Cee has challenged us to bring her our black & white BRICKS AND STONES this week. You can check out the stonework of Cee’s contributors by clicking the underlined link.
Here are mine…
There is little else besides stonework at this part of Trinity College in Dublin.
Ancient Stone steps lead away from Torc Falls in Killarney
Stone breakwaters in Doolin
The stone walls of Cabras Castle’s stable yard.
This week Cee has CONTINUED HER FARAWAY THEME FOR HER BLACK & WHITE CHALLENGE.
Check out the underlined link to see more far away images. Here are some more of mine:
This week’s Fun challenge from Fee is to COMBINE DOORS AND WINDOWS. You can check out how others did it by clicking on the underlined link.
My fun fotos of doors and windows are below the FUN FOTO ICON!
This week Cee has given us free reign as to the topic we would bring to the table. I have chosen Ireland in Black & White.
You can check out what topics others chose: HERE
Here are my choices for the week:
Muckross House, Killarney
Gardens at Muckross
Heading into The Burren, County Clare
Drogheda
This week I am taking some time to tag along with Ailsa across the world to FRAME THE WORLD in my camera lens. To see how others have framed the world click the underlined link and rocket over to “Where’s My Backpack?”
Here are my frames:
These folks are framed in flowers at Longwood Gardens
This wisteria makes an elegant frame on a rainy day.
A steeple tower framed in the ruins of the Rock of Cashel
It’s time to transport yourself over to Cee’s blog to see how her B&W contributors have displayed public transport. But before you get on the bus by clicking the underlined link take a peek at my photos.
The Zaanhopper is a little touring boat that takes passengers from Womerveer to Zaandam down the Zaan river.
The canals of North Holland are filled with touring boats. I caught sight of this one in the city of Haarlem.
One way to get around the city of Dublin is to rent a hansom. These ones stood just outside of the Guiness factory waiting for fares
And of course no public transport system would be complete in any land of lakes and rivers without the bridge. This is the Peace bridge in Derry
From the most ancient to the most modern. This is how I bridged the distance between me and Europe.
I am joining The Look Up Look Down Challenge for the first time this week. Click on the link to get to the challenges author.
Blarney Up!
Blarney Down
This week Ailsa has asked us to show some photos of the Grass we find sprouting up around our adventures.
Check out her site by clicking on the underlined words above.
Here are my grassy photos:
Zaanse Schans
Kylemore Abbey
The Maum Turk Mountains
The Lawn At Muckross House
This week Cee has challenged to bring Black & White to life in a big way by showing photographs of large subjects.
You can click the icon below to see how Cee and her contributors have largely expressed themselves.
Now, I thought to myself when I saw the topic, “What could be larger than the Giant’s Causeway?”
According to legend the causeway was built by the giant Finn MacCool as a road to Scotland so he could fight the giant Benandonner there. The story tells us that Finn went to Scotland but when he saw how big Benandonner was he fled back to Ireland only to be followed by his Scottish enemy.
Finn knowing he was outmatched implored his wife Oona for help. Oona helped Finn by dressing him as a baby and sticking him in a cradle. When Benandonner arrived, the story goes, Oona explained that the “baby” in the cradle was actually Finn’s son rather than Finn himself. Now giant’s are not known for their intelligence, and so it would seem Benandonner was outwitted by Oona; So the great Scottish giant returned home destroying the bridge behind him, assured that if he was nearly outsized by Finn’s baby he would never be a match for the giant himself.
This is called the Giant’s pipe organ. It is said that on a windy night you can still sometimes hear Finn playing a tune for his dear wife Oona. And who would not play a tune for such an obviously intelligent woman?
I am writing this post in response to Cee’s Black & White Challenge on the subject of “Ground”.
Click the icon at the top to see what grounds other people have for posting. Here are mine
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