a fascination that stems from my childhood. Do...

Poor old Matty does not get it easy with her arthritis. It is only in her hands, mainly her thumbs, but she seems to suffer a lot from it....

Warning! This post contains at least twenty uses of the word 'I'. Since the first of November 2005 I have kept a walking log. Obviou...

Remember this little kune kune sow? We went to visit her and her best boy Boris the Boisterous on the very same day that Martha was born. Wh...

Closed on Mondays Young Martha had her first train journey today and her first visit to Belfast. Her entourage numbered eight and consiste...

Martha and Martha , originally uploaded by ZMB . I just like this picture very much.

Shirley , originally uploaded by NellyMoser . I was a little taken aback, last night, to see this photograph on the front page of the...

Barnaby Rudge and Grip the Raven I finished listening to Barnaby Rudge and I have to say I enjoyed it very much. I particularly liked that i...

Tonight Bert and I went to Ballymena and found ourselves in an entirely spide-free zone. And it wasn't even a church! We went to see the...

Matty: You know, you left your Tescos receipt here the other week... Me: Did I? Matty: I had a wee look at it. Me: Did you? Matty: That gin...

According to an article in today's Independent this is the most viewed video on YouTube with 126,143,311 views. And now that I've w...

I mentioned the other night that my boss would be going to a breakfast meeting on the following day. "A breakfast meeting!" snorts...

This internet is a rare and wonderful place. There was I, playing Lexulous and Wordscraper like a demon and I had NO IDEA, no idea at all wh...