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Gathered Threads

food

smoked salmon bagel with poached egg, spinach and pine nut pesto.

This is my absolute favourite for lunch and it just doesn’t quite taste the same if you leave one ingredient out! While I have this, Maddie has her bagel with just the smoked salmon and the poached… Read The Post

Family, Simple Living

Why you should camp with kids!

A couple of weeks ago we went on a short trip camping with a few folk from church. It has been the first year a quite a few where we had done no camping at… Read The Post

sew

easy drawstring bag tutorial.

I know I always say this but this is a quick and easy little bag to sew up…so easy my wee Madeleine (age 5) helped along! Perfect for her gutties at school or any little… Read The Post

Family

Botanic Gardens Belfast. Free days out in N.I.

So…it has been a rainy summer here and we seem to have spent more than usual on days out and away with our girls. We have a few go-to ‘free’ activities for some days out… Read The Post

food

homemade pizza dough

I had planned to make pizza dough for ages but never quite got round to it…it loomed as one of those rights of passage you have to do at some stage but somehow it seemed… Read The Post

motherhood, Simple Living

Lets give our kids freedom.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay Dalai Lama I want my girls to feel freedom. Really feel it. Freedom in an age of fear, restriction and bombardment…. Read The Post

Creative, make

decorate a notebook diy.

This is such a simple diy and can be made to suit you…your choice of fabric, colour of elastic and decorating the notebook in whatever way you please. A perfect quick and easy way to… Read The Post

food

raspberry ruffles.

This wee recipe is a favourite in our house that my hubby loves to make with the girls. It can be made into a tray bake like these or rolled into balls and dipped in… Read The Post

grow, Madeleine, spring

Spring Raised Beds

  Saying as it has been one of our few sunny days of summer, I thought I’d share our recent little gardening project! It’s a little late in the year for planting out but I may… Read The Post

Madeleine, motherhood

Beach love.

This one has a bit of beach love.As the other two surfed she was firmly rooted in the sand! These shells were gathered and positioned with the greatest care. Brought home and then discarded, much to her… Read The Post