Nelly's Garden

This blog, Nelly’s Garden is twenty years old today. Back when I started I believed I was the Oldest Blogger in the village and maybe I was...

  Hunting The Rhubarb Yesterday was Kerry Sister's mumbly-mumbleth birthday. As her birthday was almost totally forgotten last year we d...

 How do I know that my two oldest grandchildren are growing up fast? 1. They have to bend down to give me a goodbye hug. 2. The younger one ...

On the 16th August, Bert and I will have been legally married for 16 years.  I wrote this post the week before our big day. The fellows on t...

I have been getting out and about recently and have used my rail card three times in nine days.  My first outing was to Portrush with Bert, ...

  Five books were completed in July. Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey This was incredibly good,  and I'd recommend it. I passed it t...

 So this is what I was up to 13 years ago today! I've returned several times since then. But really, I should go every year as long as I...

Our family, the one Seamus and Matty started, is big on girls, and short on boys. The parents had five daughters, two sons, six granddaughte...

There are many things I could write about this evening. There always is, despite me being in the twilight of my years. And being in the twil...

Bert and I watched a silly and enjoyable show on Amazon Prime, My Lady Jane. It's set in Tudor England and is an alternative historical ...

  Another six books have been completed since I last posted. Two by Tana French, The Secret Place and The Likeness. They were enjoyable alth...

A post from 13 years ago. IDLE THOUGHTS The alarm goes off at 7am and I hit the snooze button. 7:05am RINGGG! I'm wondering what to do a...

  Above, are my latest purchases from our local Oxfam shop. To be added to the To Read pile. The Richard Flanagan is for Bert. Its subject m...

We decided to change/upgrade our broadband provider. I'd been considering it for quite a while so when the pleasant young chap from Fibr...

I went to Belfast yesterday, St George's Market, then past the Courts where  TV camera crews were setting up. Something to do with an at...

I don’t live in a bubble. No sirree! For it seems now I am surrounded by people who do their own research on YouTube and are coming up with ...

 Monday - shopping with Vee. We also went to the Secret Garden at the Ecos Centre where we found a shared interest in birds of all sizes.* T...

  Dunminning Cottage, 22nd most viewed. 785 views This picture was taken ten years ago. The cottage has been re-thatched since then, and acc...

I finished six books in May. Hagseed by Margaret Atwood, a most enjoyable romp. Five Days At Memorial by Sheri Fink – I’d been readi...