I can’t believe it’s been a week since my last post! It’s been a busy time though, with a family wedding, and I’ve just not had much opportunity to sit down in front of the computer. However, there’s no way I’d miss taking a Wednesday Wander, so this week we are heading to Ireland. PortumnaContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Portumna Castle, Ireland”
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Wednesday Wander, Rock Of Cashel, Ireland
It’s the first Wednesday of the New Year, and time for my first Wednesday Wander. This week I’m heading to the green centre of Ireland, and an ancient fortress once home to kings. This is the Rock Of Cashel in Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Cashel was, for centuries, the seat of the Kings of Ulster, andContinue reading “Wednesday Wander, Rock Of Cashel, Ireland”
Wednesday Wander – Aughris House, Sligo
This is the Beach House at Aughris, Ireland, an ancient pub and B&B that happens to serve very fine meals. Sitting on the curve of a silvery bay, it looks across the shifting sands to mountains and the burial cairn of a legendary queen, while the stones on the beach contain fossils even older still,Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Aughris House, Sligo”
Wednesday Wander – Setanta Wall, Dublin
This is the Setanta Wall in Dublin, Ireland. Created in 1974 by the artist Desmond Kinney, it depicts scenes from the story of Cúchulainn and the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The small art critic standing nearby will give you an idea of the size of the piece, the vibrant colours and textures obviously hitting aContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Setanta Wall, Dublin”
Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 11 – Rust
I’ve written about this object before. We found it on a beach in Ireland, just a little way around from where I photographed my rock face. We’d decided to climb along the rocks at the water’s edge to a small cove we could see in the distance. It turned out to be a fairly challengingContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 11 – Rust”
Hugh’s Photo Challenge – Week 10 – Faces
This is for Hugh’s Weekly Photography Challenge, with this week’s theme being Faces. But not faces where you would expect to find them – rather, faces that appear unexpectedly. Like this rock. I found it on a beach in Ireland, on the northwest coast where the Atlantic rolls in and the rocks are filled withContinue reading “Hugh’s Photo Challenge – Week 10 – Faces”
Thursday Doors and Funny Faces
Back when I was at university, I had to take a short photography course as part of my degree. I wasn’t very good at it, to be honest. I had my grandfather’s old Pentax complete with an awesome selection of lenses (which I still have), but it was quite a large and unwieldy camera toContinue reading “Thursday Doors and Funny Faces”
Feeling Light
I love the way the light falls at this time of year. There is a golden richness to it, one that invites you to sit outside for a while with hot tea or cold cider, savouring the last sweetness of summer before the long dark of winter sets in. It feels melancholy to me asContinue reading “Feeling Light”
Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge – Day 5 – The Fairy Mountain
At the end of last summer we visited Ireland, staying at a small village on the coast just outside Sligo. I’ve written of this trip before, the fossils on the beach, the beautiful scenery and found objects. Not far from where we were staying was a Fairy Village and, having a small fairy-obsessed girl withContinue reading “Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge – Day 5 – The Fairy Mountain”
A Mystery From The Sea
Last year, at the end of summer we went to Sligo, up in the northwest of Ireland. It was wonderful. We visited a fairy mountain and made a wish, walked through a landscape of stone monuments older than Stonehenge and stayed on the beach at a little hotel behind an ancient pub that served theContinue reading “A Mystery From The Sea”
Helen Glynn Jones 