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Wordless Wednesday — Birr Castle, Ireland
Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland 7th Earl of Rosse, Birr Castle grounds, with lilacs The Great Telescope, Birr Castle More of my photos from the day we visited Birr Castle are on Flickr: Joy’s...
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Wordless Wednesday — Rainy Day in Ireland
These photos are from the one day of our vacation that was really impacted by rain. Apparently that’s quite lucky for a trip to Ireland. After all, rain is what creates the forty shades of green that...
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Wordless Wednesday — Dingle Peninsula Ireland
Dingle Peninsula Gallarus Oratory More photos from Dingle Peninsula on Flickr: Joy’s Photostream More photos around the web at Wordless Wednesday.
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Wordless Wednesday — Garinish Island
Garinish Island in the harbor of Glengarriff, County Cork, and its beautiful garden. Seal on rock, Boat ride to Garinish Island Garinish Island. Italian Garden Garinish Island, Temple Folley Visit my...
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Wordless Wednesday — Powerscourt Gardens, Ireland
See more photos from our afternoon at Powerscourt here: Joy’s Photostream. Lots more photos around the web here: Wordless Wednesday.
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Wordless Wednesday – Another from Ireland
Samuel Beckett Bridge (designed by Santiago Calatrava) and Dublin view, taken through the sunroof of the boat during a rainy day cruise on the River Liffey More Ireland trip photos on Flickr: Joy’s...
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Wordless Wednesday — Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde statue in Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland “Lying, The telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of art.” –Oscar Wilde For more about Oscar Wilde: Book Review: Stories for...
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Dublin Castle
Rick in front of Dublin Castle Dublin Castle Dublin Castle interior. The symbolism in this detail is rose for England, thistle for Scotland, and shamrock for Ireland For more from Dublin Castle and...
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Wordless Wednesday
Fulbright Peace Fountain designed by architect Fay Jones, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Visit Wordless Wednesday for more photos!
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Chateau d’Esclimont for Wordless Wednesday
Chateau d’Esclimont — the first hotel we stayed at in France during our garden tour. Our room at the Chateau d’Esclimont. Air conditioning in France means opening a window. The English language website...
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L’Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères
L’Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères Madame de la Rochefoucauld, on the right. She used to consider herself more artist than gardener — she made the wire fox terrier sculpture. There were still several...
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Chenonceau
It’s late to put up a Wordless Wednesday post, but I promised in my post on Monday about Diane de Portiers and Catherine de’ Medici (The Serpent and the Moon by Princess Michael of Kent) that I would...
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Villandry, France
According to our guide, Henri Carvallo, the owner of Villandry, this is the last of the great chateaus built during the Renaissance period in the Loire Valley. This impressive chateau and its gardens...
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Wordless Wednesday
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland More photos from Ireland: Joy’s Flickr Photostream More photos around the web: Wordless Wednesday
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Chateau de Valmer
We visited Chateau de Valmer (link to the English version of the website) on an evening when it had rained on and off all day. We arrived in a drizzle but got a delightful bit of sun during the golden...
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