Ship Ahoy...Capt. Aine and Crew Sail in ...and a winner(s)!

  ...and the winner is....

 

 

 

Heidi wins a week in White O'Morn Cottage. Please contact me and we'll work out dates etc. Congratulations!

 

Of course I thought I'd have a second drawing for a week in said cottage and out came..AnyoneCanQuilt...This lady can't  stay in cottage so she wins the goodies giveaway!

 

So Paul had to go in again for the second winner of a week in cottage and out came.... Twiggy!

 congratulations to you too!

I have kept the other names in case anyone backs out.

A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETING TO ANGIE, MY LOVELY SISTER AND BEST FRIEND, SHE IS ****** YEARS OLD TODAY (STATE SECRET THAT) (but make me an offer and we'll see!) I got you something nice but you'll have to wait to see what it is.

 I had such a good response to the giveaway I decided to have two winners for a week in White O'Morn!  Why not? I'm in charge of this blog so I make up the rules as I go along!   Strangely enough I had no entries from Ireland at all. In fact all the entries came from the UK and USA. Who'd a thunk that?

The lovely Kimme, her DH and her DD will be staying at my cottage in May and will be posting about it then, so you winners will know what you are in for...the good the bad and the ugly! ( I should add here that White O'Morn is a work in progress and is not perfect ...yet. But I hope you will make allowances and enjoy your stay)

Ireland wins the Grand Slam and the Six Nation's Cup

We had a fab time watching Ireland win the Six Nation's Cup and the Grand Slam in rugby. (Grand Slam means that we beat all other nations on the way to the Six Nations, Countries involved are France, Italy, England, Wales and Scotland. Last time we did it was 1948. We were in Smyth's Siopa Ol, Ballinamore,  for the mad excitement and I'm sure you heard us roaring as far away as Utah!

During the match we were joined by a hen's party from Armagh and those gals could cheer I can tell you! 

They had sailed down the Shannon Erne waterway in two boats and the "Hen" Aine (the very beautiful bride to be) was the Captain, complete with captain's hat, and her crew - 15 of them - had the cute little sailor hats. They had moored up nearby and came in looking for a good place to watch  the match, a good meal, a bit of craic and to meet the locals. Well, there was not a local in sight but they got our little coterie who are:  Bob from Belfast, Gill from South Africa, Kevin from England and  Pam, Paul, Zinda and Pairic from Dublin! A very cosmopolitan town is Ballinamore!

The captain/bride/hen, Aine, is third from the right.

 The girls were from all over Northern Ireland including Belfast, Strabane and Armagh. Gosh but we have beautiful women here in Ireland. Send your sons over to check 'em out! 

 

 

 

Ah, yes, there's always one who wont wear the uniform!

Well done girls...And to the lovely Aine....we wish you all good wishes for a long and happy married life!

Aine tells me she is not getting married until the 1st or May! I said "Sure this hen party will have worn off and you'll have to have another one" ....."Well" says she "I thought I'd have it six weeks in advance to allow for any  breakages to heal!".....AH, SUFFERIN' HEART!

What else? Oh yes, I was having a creative moment in Smith's before the match. I was has happy as a pig in shit snuggled up beside the real open turf fire and doing my crochet and skullin' a pint of beer. This gave all the patrons great amusement it seems. 'Cos - apparently...only little old ladies do crochet and only big burly men or butch women drink beer by the pint.  So, there, I have damaged some stereotypes in my efforts to please my self! Well, I don't care...I do as I please when I please and where I please. So? What's the problem? It's one of the few advantages of getting older...

One can be a Red Hatter and get away with it.

When you are middle aged you can't blush no matter how hard you try! 'Tis true! Maybe it's just that you can't get embarrassed any more 'cos you just don't give a damn or circulation does not work the way it did. Who knows? but it is a bonus you must admit.

The spring has sprung in my garden and given me these beauties....Hyacinths in pink and blue.

Daffs galore to brighten a cottage window,  

and wild primroses.... ah, how I love these and there is a story to them...here it is.....These primroses grow wild in all ditches in Leitrim. They are so beautiflul to see as you drive along. Well when I established my cottage garden I "nicked" one of them from the ditches and planted in in my garden. Everyone said "It wont grow for you in the garden 'cos they like the ditches"  A BIG HA! to you all.  'Cos the primroses are leppin' out of it.

The pretty little Forget-me-nots are starting to bloom. I planted these in memory of my Tiny (the best little Yorkie EVER) and here is the Peace stone and angel I planted in the garden next to them in memory of my beloved Da who passed at Christmas last.

 I also placed a lock of his hair and secured it at the base of the angel so the birds could take  it to build their nests. I don't see any strands left so I'm guessing it is up in the nearby trees with the fledglings. Love and miss you Willa, (Da) 

Well I have reduced myself to tears at this point so I'll sign off. Please call back again to see results and the photos I will add to illustrate all the waffle I have put in here!...Love Pam

PS - I forgot to tell you about this.... an email I got from the Admin. of www.jumbletown.ie...........it seems that Ireland's top magazine wants to talk to little ol' me! Ha ha! I will do of course. Watch this space.

Hi Unapam, The editor of House & Home magazine has contacted JumbleTown with a view to writing a piece about Members' restoration/re-use projects as seen in the "Before & After" forum. She is particularly interested in talking to your good self, and JumbleTowners Eily and Shonastar. Admin does not give out Members' contact details so if you are interested in having a chat with Eimear about your work, please phone or email her (details below) and she'll explain in more detail what she has in mind.  I'd be grateful if you'd also let me know if you are interested in helping out. Finally, many thanks for helping promote JumbleTown to date. Much appreciated! Regards Chris P Admin -------------------------------- CONTACT: Eimear Nic an Bhaird, Editor, House and Home magazine, Dyflin Publications Dublin 8 [email protected] Tel: 01- 416 7983 Web: www.houseandhome.ie

 

Comments

[kimme]

Sounds like ya'll had a wonderful weekend. Big Hurray
for Ireland winning the grand slam. Hoot! Hoot!

Look who's a celebrity now :) I am not surprised...
You have down such a wonderful job with your
cottage :) Fantaiseach!

Happy birthday to Angie!

hugs ~Kimme

[colleen]

Oh my - so much to comment on - First - Happy Birthday to Angie - Yay!

Second - love the idea of you Da contributing to the building of a beautiful nest - what a wonderful tribute to him :-) If you find the nest, be certain to show us..

Third - YAY you! An interview! That's great and they couldn't have chosen a better candidate !

Whew - this was a great post of yours - can't wait to see Kimmie's photos and what a lucky gal she is to visit the lovely cottage - you are so sweet to offer your heart's work to others.

have a happy Monday!

[Val]

Pam, you are a absolute angel, thank you so much for your kind offer.
Isn't that exciting about the magazine, I hope everything goes well for you.
Happy Birthday to Angie and very best wishes to Andrew, we are all thinking of him. Love Val xxxx

[Twiggy]

Oh my goodness!!!!! to say I'm over the moon about my win would be an understatement, this has come at a great time for us as we were really sad we've not been able to afford to come over to lovely Ireland for the last 2 years. Also little Twiglet is poorly at the moment, so this cheery news has REALLY cheered us up. A thousand thank yous for your lovely kind gesture
Twiggy x

[Twiggy]

PS Forgot this bit in all the excitement - doh!! Not sure how to contact you Pamela.
I've got my email address on my blog, but can't find yours, feel free to drop me a line :) and thanks again
Twiggy x

[Diane]

Looks like you had a fab weekend with lots of fun, good for you! Congrats on the interview, you have a very sweet cottage and are very generous a perfect match, can't wait to hear how it goes. Good Luck !
Dog Lover