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View from our window in the morning of our last day! Up early, packed and said good by to our cottage. On the road to Sligo to see more early history. This time Megalith tombs dating from 3500-3000 BC at the Megalithic Cemetery of Carrowmore. Megalithic tombs at Carrowmore, Sligo Ireland We had seen very [...]

Didn’t have email before so this is a day late. Yesterday, Saturday we headed west across the top of Co. Mayo. The whole area is one huge blanket bog. We visited Ceide Fields which was first discovered in the 1930’s but not really begun to be understood until decades later in the 70’s. It is [...]

Today, being Friday is our last day to work with people at The Ballinglen Arts Foundation. Bob took videos of two of the artists in Residence, Mary Lohan and Eddie Kennedy as well as taking shots of the two invaluable women who keep the place going, Una Forde and Christine (Chrissie) Tighe. Normally we would [...]

Today was mainly a working day. Shot cottages where the Fellowship artists live, the exhibition room and print studio—dealt with email. Did go to Killala for some delish fish and chips fresh from the pier and then photographed at Lackan Strand. Bob buys Fish and Chips at the Killala pier The ride back was through [...]

Our first peat fire! Tonight we had a peat fire. We’ve seen places where peat is harvested and homes with blocks of peat piled up like cord wood outside, but our cottage is supplied with peat briquettes. Our cast iron stove is made at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England, home of one of Bob’s favorite bridges. [...]

This morning we woke to a bright sunny day and as we were getting breakfast, it began to rain with the sun out—sure enough my first Irish Rainbow—right over our cottage! Irish Rainbow I don’t have internet access where I’m living so these posts may be a day late. YESTERDAY Lots of driving through a [...]

Can’t take pictures inside! Flew into Dublin Airport and took a cab to our Hotel—The Clarence at 6-8 Wellington Quay. It was too early to check in so we left our luggage, had a light breakfast at the hotel and set out. First order of the day was Trinity College and the Book of Kells [...]

Went to Bartram’s Garden. Very hot but a nice breeze, took two tours, one of the grounds and one of the house. I didn’t know Fig trees would grow in Philadelphia!. Born in 1699, John Bartram became America’s first great botanist and with his son William identified and cultivated over 200 new plant species. In [...]

On our way back from Connecticut, we visited Storm King. Located in the Hudson Valley, 50 miles north of the George Washington Bridge, this art center consists of 500 acres of rolling New York hills and fields containing over a hundred post WWII works by renowned artists. It was a very hot muggy day when [...]

New Beaver Pond in Connecticut. Spent the weekend in CT visiting Senter and Bitty. They live in a log home over looking a wonderful pond and fields, where they have created a sort of sanctuary for lots of critters. Birds of all sorts, deer, wild turkeys, muskrats, frogs and, it seems, a beaver. Back in [...]