In praise of Rainbows...

I think I've already written about my love of green grass, soft mist and bright rainbows.. all the more reason to relish a chance to revel in my Irishness with St.Patrick's Day celebrations as I did yesterday. I invited two sets of friends over, 7 children in all, and organised some craft activities, cooking, treasure hunt and Irish dancing.

The children made green, white and gold flags and rainbow fairy cakes which came out great.

We feasted on poached salmon with a leek and potato gratin, all washed down with some restorative iron rich Guinness. Lovely.

"Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often"

Well, a month has flown. Since last writing and enjoying wellies and puddles I'm now enjoying sunshine and daffodils. My two best friends have in subsequent weeks given me closed daffs that have nicely blossomed on my windowsill. Joyous.

My gorgeous 9yr old daughter made me a fantastic Mother's Day present of what I guess you could call an inspirational sign: "LIVE WELL - Love Much, LAUGH OFTEN". We saw a metal one in a catalogue with some silly price tag and she produced and equally (actually probably more) delightful interpretation with coloured paper, pencils, yarn and her new laminator! Fab. I think it shall live on my living room door for a long time to come. A great reminder of some fundamental aspirations. The rest of Mother's Day was devoted to my own mother who I don't often spend money on (she'd rather that) but provided a delicious meal.. ahem, my lovely husband did! I enjoy treating her to things she'd find tiresome to cook but I know she likes - in this case Lasagne. I also enjoyed proving a meat-free one was equally actually lets say more yummy.