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“Let it rain” I don’t Care, I have a Raincoat

Friday, 14 October 2016 by Simon
What is the one item of clothing every self-respecting Irish man and woman must and should have in their wardrobe? You can’t possibly guess? Why it’s a raincoat, of course, and this raincoat must be suitable for all occasions. I have owned some pretty horrendous versions in my time, most only suitable for walking along
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: fashion post, Ilse Jacobsen, Paula's Malahide, raincoats, stylish raincoats

A theatrical proposal

Monday, 07 March 2016 by Simon
Not many parents get to watch their future son-in-law propose to their daughter…..but that’s exactly what GG and I got to witness recently. Our daughter Kirsty has been going out with Mark for nearly four years. They met through amateur musicals and so it was fitting that the proposal took place in a theatre, in
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Rants and Random Thoughts
Tagged under: engagement, Evan Doherty, musical, Olympia Theatre, proposal

Make no bones about it

Friday, 04 March 2016 by Simon
So my Dexa Scan results came back and I have borderline osteopenia which means that my bone mineral density is lower than “normal” for a woman of my age.  My doctor has recommended calcium and vitamin D supplements, told me to drink Super Milk and to take weight-bearing exercise every day for thirty minutes and
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, News
Tagged under: osteopenia, osteoporosis, vitamin D

A Peach of a Morning at “The Happy Pear”

Wednesday, 24 February 2016 by Simon
On a wet and windy Saturday morning, Sara and I headed over to Greystones (a lovely County Wicklow seaside village) for breakfast at The Happy Pear, a café/greengrocer run by twin brothers Dave and Steve Flynn. We took the scenic route over the mountains …yes we missed the turning, as we were chatting too much and
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News
Tagged under: Escape Boutique, The Happy Pear

What’s an Ology?

Tuesday, 16 February 2016 by Simon
An exciting new venture opened before Christmas on Strand Street in Malahide (Dublin, Ireland). Ology is owned by Lorna and Lisa, both of whom have plenty of experience in retail. Lorna owned and ran Haute Couture for many years before taking some time out to travel and live in Thailand. Now she is back and,
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Another Fabulous #over50 Blogger for you to meet

Thursday, 11 February 2016 by Simon
I am delighted to introduce you to my next ‘Fabulous #over50 Blogger’, the inspirational Cathy Williamson, wife, mother, grandmother and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Survivor of 2 ½ years. Like me, she began her blog because she found that most lifestyle and fashion bloggers were in their twenties and she felt that there were none
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Shopping in Malahide

Monday, 08 February 2016 by Simon
Many people are returning to boutique shopping for a variety of reasons, not least the personal service, and Malahide, my home town north of Dublin (Ireland), has a plethora of wonderful boutiques! Catering for diversity of tastes and different pockets, the discerning woman will not be disappointed. My “Shopping in Malahide” series begins with the
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Introducing the Fabulous #over 50 Bloggers

Wednesday, 03 February 2016 by Simon
When I started my blog six months ago, I hadn’t read a blog written by anyone else of my age. I read make-up and fashion blogs by young women a third of my age and found little in common with them. They were writing for an entirely different audience. Then my daughter set me up
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Second chances at love – how soon is too soon?

Friday, 29 January 2016 by Simon
There has been some controversy in the media at the moment about Peaches Geldof’s widower, Tom Cohen, dating fashion model Daisy Lowe. You see, Daisy was a very close friend of Peaches and some people consider it too soon for him to move on – others think it inappropriate. The panellists on “Loose Women” on
  • Published in Home, News, Rants and Random Thoughts

“Them bones, them bones, need calcium”

Friday, 22 January 2016 by Simon
Did you know that 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 will get osteoporosis (thinning of the bones), according to Dr Moira O’Brien of the Irish Osteoporosis Society? I certainly did not think that the risk was as high. Having had an early-ish menopause at 48 and with the added risk factor of
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, News
Tagged under: Bones, dexascan, osteoporosis, Sports Surgery Clinic

Coconut Oil’s remarkable versatility

Wednesday, 13 January 2016 by Simon
I have been using Coconut Oil for about 18 months now and I am amazed by its multi-functional uses. Claims that a tablespoonful a day may help prevent Alzheimer’s has made me even more eager to include it in my diet. This first made headlines when a Dr. Mary Newport claimed to have reversed her
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, News

Champagne cure

Friday, 01 January 2016 by Simon
I stopped making New Year resolutions years ago, because I never managed to last more than a few days. But this year I might make an exception. I try to stay as healthy as possible through diet, supplements and exercise. Those of you who have read my previous posts know that I swear by my
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, News, Rants and Random Thoughts

Mum’s the word?

Monday, 28 December 2015 by Simon
On Christmas Eve I was chatted up by a young man in a pub. Well, I thought I was being chatted up! Out with my two gorgeous daughters and my husband, I was briefly unengaged in conversation when this rather attractive male suddenly questioned me to ask, “Did they just call you Mum?”  Amused by
  • Published in Home, News, Rants and Random Thoughts
Tagged under: chatting up, dating sites

The Ladybird Flies – book review

Tuesday, 22 December 2015 by Simon
  Edel Cush’s debut novel, set in Florida, tackles a taboo subject in a brave and dramatic fashion. Told from the points of view of both mother and daughter, I found my own emotions challenged as I followed their journey over one particular day – the day Lily decided to die. Unaware of the role
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Down at heel? Never!

Monday, 21 December 2015 by Simon
What do you do when you can no longer wear high heels? I have always loved high heels. I feel better; I know that I look better. I am an average 5 foot 4 ½ inches. That half inch is very important. For years I swore that I was 5 foot five, but I seem
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Supper Club Sinless Dessert

Wednesday, 09 December 2015 by Simon
  Supper Club…It was my turn on dessert and I decided to try out a RICH CHOCOLATE AND BEETROOT TORTE courtesy of Susan Jane White aka The Virtuous Tart Ingredients 2 cups pitted dates 125g good cocoa powder 1 cup pureed beetroot (about 4 baby beets from vacuum pack without vinegar) 3 tbsp tamari soy
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

The Yellow Brick Road

Wednesday, 02 December 2015 by Simon
Following the Yellow Brick Road brings you to The Emerald City, but this bead and crystal shop stocks far more than emeralds; it’s an Aladdin’s cave, a veritable treasure trove on Bachelor’s Walk in Dublin. It’s very easy to spend an hour there looking at the beads, semi-precious stones, crystals. If like me you have
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

A hidden theatrical gem

Friday, 27 November 2015 by Simon
GG and I spent a lovely evening at the theatre last night. Now this is not The Abbey nor The Gate, but it is on the northside too. This is the hidden gem of The Viking Theatre in Clontarf, so just barely northside (in other word, a few minutes from the east link). In this
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Supper Club Starter Divine

Wednesday, 25 November 2015 by Simon
Here is Marie’s starter – Fritters with Aubergine Pickle and Coriander Yogurt – from our last Supper Club. She credits CookingwithConfidenceCelbridge@gmail.com  where she took a few classes.  She came with her pan and made the fritters on the night. Everything else was prepared and so all she had to do then was assemble and present.
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

You’re so Vein?

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 by Simon
One of the reasons I started writing this blog is to share my experiences, for example to tell you what worked and what didn’t. This post is about legs. Why am I writing about legs? Well, I have good legs according to GG and so I like to look after them. A combination of genes
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Charlotte Tilbury and me

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 by Simon
I have always been very lazy about my make-up. When I was younger, I wore very little and even then probably only when I was going out at night. I remember my mother-in- law’s horrified face one day when I arrived around to her home with none on and she exclaimed, “I wouldn’t come downstairs
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

A STARTER TO IMPRESS

Wednesday, 04 November 2015 by Simon
  Here is the incredible starter from our last Supper Club which I am only getting to post now. Jan is gluten-free and always adapts her recipes in this case with gluten-free flour. But she doesn’t stop there. The original recipe below was also adapted. The additions are at the end. SWEET PEA PANCAKES WITH
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News

Kinsale – The Perfect Weekend Break

Monday, 26 October 2015 by Simon
Kinsale is the perfect place to spend a weekend because there is so much to see and do. There are plenty of walks (guided if you wish) or you can go for a sail, play golf, or just browse in their lovely and sometimes quirky stores. If you are a foodie, then you are spoiled
  • Published in Lifestyle & Leisure

Wedding in Kinsale

Wednesday, 21 October 2015 by Simon
I love weddings. I’m a romantic and have been known to ruin my make-up weeping buckets when the bride walks up the aisle and again when the newly marrieds kiss. Funnily enough, I didn’t shed a tear at my own wedding 33 years ago. Last week, however, I spent much of the day feeling emotional
  • Published in Lifestyle & Leisure
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Forgot to post this pic from a few months ago, tak Forgot to post this pic from a few months ago, taken when we could go further than 5k. Wearing all Zara except for old @carl_scarpa boots. How are you coping with the present lockdown? I am reading lots and watching telly and walking. I sympathise with those of you who are homeschooling and trying to work. Not easy. But we are nearly there. Stay strong.

#easydressing #patternmixing #mystyle
#outfitinspirations #casualstyle #colour
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New Year Resolutions are not for me. I just love New Year Resolutions are not for me.
 I just love the life I live. Of course I am worried about the Pandemic. Who isn't? 
But even though I cannot meet friends, eat out or do many of the 'normal' activities I used to do, I can still walk and enjoy the lovely place I live. Pop over to the blog to see my farewell to 2020.

 'Life is not measured by 
the number of breaths we take, but
the moments that take our breaths away.'

Maya Angelou.

#staypositive #wintersea #seascene #waves #whitehorses #wintersky #lovethelifeyoulive #cloudscene #lookforward #overthehilda
Happy New Year from Graham and me. A different New Happy New Year from Graham and me. A different New Year's Eve for certain. We are sitting at home watching the telly. But welcoming in 2021 with open arms and hoping that in a few months we can return to a more normal life. 

While 2020 was tough, it also made me appreciate (even more) the beautiful place where I live. 

2020 also had its highlights: our third grandson arrived a few weeks ago!

Stay positive my friends. Stay safe and
 thank you for your support. 
#over60blogger
#newyearseve
#staypositive
#hopeful
#bestrong💪
#selfie
Back view yesterday. Front view today on a sunny d Back view yesterday. Front view today on a sunny day. What I did not tell you is that the coat is reversible but I pefer the faux fur in the inside. All deets on previous post. You can see the rest of the 'Style Not Age' gang on stories or on the blog. And @mummabstylish @annasislandstyle @thestylesplash  and @is_this_mutton_  look fabulous when they are out and about. Hop over to stories.

#outandabout #sharedootdinspirations #stylenotage #casualstyle #coatseason 
#walkingoutfit #affordablefashion #agelessstyle #mystyle #mystyleessential
It is the last 'Style Not Age' of the year and we It is the last 'Style Not Age' of the year and we are out and about. Warm outerwear has never been more important, as we meet up with friends for socially distanced coffee outdoors.

 The coat from @primark has kept me cosy during these difficult Covid times.  This pic was taken down a country lane a few weeks ago when I was visiting my parents.

And I have lived in these camo leggings from @fandfclothing for the past few months.  Walking boots and hat are old. Pop over to stories for more pics.

Go check out my friends @annasislandstyle @mummabstylish @is_this_mutton_ @thestylesplash to see what they wear when they are out and about.
#stylenotage #outandabout #stayingwarm #over50blogger #casualstyle #walking #warmcoat #outdoorsstyle #cosystyle #over60style#
Writing about the importance of supplementing with Writing about the importance of supplementing with Vitamin C (particularly at the moment) on the blog. Liposomal Vitamin C is all the rage becuse it promises optimal absorption. It is all quite scientific. But what you need to know is that taking it will benefit your immune system, your energy and your skin. Did I mention this Somega is delicious? More on the blog.

#gosomega #irishbusiness #immunehealth #naturalsupplements #boostyourimmunity #irishvitamins #discoverhealth #liposomal #vitc #immuneboost #somega #vitaminc
From the archives. Remember when we tried on dress From the archives. Remember when we tried on dresses etc in changing rooms? And browsed in shops?
This is one that got away. Kind of wish I had bought it now @lkbennettlondon 
I am not so good at online shopping. Bought runners online in the size I normally get in that brand and they had to go back. Anyone else with the same problem?

#shoppingfun #dresslover #shoppingday 
#dressingup #over50style #stylishoutfit #stayingstylish over60style #styleover50
My birthday was extra special this year because of My birthday was extra special this year because of the arrival of this little man. Thank you @courtneysmithstyle and @mfnewman for the gift of a third grandson. My house will be wrecked but my heart is full. Welcome Zen to our world.  What a wonderful name. 

#grandsonlove #bestbirthday
#newbabyboy #grandson #myfamilymylife
Showing you my boots from our latest Style Not Age Showing you my boots from our latest Style Not Age 'A touch of Sparkle' challenge. These are very old. Maybe you can tell😛 They are no longer comfortable enough to walk far in them, but I don't want to get rid of them. The sparkly bag is from @shopfolkster
You can check out the entire outfit in stories along with the fabulous outfits from @annasislandstyle
@mummabstylish @is_this_mutton_ and @thestylesplash. 
#over50style #bootup #sparklesparkle #stylishoutfit #stylishatanyage #over60blogger #stylenotage #outfitideas #irishover60blogger #stayingstylish #fashionforall #maturestyle #over50fashion
🪥 My new stylish electric toothbrush (gifted) h 🪥 My new stylish electric toothbrush (gifted) has Ionic Brushing Superpowers! 

🪥Sounds impressive? It is!

🪥But do not ask me to explain it.Check out @ion.sei for all the science stuff. And learn about the innovative technology used in this German manufactured and Japanese inspired toothbrush. 

🪥It has to do with a UV LED light, a titanium bar and negative ions. But it is rather complicated and I am not a science geek.

🪥What I know is that my teeth  and gums feel cleaner and are cleaner. Because it actually prevents plaque from forming.

🪥Easy to use (there are 3 brushing modes) and gentle on gums, it turns off after 2 minutes. And delivers minimum 36,000 strokes in that time!!

#ionicbrusing #dentalcare #oralhygiene #electrictoothbrush #teethgoals #smile #ionic #dentalhygiene #besttoothbrushever #teeth #gifted
Back to golf yesterday. It was a beautiful day @ma Back to golf yesterday. It was a beautiful day @malahidegc1892. Unfortunately my golf was not so beautiful. But it is good to be back. 
#backtogolf #golfcourses #winterday #bluesky #over60blogger #scenic #reflections #bullrushes #lookaround
This month on 'Style Not Age' our theme is 'A Touc This month on 'Style Not Age' our theme is 'A Touch of Sparkle'. Unfortunately I am unable to post on the blog because of technical issues, so for the moment you will have to check out my friends: @annasislandstyle @is_this_mutton_  @mummabstylish @thestylesplash on my stories. 
I am wearing a skirt from @fandfclothing and a jumper from @thebiascutboutique (a few years old) and very old boots.

#atouchofsparkle #over50style #nevertooold #over50blogger #sparklesisters #stylishatanyage #staypositive #dressupathome #overthehilda #over60style #stylenotage
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