Sculpture Saturday

  This weekly challenge is hosted by Mind over Memory   You will find this piece on the Paseo Nuevo in San Sebastian,  Spain. Construcción Vacía (Empty Construction) is one of a series of steel structures from 1957 by Basque sculptor Jorge Oteiza.   Doesn’t it look all the more ominous and foreboding against the threatening […]

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Really Neat Blog Award

A big thank you to Allan from  PhotoblographyToo for this nomination!   Allan lists his activities as ‘photography, gardening, working with my hands, walking, cycling, skiing, travelling, reading and creating special photo and video productions obtained in my first pastime’.  All this and he still has time to blog!!!  I always look forward to his beautiful photos and […]

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The Ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey

Nechtan,  the King of Leinster,  ruled over vast tracts of land.   On this land was the ancient Well of Segais which was surrounded by nine sacred hazel trees of wisdom.   Anyone who ate the hazelnuts that fell into the well,  or drank its water,  would be granted knowledge and a poetic tongue.  No one but […]

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