Lois Elsden

Walnut plum and orange conserve

Food by LoisJuly 1, 2016

Places by LoisJuly 1, 2016July 1, 2016

A place I love…

One of my favourite places to visit in Northern Ireland is Benvarden Garden. The settlement of this land may be controversial, but whatever our thoughts about the rights and wrongs of the past, it happened… and this estate was established sometime in the 1630’s; it came into the possession of the Montgomery’s just before the turn […]

A sombre day

The Pity of War by LoisJuly 1, 2016

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJune 30, 2016June 26, 2016

Definitely not on his tod…

I wrote about expressions for being on your own, ‘on your tod’, ‘on your pat’ and ‘on your Jack Jones’ – the latter has no connection with the singer Jack Jones… but here is jack Jones!

On your tod, your pat and your jack…

Names, naming and words by LoisJune 30, 2016June 26, 2016

Another tart

Food by LoisJune 30, 2016June 25, 2016

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJune 29, 2016June 26, 2016

Pardon me…

… no comment necessary…

Poems by LoisJune 29, 2016June 26, 2016

A lovely stream

A Rivulet It is a lovely stream; its wavelets purl As if they echoed to the fall and rise Of the capricious breeze; each upward curl That splashes pearl, mirrors the fairy eyes Of viewless passer, and the billows hurl Their sparkles on her lap, as over she flies And see, where onward whirls, […]