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A follow-up pic from the last one. This is another shot of the clouds on the mountain... Those little white dots are sheep grazing...







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The view out of our upstairs window....







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A frozen spider's web







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The old thatched house







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in slow decay...







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Taken last night... We stood and watched the rain blow across the bog and mountains... It was one of those moments when I could not believe that I actually live here!







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Today was a really wet day, but I was able to get this while giving a tour around the cliffs...







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Inside St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.








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My favorite camera accessory: The fisheye lens







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Some street performers in Bruges...

This was just around the block from where we were staying... it had to have been one of our favorite spots in the city. (That is a convent across the canal) We spent many evenings sitting on a bench here reading together... the perfect holiday!





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Allergy season in Ireland...






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An old rusty bike...











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I came across this strange sign this past week. It was hanging on the side of an old coffee shop in a little village. Does anyone else find it a bit strange?






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Sunset in St. Stephen's Green - Dublin







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"Brothers from different mothers"






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A fairytale castle we saw this week with our friends...






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A famine ship docked in Dublin.






This is the Jeanie Johnston. A beautifully reconstructed famine ship (late 1800's). These type of ships were once known as 'coffin ships' because of how many would lose their lives while on board. In her day, this great ship carried an average of 200 people on voyages of approximately 47 days from Ireland to America. It was from her decks that many Irish men, women, and children said goodbye to their families and their homeland.

I took the photo in Dublin a couple of weeks ago, and was able to achieve the 'old time' look by double exposing the photo with another one.



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More pics from the Friary

Who needs stained glass?












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Have I ever told you that I love it when people paint buildings such brilliant colors here? It isn't uncommon to see building after building painted a different bright color... and I still can't help but sit back.... look at the yellows, oranges, reds, blues, and purples and smile. I don't know when they started doing this.... but it sure makes the place look so cheerful.


"Painting the wall in Ireland"





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This is a pic that I got last week while on a little dive through the mountains...






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More sheep...








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I came across this while on a hike this weekend.... It is a stressful life - being a sheep in Ireland!

What do you think they worry about? Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts....







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More from the sunset (We have barely seen the sun since!)







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a rainstorm off the coast of Ireland last night...







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Dee and I are in full panic mode now. We leave our house in about 24hours and we still have a TON of things to do before we can roll. Here is a picture that I took a couple of days ago.





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"Reflections"





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"Courage"





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Grafton Street in Dublin





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"catching up on all the gossip"







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A Norman castle...

I took this picture early this spring about an hour after the sun had set.

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Sunset over the islands...
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