I would like to continue with some more scenes of Connemara, I hope that it captures for you the rugged beauty that Connemara is. Situated in the West of Ireland it is a most fascinating place for lovers of archaeology or geology, or just for lovers of peace, quiet, and a special type of beauty. This view is of a stone beach near Galway city, it was a paradise for me.Inland the landscape is quite barren with bogland, rushes, and low growing gorse which gave a yellow hue to the most fantastic shades of brown and ochre all around. In all its barren land, there is lushness to be found too, the tender young green here of rhododendrons. Dull days, showers of rain, mist. And as a little diversion some cattle being moved to another field. I love cows in a landscape, in paintings of pastoral life they often make the painting work I think.
On the road again, I was driving very slowly indeed, as long as there was no traffic behind, and I was lucky that the roads were relatively quiet. I am used to driving along country roads and I usually take in plants and other interesting things that I pass.
The last day we just chilled out in the hotel, I read, drank cups of tea with Ian, and I also visited the rocky beach across from the hotel where I had a very interesting time looking at and for rocks. It was a very windy day indeed, with rain thrown in as well.
Walls of rock, so many, and brilliantly made so many decades ago. A figwort plant still flowering, and a piece of Galway granite. The variety and beauty of the rocks at this beach was amazing.Peaceful lake, lovely scent of autumn, and the air as fresh as is possible to imagine, you could taste it on the tip of your tongue, delicious!
Here is one of the authentic longish cottages in the vernacular style. A little gem. And another mysterious scene from the mountainous regions where the clouds hung low.
These are lovely memories of our time spent in Connemara. I hope you enjoyed a bit of our journey too.
Your photos are just perfect and I enjoyed the tour from the other side of the ocean. It is so odd, but in the part of Texas I live in has no rocks. We must pay for them. Of course, in other parts of the US rocks are everywhere.
thank you for sharing your lovely memories of Connemara. your photos are beautiful! these brought back fond memories from a visit years ago where we enjoyed the lovely kylemore abbey.
A lovely area, your photos show it well. Even the rain doesn’t look so bad! 😉
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Yes i think the rain makes it actually 🙂
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Lovely atmosphere here. You might want to correct the huge misprint under the second photograph
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Thank you Derrick, my sister just alerted me to it too. 🙂 Will go and have a look.
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Your photos are just perfect and I enjoyed the tour from the other side of the ocean. It is so odd, but in the part of Texas I live in has no rocks. We must pay for them. Of course, in other parts of the US rocks are everywhere.
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That’s amazing really! Here in Ireland rocks are everywhere.
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Zo Mooi en gelijk welk seizoen het is,het blijft adembenemend !!
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Dank u David, ja mooi he, echt adembenemend zoals je zegt.
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thank you for sharing your lovely memories of Connemara. your photos are beautiful! these brought back fond memories from a visit years ago where we enjoyed the lovely kylemore abbey.
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I am happy my pictures did this for you, brought back memories. Yes so lush that area. Thank you.
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I love your appreciation of nature, Agnes. These are wonderful photos. I especially liked the bright plastic kayak against the old wall.
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Thank you Jodie, yes a bit of colour can really make a lovely scene or enhance a landscape.
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Prachtig.Heb er erg van genoten
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Dat vind ik leuk, dank u Marylou.
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Thanks.
You have captured the special magic of these atmospheric landscapes that once seen never leave the heart and memory.
Regards Thom
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Thank you Thom, that’s true, once experienced or seen it stay’s with you forever.
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