The day of days

Well... we are headed to the airport... next post... (i hope) from Ireland!






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A few more from the airplane...

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Where does heaven begin?

I took this photo from the plane window as we flew back south from our time in Boston. It just worked out that we were flying at the right time and the right place. The conditions were perfect: the sun was setting (which lit up the mountains and gave contrast) and their was this amazing cloud cover that enveloped the landscape. Best of all the plane only carried about a quarter of the people it could have, and so I the had freedom to keep moving from window to window and side to side to take pictures. I don't know exactly where this was taken, but I do know that it was over the Appalachian Mountains... I would guess around North Carolina.


I ended up with about 100 photos that I happy with... but this was by far the best. I'll plan on posting a few others in the next day.



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New England in Autumn

I need to say that New England is truly beautiful (and cold) in the autumn. We had the chance to get out the other day and do a bit of 'leaf peeping' in the countryside. Now..... I have always known that this time of year was beautiful up here.... but I really had no idea just how breath taking it really is. Here are a few pics I have taken over the last few days... but they really don't capture just how bright every tree really is...


















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Today's Random Pic...

Sunset in Virginia







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A Post from VA...

We have been in the Commonwealth of Virgina all this week... We have spent most of our time in meetings and indoors, but we have had the opportunity to get out a couple of times and to see a bit of this beautiful state... I mean Commonwealth. I got up early this morning and went for a bit of a hike, and I saw one of the most beautiful sites of my life. It was a cold crisp morning without a whisper of wind. There was a blanket of fog that was so thick that I could hardly see three feet in front of me. I went down to a beautiful lake where the only sounds were that of frogs splashing in the water and Canadian geese calling in the mist. The sun was fighting to come out.... and slowly.... it was able to cut through the cool gray blanket with a dramatic beam of golden light. I stood there in waist-high grass speechless and awestruck at the beauty of creation.

In Ireland I often think about those early Irish Saints who so loved nature and felt that it has something to teach us........... today I think that I was a student and I learned something unspeakable...

















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Today's Random Pic... Sunrise in FLA

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After ( a beach in Florida)

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More lightning pics...

Here are a few of the better pics I took during the storm two days ago.











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