Argyllshire. Colourful cottage and garden.

 Near Loch Lomond and the picturesque village of Luss.

Visited on our way to the Hebrides.  

Near Cahir

 

 

An Antrim Evening

 

Picturesque walking area

 

The time in Carrick-on-Suir

The Time in Carrick.

Roundstone and part of distant Twelve Bens.

 

Even here it's too warm occasionally!

 Japanese tourists sheltering from the heat near Dún Aonghasa, Inis Mór, Aran Islands.

Evening in Girvan

 Arran on the horizon, where I holidayed in 1956, 1980 approx. and in 2010!

Cycled there from Waterford + two ferries, in 1956.

Arran is situated in the Firth of Clyde. 

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More Digital Creations

Sin a bhfuil!

Leac an Scáil Dolmen, County Kilkenny

 Yes; it is leaning at that angle. Somewhat scary!!!

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A unique building (just part of it)

 

Terra Firma, Inis Mór, Aran Islands.

 Terra Firma, Inis Mór, Aran Islands.  

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 Believed to aid the trapping of eels in the past!

Callanish standing stones.

 Just some of the standing stones of Callanish on Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.                            Image modified, obviously.

Gaulstown re-visited

 

Strategic Location for seeing the thousands of vehicles and visitors arriving for ATN 2023

 Clever girls, on picking the perfect viewing location, with every second vehicle honking at them!!!

Ready for the 'All Together Now Festival'

 

                                                                                                                                                                        The mast is well anchored to  a number of these huge concrete blocks.

Especially for walkers on roads around Portlaw, where some are with young children, also many elderly, some with hearing problems. Some drivers are most considerate when approaching and slow down.

Newcastle, Co. Tipperary.

 Built by the Anglo-Norman Prendergasts.

A Co. Kilkenny landscape

 

Silence and Stillness:

 Background image from Lough Doire Bhile in 2012

Toilet by the sea!

 Spotted and checked out in Skye some years ago.  It had seating for two and was flushed out by the tides!!!  The Environmental Protection people would hardly allow that nowadays!

Now you can enjoy a similar facility in the K SIXTY SEVEN BAR & GRILL in Swords, Co. Dublin, with modern plumbing!!!

A L I E N S !

 

Lime Tree

 

Oh Dear!

 Seen in a Co. Tipperary cemetery two days ago!

Own garden flowers

 Buddleia on top + Crocosmia lucifer underneath

Curraghmore Estate Flowers

 

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Loch Lomond

 This location near village of Balloch.

B O A T S

 

Rhododendron Time

 Lots of Rhododendrons can be seen in the area at present. This lot seen near the village of Kill. 

The Curraghmore Shell House

 

PORTLAW TREES

 

Time Flies . . . rapidly!

 . . . even on sunless days!

Some Wicklow Architecture!

 

Mandarin Drake

 This time he landed at my feet!

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High Cross

 Muiredach's Cross from Monasterboice, County Louth.  9th or 10th century.

5.5 metres tall.

WILDFLOWERS

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Polo Field Sunset

 Cruachán Hill on left. The Comeraghs on right.

Curraghmore last Sunday - 7th May 2023

 Not much of an example. Some of the many blooming Azaleas in background. 

 

                                                                                                                                                              Looks like a Sequoia (Redwood), lots of which I've seen in Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon, John Muir Forest and Yosemite Valley, in California.

Have driven through a hole at the base of one, parked car on top of a fallen one, and seen many on fire!

Plenty of subjects to photograph in Curraghmore gardens.