I've been pretty crap at keeping my posts up to date recently and I know it's only going to get worse before it gets better so I'm going to put my blog on 'pause' for a few weeks. I'm in the process of moving house and everything is just a bit chaotic at the moment! Hopefully I'll be back with some interesting posts at the start of May.

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I love the way that if you look closely at your everyday life you can spot things that you'd otherwise not even know was there because life is all too hectic these days! There are a lot of interesting things around Belfast that I bet not a lot of people notice. So I thought I'd take a few snaps of them and share them with you guys periodically.

Today is the interesting graffiti that's on the wall beside my office:



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I've been playing with the idea of having a few regular posts - either weekly or monthly...but it's whether I can stick to it or not!

For now I'll say that this theme of "Spotting the Small Stuff" will be semi-regular...in that you'll see it pop up on my blog again now and again, but as to when the next one will be....it'll be a surprise!

On a rare sunny Sunday Sir and I jumped in the car and headed in search of more 'new' places in N.I. to visit. Cue Killyleagh. Not new to Sir, but very new to me. And I can't believe it has taken me so long to discover such a gorgeous little village so close to me!.

The main thing that hits you as you drive into the village is the very impressive Killyleagh Castle. On gettting out to take some shots I discovered this is actually an inhabited castle! How amazing! Four hundred years ago Gawn Rowan Hamilton's ancestor James Hamilton arrived in Co Down and settled in Killyleagh Castle (if you are interested in reading about the family and the history check out this link). I also discovered that the towers of the castle have been converted into self-catering appartments - now that would be an impressive place to stay!

HELLO! Oh dear, I have been very bad at posting recently! In my defence...I was away on a wee mini-break with Sir over to Edinburgh. Twas fab and I loved dragging Sir around all my old uni haunts. We even went on a ghost tour and visited in the underground vaults - really good fun and scary (for ME anyway)...but alas, no ghosts were spotted!

Crafing wise, I STILL need to take a photo of myself wearing my blue & red skirt so that I can post about the finished item. Hopefully this weekend - although I'll have to find my tri-pod as Sir is off visiting family (so jealous how many holidays teachers get!). I have also started making a muslin for a summer dress. I measured myself and got very depressed when the measurements came out as the size 14 on the pattern (erm HELLO, I'm a size 10 in the shops!!!! Am I in denial or something??!!). So I am making the muslin out of the size 14 and keeping fingers crossed its too big - my mum recons it will be. But those are the measurements I came up with! I don't get it! Ah well, its all a learning process I guess!

It may take some time for me to get anywhere near finishing the dress though as my priorities for the next month are to PACK and MOVE house!!! Yep, taking the giant commitment leap and moving in with Sir!! Eekk!!!!!! He's being really great about it and not panicing too much (perhaps inside he is!). Although, saying that.....I told him the other day that I was just going to cancel my Tesco card and we could both use his....and he nearly had a mental breakdown! Use HIS card....and what about all the points HE has saved so far???!!!! Lol! The thought of sharing his Tesco card was faaarrr more of a commitment to him than me sharing his house! He is an odd one. But I guess thats why I love him (awwww - bleahhh!).

I am LOVING this weather this week - SPRING HAS SPRUNG (ah the cliche!)! And to mark the change in the season here is a wee pic of some daffs I took while in Edinburgh:

I meant to post about this ages ago, but what with my computer being banjaxed I am only getting around to it now.

I have a severe lack of vases in my house and on Valentines Day I recieved a single red rose from Sir (part of the Marks & Spensers Valentines Meal Deal - it was soooo good!) and didn't know what on earth to put it in. I wanted to have it on the table while we had dinner so I needed something then and there. Cue the only thing I could think of: a wine bottle. Only the label was still on it and it looked a bit ugly. So after a bit of searching around I spotted one of my red fingerless gloves (that pull up to your elbows) and wondered what it might look like on the bottle...and here is the end result:


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