Most of the flower photographs
here were taken on our latest trip to Beautiful Ireland in May,
2009. The country will always warm our hearts and we will go there
as often as we can. The photographs were taken at Fota
House, that grand old
beautiful great house in Fota Park, Co. Cork and at Lismore
Castle Garden, Lismore,
Co. Waterford. These two magnificent places are always on our
itinerary when we return to Ireland. They are wonderful and appealing.
I hope you enjoy viewing the flowers. The time was May, as the
title of the page indicates and the weather nice and the flowers
blossoming all around the country.
Fota
Fota, the peace
calls out,
As I stroll your
lovely and magnificent gardens.
I can hear it
in the rhododendrons and the roses.
Ah, yes, near
that magnificent bush, a small hare
Eats among the
grasses.
The world continues
its spin in space;
But not I---your
peace stops it awhile for me,
As I contemplate
the beauty of your garden of varied hues.
And the quiet
intones its peace to my mind.
---BT
August 1, 2009.
Rhododendrons of
Fota
May, 2009
Photo by BT
Camera: Canon G10
Digital
The Peace of a Monet-Like
pond in the Gardens at Fota House
May, 2009
Photo by BT
Camera: Canon G10
Digital
"There is a garden in every
childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air
softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again."
-----Elizabeth Lawrence
Rhodendron: Fota
House
"All gardens are a form
of autobiography."
--Robert Dash
A Star flower at
Fota
"All gardens are a form
of autobiography."
----Robert Dash
A single Rhododendron
blossom at Fota Gardens
"Anyone
who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
------ Franz Kafka
In the garden at
Pat's house
"Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment
within."
----Chinese Proverb
Rhododendrons at
Fota House Gardens
"When gardeners garden, it is not
just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves."
- Ken Druse
