So Much For My Ambitions -Then Autumn Came and Went.

The First Fire Of The Season Donegal 2026

So much for my good intentions, as I said in my previous post, when I said So I am making it my mission to just ‘be’.!! Now here I am a month later and Autumn has been and gone.

For anyone new to this blog, I follow the farmers almanac, which means November is the start of winter.

Our Autumn Garden In Donegal Ireland 2026.

I wanted to share some of our garden and my autumn garland with you, but time just seems to have run away with us. We are finding it increasingly difficult for us both to work, and do the daily chores. Now with winter on us we have the addition of managing the logs and coal for the fire.

But there is nothing like a fire to make you feel blessed and at home; and I do feel blessed. Especially when the girls cozy up together, on a cold or rainy night, in front of it.

Rich has been promoted to a different role (already!) which means he is working full days instead of shifts, still not quite full time, with me working part time, but shifts, and just seems to have put more pressure on us; bearing in mind that although time is a concept, as you get older it also becomes your most precious commodity!

There is lots to write about, and I have made myself sit down to write, because later today the Autumn garland will be coming down and replaced with the Christmas garland. It is a case of fitting it in where I can, and it made me realise that I had not shared our Autumn with you, from the fog rolling in from the mountains, or my Autumn decorations that I have loved, to the autumn leaves on our trees in all their glory.

Fog Rolling In From The Sperrins Donegal Autumn 2026

We captured these amazing photos last weekend, where the fog came in like a wave, literally! It was such a beautiful natural phenomenon, that sums Ireland up. I had to share.