May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.----an Irish blessing

"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes with a lot of practice."----Ansel Adams

Peppermint Candy Geranium

May, 2003

Camera: Sony Digital DSC P32

 

"Spring comes: the flowers learn their colored shapes."

----Maria Konopnicka

A white geranium inside a house in Ireland

April, 2003

camera: Nikon CoolPix 2500

 

"A flowerless room is a soulless room, to my way of thinking; but even one solitary little vase of a living flower may redeem it."

----Vita Sackville-West

 

Field of blue flowers

Rippled by summer breezes

What a fragrant sea.

----Soji

 

Bluebells of St. Finbarr's

April, 2003

 

 

There is a lovely cathedral in Cork City called St. Finbarr's. We had gone there to view the restorations that had recently been done. There at the edge of the parking lot were these beautiful Bluebells of Ireland.

"For, lo! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth........"

----The Song of Solomon