Mums and their babies come to be educated.

The Countryside comes to Belfast

It is that time of year when all the animals put on there best coats and visit the city.

All types of cows, sheep, dogs, birds, ponies and horses on view for you to get up close and see.

Prince Charles visits the Ard's Peninsula.

I wonder had he read my blog on how good looking the gardens were when I visited a week ago!!

It is well worth a visit, lots of plants are out in flower.

A night at the Waterfront Auditorium

It was so easy to park that we seemed to be there very early. This is a photo of the auditorium before it filled up. The man who showed us to our seats told us that it would be quite full tonight, half full, they don't expect it to run anything but at a loss!! We were horrified.

It was "Stomp" that we had come to see and it was brilliant. We will never look at a brush or a bin lid in the same way. It is hard to believe that they could hold our attention with the sound coming from everyday objects, however we really enjoyed it.

It felt like we were in a different country. If you check out www.waterfront.co.uk you can see the forthcoming events.

The Ulster orchestra are there the 20th Feb 2010 with Carl Davis having a licence to thrill as he leads you through the hit James Bond films from the orginal Dr No theme through to Casino Royale via Goldfinger, from Russia with love and many other Bond Classics. It promises to be a full evening of smooth entertainment with Joe Lindsay as the presenter.

Check out the box office 028 90239955 or go online at the www.ulsterorchestra.com to find out more.

What's on

Music lovers head to Belfast Waterfront for the 4th Feb 2010 Celtic Connections - Transatlantic sessions where artists revisit shared roots and forge new common ground betwenn today's finest Celtic and Americana musicians.

Come and stay with us at the cottages and you will get a special rate if you quote" Nashville Songwriters Festival".

Alternatively head to St George's market on the 14th Feb 2010 and celebrate the Chinese New Year. Traditional Chinese performances, art and craft workshops and special food stalls.

Over Christmas we had an amateur photographer staying with us. He took some photos of the cottages, you can see the Christmas decorations on show. These photos are better than my photos on our website so I thought I would let you see them ( copy right belongs to Philip McAleese)

To see more of Philips photos go to this link,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41609483@N06/sets/72157623005438775/detail/