Despite the rainy weather, my daughter Tjorven and my five grandchildren got into our wellingtons and raincoats and decided to head to the Sheep’s Head Peninsula where we visited a place very beautiful! Gardens and a gallery showing the beautiful art of Annabel Langrish. What an amazing place we found this to be, both nature wise and because of the cosy café were we found ourselves surrounded by very tasteful design and beautiful art. Great coffee and scones too! But first we took a walk in the gardens. In between the rain showers, which are quite usual for this area in West Cork, it feels more like a mist, no wonder people often call it Irish mist rather than rain. It does make the landscape more mysterious and compelling I think.
The gardens were laden with summer flowers, and as the paths wound their way up the hill wild plants like heathers, blackberries, and bracken took over.
We saw interesting sculptures which the children also loved, all blended into the landscape and garden with ‘nature’ as motive. In fact I found that everything from the paintings to the crafts blended in with the nature surrounding the place, very nice. We all loved the barefoot path, it generously added to the meditative quality of the walk and soon all our feet were touching the cool stones. My three year old granddaughter remarked on the soothing feeling on her little feet.
Flowers were explored as were spider webs, and some of the statutes had to be touched and sat on. Blackberries were eaten along the way.
These three photos were taken by my eight year old grandson, we are very proud of him. I think that he has an eye for composition and colour.
The wealth of lush growth is found everywhere now that the rains have started.
“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
A lovely record of an excellent trip
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It was wonderful and so refreshing Derrick! Thank you.
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Thanks for the tour. It is great to see gardens from around the world.
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Yes I love that too and always enjoy gardens that other bloggers share with us! Glad you enjoyed!
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Ondanks de Irish mist … een kleurenpracht waarin je daarenboven samen met je dochter en vijf kleinkinderen een barefoot path kon lopen. Héérlijk!
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Ja inderdaad heerlijk was het Vivianne! Dank u!
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That‘s really such a lovely place, dear Agnes. Thanks for taking me there, kind regards Mitza
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You are always very welcome to come along dear Mitza, a pleasure! I hope that you did get some rain too there in your lovely land!
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Nope, we have such a heatwave and no rain. My computer is broken and I cannot post:(
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I hope you get both rain and that your computer is fixed soon. Greetings dear Mitza!
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😀
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Looks like a great place to spend the afternoon
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Yes it is. It is situated on the Sheep’s Head peninsula in West Cork if you are ever around this area.
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A beautiful photographic tour. I love the little hands. And your grandsons photography is excellent. I cannot imagine an eight year old with such an eye. Really special.
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Thank you Jodie, yes the little hands are so sweet. Ruben who is 8 just since last month has got Down Syndrome and he is very clever, just a little slower than his siblings but that does not matter at all, he can take life at his own pace, and is a fully appreciated member of the family and very talented.
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You created your own gorgeous gallery here, Agnes. And you had some rain!
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Yes Tish we did and it was rather welcome at this time. We have had rain now nearly everyday since but are not tired of it yet 🙂
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Might you send a drop to Shropshire, please 🙂
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With pleasure if I could Tish 🙂
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Wat fijn dat ik dankzij U heb mogen kennismaken met zoveel schoonheid en bloemen
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En wederzijds Marylou, dank u!
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