Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord.

I hope everyone is doing well and having a good weekend. Nothing much to report on the home front, a couple of nice days and one coincided with a full day powercut in our area for maintenance, so we headed off to Powerscourt House and Gardens, one of our favourite spots. Their cafe serves fresh homemade hot mains plus a choice of three salads filled with fresh local produce, never a disappointment and with a view that is fabulous. Wonderful shopping too for a wide range of Irish made or inspired clothes, books, houswares and food. Recently they have added their own whisky distillery that you can tour and so if you are visiting Dublin well worth making this a stop on your travels. Powerscourt House and Gardens 

Here is the view from the cafe with avian diners and the Japanese Garden.

As always my thanks also goes to my friends who contribute to the blog

William Price King  William joined me for the Breakfast Show on Tuesday and his series of iconic Duets on Friday. You can also find William – Blog– IMPROVISATION– William Price King on Tumblr

Debby Gies will be here with the next in her series Life Lessons 101 on October 14th. She joined me for some funnies on Saturday and on her own blog Debby shared her personal journey with faith and building a new support team and her Sunday book review the second book following last week’s review The Bookstore Sisters – Book 2 The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman D.G. Kaye

Carol Taylor is on a summer break for a couple more weeks but will be here on Wednesday joining me for our Cook from Scratch for vitamin B5 deficiency. She was  here on Wednesday with her World Cuisine A- Z and this week it was Dominica…you can find some great posts in her archives CarolCooks2

Coming up this week as well, a reminder of my book reviews from October 2023, Herbal medicine with Lavender, Anti-aging and the immune system, some excerpts from authors Joy Neal Kidney, Kay Castaneda and Susie Black, some funnies from Danny Kemp, a book review for John Dolan, a new book from Denise Finn and the second chapter of Just an Odd Job Girl.

The Breakfast Show with William Price King and Sally Cronin – Chart Hits 1983 Part Two – Spandau Ballet, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Tyler, The Eurythmics

William Price King with The Duets – #1980 – 1984 – Mike Reno and Ann Wilson – Almost Paradise, – Ashford and Simpson – Solid

A-Z World Cuisine Part 20 – Dominica “The Nature Island” – Callaloo and Rum by Carol Taylor

Smorgasbord Sunday Book Share – #Romance #Humour – Just an Odd Job Girl – Chapter One; Reflections on the Past by Sally Cronin

The Medicine Woman’s Treasure Chest – Herbal Medicine – Peppermint – fresh breath, digestion and anti-bacterial

#Antiaging #Quality of life – Holding Back the Sands of Time – The Hormone Factor in the Aging Process by Sally Cronin

#Mystery #Family #Romance – The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase

Book Reviews Round Up September 2024 – #Mystery #Thriller Dan Antion, #Russia #WWII #Love Marina Osipova, #Shortstories #Supernatural Thorne Moore, # Elizabeth Gauffreau, #YA #Family Yvette Calleiro, #Romance #France #Artists J. Arlene Culiner

#Childrens – Petey Wants Wings by Pamela S. Wight

#Mystery – Undercover Babymoon (Unde(a)feted Detective Series Book 4) by Karina Bartow

#International #Thriller Story of a Stolen Girl by Pat Spencer

Share an Excerpt – #Crime Ticket to Ride: A Jason Davey Mystery by Winona Kent

Hosts Sally Cronin and Debby Gies – Trustworthy Friends and New Bikes

 

Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will join me again next week…