Macro M&Ms

I know I’ve done macro shots of jelly beans, which are really yum and exciting, but I’m very excited about the latest edition the kitchen cupboard.

m&mmmmmmm

That’s right folks, thanks to my lovely brother, who just came back from New York, I now have a nice bag of peanut butter m&ms! The reason this is very exciting is that they don’t exist in Ireland. We just have the chocolate, peanut and crispy varieties. These are all fine, but we all know peanut butter is the best!

Colours

So, anytime someone is going to the USA, which lucky for me is quite often, they are asked to pick up some peanut butter m&ms. They don’t last long, so I thought I’d take a few shots before they’re gone!

peanutty

And so my entry for Macro Friday on bloggingfrombolivia.com. Check out the other entries.

My favourites!

Have a great weekend!

A Big Surprise!

Yesterday I got a big surprise. Nia, who has wonderful photographs of Turkey on photographyofnia, had won a Versatile Blogger award and had nominated me for one too. This couldn’t have come at a better time because I was looking for something to shake it up a bit! I choose to accept it, so I have some things to do.

1: Thank Nia and link to her blog. Make sure you click the link above and check out her beautiful blog!

2: Copy the Versatile Blogger picture.

3: Nominate 15 other blogs. I’m not sure I have a list of 15, but I’ll do my best.

The Flying Onion

Simple Moments

The Skinny Jeans and Starbucks Chronicles

Teepe’s Weblog

Simply Solo

Renae DuHaime Photography Blog

Light Craic

Click!

Greeneyedspirit

Blogging From Bolivia

Make sure you check all of them out!

4: Write 7 things you don’t know about me.

Ok, some of you will know some of these things about me already, but most of you won’t!

1) I get distracted very easily! So far it has taken me about an hour to write this much cos I’ve been doing other things too  :-)

2) Autumn is my favourite season of the year, but Christmas is my favourite time of the year.

Autumn

Christmas

3) Along the same theme, Christmas dinner is my favourite meal!

4) I love beaches and water!

Achill Island, Co Mayo, Ireland

5) I love technology, but I didn’t know how much I’d love a smart phone until I got one.

6) I love sunsets, but I only like sunrises if it means I’ve been out all night – not that I had to get up early!

Sunset

7) I’m terrified of spiders and at the moment there are massive ones all over the place. The downside to autumn.  :-(

And there you go!

Macro Cake

A little cheat this week because I’ve been so busy getting back to normal and editing wedding shots that I didn’t have time to get out and take any new shots.

So, for Macro Friday this week on bloggingfrombolivia.com, I’ve decided on a shot of an edible flower from my friends’ wedding cake.

wedding cake

Once again, have a great weekend!

I’m Back!

I’m back from my week off where I was going to weddings, celebrating my birthday and lying on the beach! It was FUN!!!

One of my friends got married in Sitges, a town outside Barcelona, Spain. This was the view from my sun-lounger.

Sun, sun, sun!

Sitges has a series of coves, ports and marinas and is really pretty. I didn’t have much time to look around the town, so I’ll have to go back.

Sant Bartolomeu i Santa Tecla church where Angela and Manel got married

View from the church

Church tower

Sitges

Pretty flower

Tourist Information office

Sunset over Sitges

The church at night

Flowers by the pool

Sitges at night

And now I’m back to reality. Thanks to Daniel & Muireann and Angela & Manel for two fabulous days.

Blogoversary!

Happy 1st Blogoversary to me! Yes, this has been up and running for a year. So, technically, I should change the title, but I think I’ll keep it going for another year.

It also means I’m now 31 eeek!

So, keep visiting to see where I’ll take you next. I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

And just a little update…

I had a lovely lunch here

Blackrock Castle

With Mum and Dad

Mum and Dad

Can anyone guess from the editing what my birthday pressie was?!?!?!?!

YAY!