AN IRISH POSTCARD – ATHLONE

Here we are – pretty much at the centre of the country, in a town split by the mighty River Shannon – welcome to Athlone! Looking back on our history, this was always an obvious spot for a settlement. A chain of eskers (low mounds of sediment, etc formed by a glacier), running across the […]

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HEDGE!

I’ve been rooting out some European hedges for Debbie’s One Word Sunday….. These gardens in Spain and Portugal are stunning of course …. BUT…. I actually prefer the hedgerows here at home!

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CWWC (May 23rd)

PLEEEZE don’t tell me we have to drive down that! Canyonlands N. P., Utah Thankfully we didn’t – but someone did!

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CMMC: MAY ALPHABET (d anywhere)

DYERS Tanneries, Fez DUOMO Milan AGROUND Westport, West of Ireland ARMED Athens DAINTY Ely BOILED SPUDS!!! Ireland! MOPEDS Crete WINDY DAY Essaouira BIPEDS! Oudtshoorn, South Africa Another biped!! BEARDED HUSBAND! Plettenburg, South Africa

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SPLASH!

A SPLASH of colour for Debbie’s ONE WORD SUNDAY Christiania, Copenhagen

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