After we went to the museum yesterday, we walked around for a while, before going back to the bus station and getting the bus back home. It was a nice day for walking--cool, breezy, and no sun. Letterkenny is very hilly, so we were up one hill and down another. We called in at the library, where there was a cart of books for sale. Like at the library in Donegal Town, these had been pulled from the library system. I found an older book about women and politics, which seemed appropriate, given that we'd just been to the museum exhibit on that very topic, and a couple of books about art and artists in Ireland. The bus rides are pleasant as we ride through some beautiful scenery. I particularly love the Barnesmore Gap. Here are a few random things that caught my eye as we walked along.
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| the toucan says... |
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| the fake scenes in the ground floor windows made me chuckle |
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| hydrangea |
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| manhole cover |
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| sculpture in front of courthouse |
The above sculpture was created during a 'forge-in.' You can read about this and see some detail
here.
I took the last three pictures through the bus window on the way home. So much green!
It was a pleasant day all around. When we got home it was suppertime, so I went outside and picked some veggies for salad, heated up some leftover potato-parsnip mash, made some grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato and onion, and made some balsamic vinaigrette. Yum!
I hope your day is pleasant, too!
3 comments:
Oooh, it was raining so fast here today. It was a bit strange to have such "tropical" rain. I like you hortensia. Very nice one.
What a green area over there!
What beautiful GREEN countryside and I always love to see pictures of the places you visit. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day,Shari. xo Diana
We've had a fair bit of rain recently, too, Aritha, but it's been quite chilly at times and with a brisk wind. Since I don't care for heat, sunshine, or summer, I'm thrilled, but not everyone is so happy about it. I hope you're enjoying today, whatever the weather has brought!
I hope you do get to visit Ireland sometime, Vicki! There's a group called Tidy Towns here and most places participate in the nationwide competition, which is going on now. They have adjudicators who go to different towns/cities/villages and score them on different aspects of appearance, tidiness, lack of litter and other things. Then there's a huge gathering and winners are announced for the different divisions, which are based on the size of the place. So more urban areas are in a different division than various sizes of village, for example. Most places we've been have been pretty tidy, but we've been in mostly rural areas. I think there are parts of Dublin that are really bad. Enjoy the rest of your day!
Thanks, Diana--it is definitely green--the plants are loving all this rain, apparently. Hope this is a nice day there!
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