Fancy a Swim? It's Only Freezing

the abandoned baths

crazy! it was hovering around freezing point all day. and there were tons of people swimming!

40 Foot

No Exit

High Water

ravaged by sea-facing location

Ok, I'm Convinced Now: Winter's Here

otherwise I wouldn't have been able to take this picture at 2pm

Blackrock: It still can perplex me

the sign for this place indicates an auto repair shop

Dun Laoghaire

"keep dry" I imagine that's difficult to do!

court house

I immediately filled in derby here. no roller-derby in church grounds

Archery: 2nd to last session

Amin's super fancy (and cool) bow

typical shooting line

Martin!

James!

See! I am not the only one who looks vaguely like an addict thanks to archery! (Ilsa)

St. Feichen's Church

the abbey through the ruined window

I love framing!

tumbled stones

Ross Castle: Interior

here you can see the seam of construction

the sitting room

old projector

Ross Castle Welcomes the day

Outside the Gate

Looking Up

Front door

brief history

table set for breakfast

Loughcrew

panorama from an ancient peat boundary viewing Loughcrew and some satellite tombs

the commanding view of the surrounding landscape and a satellite tomb

the structure of the satellite tomb is clear here

a person on a different mountain perfectly and claustrophobically framed

from the top of Loughcrew

again from the top

looking through the passage of a satellite tomb

ART!

this is the most famous stone

at Loughcrew they rubbed other minerals into the carvings in order to color them and make them stand out more