Scrabo is about a 5 minute drive from Gwen and James’ house.  All four of us hiked to the top of the mountain, but we weren’t able to go inside the tower.  The view from the top was fantastic!

Gwen and James’ daughter, Karen took us shopping/sightseeing around the northern part of the Strangford Lough.  We started out in Newtownards where we went to a fabric shop called the Skip.  They had the most laminated fabrics I’ve ever seen in store. We also went down to a knit shop that they would call a […]

Castle Ward is constructed from two different styles.  The husband and wife couldn’t decide on what style to make it, so the front of the house is Georgian and the back of the house is Gothic.  It’s not just different on the outside, but it’s split down the middle on the inside as well with […]

Thursday: We walked to the square in Comber close to where Gwen and James live. On Friday, we drove from Comber to Strangford and stopped at several different places.  James took us around to several back country roads where we saw this pretty docking place.  Then we went on around to Killyleagh were we saw […]

Well, we survived the plane ride and our first day in Ireland! Last night James took me up to the car park to get a better look at the view of the water. This morning we went for a walk down to the square to change our money and go to the supermarket. It was […]

Up until now telafane has mostly covered my crafty endeavors, but starting tomorrow my sewing will be put aside for a couple of weeks.  Instead, I’ll be posting about my trip to Ireland!  Should be an interesting trip, so check back for updates!  In the meantime, here’s a picture of a couple of flower pins […]