Nice legs

 I am loving this skirt ,but I think it is a bit short and I   have chunky thighs. You can find it here ,love all the clothes on this site ,so simple and classy and I like the way they use the same model. Have a feeling she is Emerson! Bit pricey too, Hmmm birthday is Oct ,Xmas is too far away, Oh Mothers day is coming up!!!!

Short n Sweet

Today I got to see my good friend Rahila who drove down from Houston to see me. Rahila lives in Atlanta Georgia and was in Houston all week with her work. It was so great to see her but it was only for a few hours,really wish she could have stayed longer,we have so much to catch up on. I miss her, my American sister.
Above is a photo taken in North Carolina on my birthday ,she made me that cake.She is a sweetheart. I have been assigned by her to organize a get together for our families this Summer !!! The pressure is on

Green smoothies

Since moving to Austin I have met some amazing people. One of those people is my friend Clara, she is the type of person who makes you feel instantly better being in her company, she radiates so much positivity and good energy. I would happily move in with her except she has her own family to look after and I am kind of a bit big and old! Clara eats only raw food and has done for 4 years now ,she looks amazing, and is in the best shape ever. She is also my spin instructor and is over 50 ( and does not look it ) She is BEAUTIFUL inside and out.Well Clara got me hooked on the whole green smoothie trend .

So green smoothies are fruits and vegetables blended together. The cool thing about this is the taste of the fruit usually over powers the taste of the veggies. My kids hate anything green, be it salad,Kale,broccoli but with green smoothies I can get them to eat RAW veggies and they love it because they think they are getting a big delicious fruit smoothie and they do not see any yucky green leaves. So Momma can relax knowing they have some goodness in their bodies.

Here is one of their favourites   2 bananas,1 orange ,large cup of frozen blueberries and 3 leaves of Kale. You can add some water to make it more liquid and a squirt of agave or honey ( we prefer agave ) to sweeten. Usually the fruit makes it sweet enough. I have a powerful vitamix blender which would blend wood chips ,seriously it is the Daddy of all blenders but you can use a regular blender if you like

I like to put the smoothies in jam jars and I add a cocktail umbrella because the kids always ask for them! I have several different recipes but you can really blend and experiment with what you like.Delicious ,Thank you Clara I am greatly indebted.

Austin City Art Festival

So today we went to check out the art festival downtown, it was a lot of fun,they had some crafts for the kids and lots of eye candy for Momma,in the way of pictures and pottery.My favourite was the robot like creations made from what seemed to be household/garage bits and pieces.Pricey but absolutely a joy to look at.If money where no obstacle I would have invested in a piece or two.Instead I had to be happy with my shiny red apple which caught my eye immediately.I always like to support artists a lot of whom make their living this way,its so easy to buy mass produced stuff that sometimes it is nice to own a one of a kind piece

Girl crush

Giovanna Battaglia is one of my style icons,she ALWAYS looks amazing and is a darling of many a famous street style photographer.She is a former Dolce & Gabbana model and is an editor for L'Uomo Vogue.She is dating the son of Carine Roitfeld but all that matters little to me,I could look at pictures of her all day,her style is simply incredible.She never puts a foot wrong,is that possible?

Rock buns

So in my last post I pretty much stated how great I think my Dad is ,well he would be nothing if it were not for the woman in his life my Mammy.So not to leave you out Mam today I made some of your tasty rock buns.It would take me a book to write about how great she is,I will leave that for another blog.The scones/rock buns were delicious eaten with butter by Noah and with jam by me,Marc and Noah.

Out of 7 kids (I was the eldest ) I loved all of my Mams cooking her beef stews,shepherds pie ,bread and butter pudding,rice pudding and she makes the best cup of Irish tea I know,love you Mam xx

My little David Attenborough

I have a great Dad ,he has had a very positive influence on me and I am happy to say my little boys are picking up all the positive things I learned as a kid.My Dad took us on lots of walks, as kids we were often piled into the car at the weekends and driven off to some part of the Irish countryside.My Dad has enormous respect for nature and all things living.He cannot walk past a piece of trash without picking it up.I can remember having to sit through nature programs, David Attenboroughs being a big favourite in our house.So in a lot of ways I have grown up to enjoy the same things he does.
Well my eldest son Luca who is 7 ,is a lot like my Dad,he is fascinated about all things living.He has no fear when it comes to bugs and from an early age has loved to study and catch creatures .He loves nothing better then to inform his Mom on the differences between crickets and grasshoppers.While I like to admire things from afar, thanks to Luca we can get up close and personal! While I forbid him from taking anything to my bedroom ,I am really really happy he is growing up to respect our planet and all the living things we share it with.He gets that we are all connected in some way and I have my Dad to thank for that .Its the best gift of all 
 

Can I just note that everything in these pictures was released back into the wild unharmed.