Goodbye Summer

As I walk the bogs and winding roads of Connemara for the last few weeks I have this tight felling in my chest that this is the last of the summer for this year. 

Honestly, we hardly had any summer, the sky was constantly wrapped in swirling clouds, it rained most of the time while all Europe was roasting slowly and painfully under the hot sun. But not here of course.

Not in Ireland. Why do you think Ireland is so famous for its fabulous bushy green forests and wonderful green fields where happy cows and sheep graze lazily. It's all the lovely rain that makes it happen of course!!

Before the rushes start turning orange and rusty in the bogs, before the trees change their attire from dark green to light brown or golden and the leaves start to fly with the wild Connemara winds I have to share some of my last photos of this Summer before it is gone completely.

I have to say Goodbye to Summer properly. Walk Connemara with me.

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A small collection of the flowers I found that day during my walk

And of course my companions ;-)

Thank you for being with me

The Waterfall Walk, Oughterard

I've been to this place so many times that I literally can not count them.

Lately I started coming back from work with a bus and I ask the driver to drop me off right at the entrance to The Waterfall Walk.

After the long hard day at work, the moment I step between the stone walls of the entrance, like a miracle, I feel transformed,  I feel better straight away. The green surrounds me, the gloom between the ancient trees embraces me, I relax and all my tiredness and worries slip away into the void... Wonderful...Wish you could do that too...

Here, walk the Waterfall Walk with me 

 

Hope you enjoyed your walk with me!

My Special Place

I don't know what it is about this section of the River Vista road in Oughterard but it pulls me back over and over again. 

I keep taking photos there any time of the day or the year, no matter the weather, rain or shine, dark or light. 

It is simply a special place. My special place. The magic is in the air as silly as it sounds. 

I will let you judge for yourselves.  

So here you go, a few Postcards from My Special Place

Here is how it looks today on the 16th of May 2015

My Special Place in Autumn

and one Christmas Morning  

So tell me, isn't this a special place?!

thanks for being here