Vote For The Cliffs Of Moher!!

Only & days Left to cast your Vote for the Cliffs of Moher to become one of the 7 New Natural Wonders of the World
If you have ever been to Dublin and seen the Spire you will probably find it hard to believe that the Cliffs Of Moher are Taller than the Spire, but in fact they Are!

You can take the man out of Moher, but you can't take the Moher out of the man!
Let's make the Cliffs of Moher one of the New 7 Natural Wonders of the World by voting at www.7upfree.ie!

Too Cute!!

Check this out!
How Cute are these???

These pictures are all by a really talented photographer called Richard Austin you can purchase Prints from his web site which is: http://www.richardaustinimages.com/

They would be so nice Framed, I am going to have to get some, problem is that I can't decide which ones I want!! They are all so nice, I especially love the ones in the animal section, of the piglets and ducklings, Which one would you choose?



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Baby Blankets Summer Hideouts and Bales of Hay!

Just finished a couple of crochet baby blankets for my friends new addition!
Really pleased with how they turned out!

This one is just treble crochet enclosed with a shell stitch all around

This one is just 12 Granny's sewn together and edged with a Pram edge added on.

The Weather continues to be Lovely Here, Farm is a hive of Activity

The Kids have been having great fun playing with the bales of Hay,

Hide & Seek,

And Hay 'Surfing' (a new one on me! but if it keeps them quite!)
And Chilling out later in their tent !
Hope Things are good with you too!

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Boomba!

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will already know that I go Salsa Dancing.I LOVE this class so much and look forward to it all week. We have a Jamacain Guy called Pedro as our Instructor, God he is Fit and he makes us work hard! At the end of every class we always finish with Boomba Song it is such a laugh we usually end up in fits of laughter! Its such a catch Summery Song that I thought I would Share it with you. I had great fun looking through the you tube videos to find a video suitable some of them are so funny! Check out the one with the Hippo! So Come On!! Everyone Boooooomba!

Goodbye to a Legend and an Angel!

I Was Saddened to hear about the death of Michael Jackson at the early age of only 50, I used to love Michael Jackson in my younger Days when Thriller was high in the charts (showing my age now!!) In later years I was on the wall as to whatever he was guilty of the crimes people accused him of or not, still cant make my mind up however I think he had such a hard life and was definitely misunderstood, but no matter what any of us thought of him there is no doubt that he was indeed a Legend, I hope that he finally has some peace now. It is hard for me to pick a favourite song of his, I did like all of his music, I tried to get a video of one of his songs from you tube, but they are all disabled by request :( so I will leave you with this little known song called P.Y.T it was a big hit in the U.S the year that it was released, I was on holidays in Boston with my Mum and my Siter and all the kids over there were singing it, and looking at this video, boy could he dance! I was also saddened to hear about the death of Farrah Fawcett, one of the original Charlies Angels, (she is the blonde one for anyone who wouldn't know) one of my favourite shows when I was younger, God Bless Them Both
Moexx

Yet Another Wedding!

Lots of Lovely Roses in all Shades for Today's Wedding

The Brides Bouquet, the flowergirls posy and her dads Buttonhole and Mum's corsage

The Bridesmaids Bouquets, were Hydrandgas & Roses

Outside The Church

The Bride & Her Dad & Flowergirl

Peonie's & Crochet!

I am a crochet fanatic this week! Busy making things for the Knitting and Crochet Swap, no this is not for that though, as I told you my friend had a baby boy so I am also trying to make a gift for her, this is the start of a blue baby blankie for her! As for the Peonies, aren't they just gorgeous? They were supposed to be for a Wedding for tomorrow, but there are so many that I thought I would treat myself to a few - they won't be missed! I must try and take a picture of all of the Roses that I have for that Wedding to show you , They are just Gorgeous!

Sean & Aoife busied themselves yesterday playing with one of the flower boxes!

Isin't it amazing the tings that kids come up with!

The Lads decided to cut the grass at the front of our house,
See the huge Rain Clouds? It wasn't long before the rain came!

We were shopping in Aldi the other day and Sean spotted these Ice moulds they had them in all different shapes, of course he latched onto a Thomas The Tank Engine (his all time favourite!) and a Bob the Builder one. I relucantly bought them although they were only about €1.50 each, but I was saying to myself we would never use them for Ice, however having got them home I had the idea to make chocolates in them as they are silicone, Oh I was so Sorry that I didin't get more of them and hope that there will be still some left the next time I'm there as they turned out great, the kids loved them and they would be really great for a Future Birthday Party or Cake Sale!

Talk to you later!

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Bake Sale! (revisited!)

Just to let you know that we raised a grand total of €753 with our School Bake Sale, that was a great result, I am so pleased.

Do It Anyway!

I came across these wise words they were written by Mother Teresa, I thought I would share them with you, she certainly was a very wise Lady!

Do It Anyway

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.

Long May it Last!!

The sun is still shining I went for a quick walk on the beach today it was just lovely, very few people around, except for a few fishermen, lovely and peaceful!

Well as you can see from my pics the good weather is continuing (so far so good!) but I am so afraid to get up and look out the window every morning because I am so afraid one day we will just go back to that miserable Rain! Although no doubt we are guaranteed really lovely weather for the next two weeks while the kids are still at school, They get their hols on June 26th and that will probably be the last day of summer as it normally lashes for the entire time that they are on holidays!! I suppose I really shouldn't be negative! I have been busy which is good I suppose but in some ways I always feel as though it is a sort of intrusion on my crocheting time!!

Talking of which, I have been paired with Sam over at http://silkiesue.blogspot.com/ for the knitting and crochet swap, so I am now making lots of lovely small pressies for her but of course I wont be able to show you what they are until I know that she has received them! Also my Friend had a baby Boy the day before yesterday, so I will have to make a pressie for him also, i will be able to show you that as soon as I have it done, this was a bit of a blow to me as I was Convinced that she was going to have a little girl and had actually made up lots of pink things in anticipation! Oh well the best laid plans and all that! This is her third boy now so she will have a football team shortly! Anyway will catch up tomorrow hopefully will have more time then,

Take Care,

Moe xx

The Last Of the Gerberas! (for now anyway!!)

This is the view from the end of our road it's a little hazy cos it was such a lovely sunny day here today, the weather has been really nice here the last couple of weeks so there has been frantic cutting of hay which makes the surrounding countryside look like a lovely big green and cream and brown patchwork quilt to me, The cuckoo is still here but not nearly as loud now so I would think he's due to go soon, I always hate when he goes and wonder will he come back next year!

the blue "hill" that you can see stretching out into the sea in the background is the cliffs of Moher

Brides Bouquet, Bridesmaids Bouquet & FlowerGirls Bouquet

The Bride with her Dad, Bridesmaids and flowergirls

Bridesmaids

The Altar

Main Aisle

I know that the last two weddings I showed you had gerberas, and pink and so does this one!! However this is the last gerbera wedding for a while, I always think it's amazing, all of the last three brides had similar flowers and yet all of the weddings look SO different. I liked the prettiness of the one today, am whacked after it though, off to laze on the couch for the night now and catch up on some much needed R&R (in the form of crochet!)

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A Virtual Visit - Welcome to County Clare!

Barbara over at: http://achocolatebook.wordpress.com/ visited my site today and left me a lovely comment! She also said that she loved the view from my house and wants to come & visit me!! (No Point in being Shy!! Lol! ) Anyway it got me thinking about something I had seen lately on a local website that I had visited and I thought it would be a nice thing to add to my blog so that visitors from other countries could get a chance to visit with us here in County Clare. You won't have to pay for a classy hotel or a b&b as it is a Free Virtual Visit, So today I am bringing you to a local tourist attraction, it is only about a ten minute drive from my house, along the scenic route with the Coast in view at almost all times, I hope you will enjoy this visit, you are guaranteed a birds eye view! If you would like to find out more about the Cliffs you can check out their website here:http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/ , Talk to you tomorrow,

Love Moe xx

Cake Sale - The Big Bake In!!!

The finished Scones filled with Jam & Cream
Butterfly Cakes!

We made Scones

Sean had great fun playing with the Dough!

See All the Lemon inside? Yummy!

Lemon Curd Muffins

Yummy Chocolate Chip Muffins

We made Fairy Cakes

And Cupcake Cones !

We Cheated on This One! We used Packet Donut Shaker Maker!

And made mini donuts!

Everybody at the girls school was busy yesterday and this morning getting ready for a big Cke Sale Fundraiser! We all baked loads of goodies and there was so much stuff we thought we'd never sell it all! Guess What? It All Sold Out in Less than 1 Hour! We couldin't believe our eyes! Hopefully we made a good bit of money for the school, our kitty is looking a bit delapidated as we just recently bought 5 Interactive White Boards for the school. The kids had a great time it was just like one big party, held in the school hall, I'll let you know how much we made as soon as I find out. I really dont want to see any cakes for a while though!!!