A SHORT VISIT TO lIER IN BELGIUM
Some weeks ago now I had the opportunity to visit my native country again for a short time. So it was with delight that I departed from Dublin airport to arrive to the welcome of my dear sister Josephine in Brussel. It had been many years, since before covid, that I had been back. Her […]
A SHORT VISIT TO lIER IN BELGIUM
I guess I’m reblogging a lot lately, to be honest I’m enjoying re reading older posts, reminiscing I suppose.
THE NIGHTS ARE DRAWING IN
I cannot believe that yet another week has passed by! Cooler now and the leaves are turning multi-coloured, while some are twirling lazily off the trees, and covering the front garden with a brown rustling carpet of glorious scented autumn! I’ve been busy over the last few days and I know that I have quite […]
THE NIGHTS ARE DRAWING IN
Another blog post from my archives, this one fom quite a few years ago 😀
COMING HOME
‘Coming Home’ is the name of a special, and I would say, a poignant exhibition which has been running all summer in the Art Centre in Skibbereen town. It aims to commemorate and indeed give value and respect to all the many Irish who died during one of the biggest calamities that hit this land. […]
COMING HOME
Im reposting this post from 2018.
I attended a Cork histories conference in UCC yesterday and a new acquaintance started to talk about this particular exhibition . And this morning, by chance, WordPress brought it up from my archive.
The exhibition featured the world’s largest collection of Great Irish Famine-related art, sourced from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University.
A TRANQUIL BEACH WALK
There are a fair number of beautiful and peaceful beaches around the Atlantic coast of Ireland, and Inchidoney is one of them.
Apart from a wide and far reaching view of the Atlantic, I just saw a few people walking their dog, some people just sauntering along, and signs of children having build sandcastles. The warm but stiff breeze made me giggle a little inside, I have always loved a strong warm wind, and who doesn’t, it’s very refreshing and it blows old cobwebs away.
And I found more than peace, there is always something interesting to see.
Seaweed and shells
It has been a summer filled with activies; walks, garden visits, gardening, cultural activities, joining in group outings, visits to wonderful places with family and friends. Now it’s a time to slow down and enjoy some good memories.
DELIGHTS OF ART AND YOUNG MINDS
Last week there was the yearly Art Festival in our town of Skibbereen. It is getting better every year, and what nicer way to explore it than with my two growing grandchildren, who are little artists in their own way, and they take an intelligent interest in art. So we set off on our exploration […]
DELIGHTS OF ART AND YOUNG MINDS
I’m reblogging this post. The Art Festival this summer has just finished again. It is still going from strength to strength.
SUMMER THOUGHTS – ANOTHER RE-BLOG
CHERISHING THE MOMENT
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” Ralph Waldo Emerson During the last few days I visited one of my dear friends, it had been too long since we caught up with each other, and it has been very necessary and a great joy and pleasure to make […]
CHERISHING THE MOMENT
A SENSE OF WONDER – INTENSE JOY IN NATURE
I just finished reading Michael McCarthy’s book “The Moth Snowstorm” in which he describes and talks about the decline in biodiversity of birds, moths, butterflies, and other creatures worldwide but especially in his own Britain. He gives examples of his own experiences and that of other nature lovers, where they have witnessed this decline. His emphasis, though, is on the intense […]
A SENSE OF WONDER – INTENSE JOY IN NATURE
