POSTCARDS FROM IRELAND

Monday, February 10, 2014

AUGHNANURE CASTLE one lovely summer day

Every year at the end of August there is an open day at Aughnanure castle.

This is a fantastic event for grown ups and children alike and the locals keep coming here the same as the tourists every year - just for the fun of it. There is music, crafts displayed and lots of little children running happily around with painted faces.

A fabulous way to spent a couple of hours relaxing and enjoying the beautiful grounds.

Start from the car park, then slowly ramble along the river feasting your eyes on the wonderful and rich summer green. Go across the bridge and through the thick entrance gates and here you are!! it is a beautiful welcome with colourful flags flapping in the breeze.

Follow me and you shall see!!

the front view of AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

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AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland collage

front image of AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

collage of AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

Even the rain can't spoil the mood!!

image of AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

mixture of images from AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

Welcome inside!!

images from inside looking out towards the light

collage with images of stairs and fireplaces and windows in AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

There are flower decorations at the windows

flowers decorating a window in AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

looking out from one of the windows in AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

Kids are running everywhere!!

Interesting view!!

collage of images from AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

looking out from AUGHNANURE CASTLE, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

looking out from one of the openings in the castle

The Irish green is unforgettable!!

random images from the river and the trees around the castle

a person leaving through the gate of the castle

Good bye! Until the next time!!

looking out through the gate on the way out say good buy to the castle

Thank you for joining me!!

Sunday, January 26, 2014

The Fantastic Winter Colours of Connemara

Usually people BELIEVE that in winter nature has no colour, that there is only grey, brown and nameless mixtures in between.

So I am on a mission to PROVE everyone who believes that WRONG.

Have a look at the fantastic winter colours of Connemara. The gorgeous rusty and golden hues mixing together to oblivion. Enjoy

Connemara landscape, with mountains, lakes and beautiful coloured grasses

lake mountains and grasses at the front of the picture

Connemara landscape, golden grasses and lake and mountains

beautiful Connemara landscape with lake, mountains, house

grass image close up at the front, golden background at the back

a gourse bush at the front and a very golden grass landscape and the back of the image

mountain landscape with clouds at the mountain tops and rusty grasses

mountains with golden grasses and clouds at the mountain tops

mountains, lakes and golden grasses landscape

landscape from Connemara with a lake, mountains and golden coloured grass

landscape image from Connemara with a lake and mountains at the back

landscape image with a lake, golden grass, mountains at the back

landscape image with golden grass and a little house

landscape image with golden colored grass

Welcome to Connemara

Bunnagippaun, Oughterard, Co Galway, Ireland

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Foggy day in the Bogs

As I was wondering what to share with you I came up with those foggy images from the Bogs in Oughterard, a bit of nature and landscape photography from a few years ago which I haven't shared yet.

I have to say that walking the bogs is a fascinating experience for me, I find them beautiful, exciting and fascinating, especially in summer, and most of the time extremely wet!! So don not venture in there without some wellies and certainly don't decide to cross bog lands on your own thinking you can do it as a short cut!! It is most likely impossible!!!

Believe me, I have tried. The things I have done with my camera!!!!

Anyway here we are in the bog lands around Oughterard, someone most likely will recognize the place, and well done to you, for the rest of you -- enjoy!!