Monday, 23 November 2009
Saturday, 21 November 2009
National Botanic Gardens
Or - here is one I made earlier.
I visited the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland in Glasnevin earlier this year but never got around to posting the photos I took. But you can probably tell that it's not November - in fact it was a beautiful Spring day in April. Now it's a not so beautiful November and there is hardly enough light in the day to bother taking my camera out. The Botanic gardens are just amazing, well worth a visit, and actually I think I will revisit soon to see what they look like in Winter.
p.s. My thanks to Sheila for reminding me!
I visited the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland in Glasnevin earlier this year but never got around to posting the photos I took. But you can probably tell that it's not November - in fact it was a beautiful Spring day in April. Now it's a not so beautiful November and there is hardly enough light in the day to bother taking my camera out. The Botanic gardens are just amazing, well worth a visit, and actually I think I will revisit soon to see what they look like in Winter.
p.s. My thanks to Sheila for reminding me!
Friday, 20 November 2009
Postcard Friendship Friday
I was humming along with the new love in my life Juliette Gréco and dreaming about being on the Champs-Élysées... And then it dawned on me - it's Friday again so it's time to revisit Marie, The French Factrice who hosts Postcard Friendship Friday.
At PFF you will find postcards and interesting posts on a postal theme from around the world, so why not drop in and say Bonjour.
I was driving through the little town of Fermoy in County Cork in the south of Ireland recently when I saw this unusual Post/Mail box built into a shop wall. If you enlarge the photo you will clearly see the letters V and R with a crown in the middle. This monogram is the royal cypher of Queen Victoria, which indicates that this box has been here for over 100 years (Victoria died January 1901).
It is certainly very different from the normal Irish Pillar-type postbox (top left of my collage) that I photographed in Grangegorman in Dublin. This one has the letters P7T which stands for Posts & Telegraphs, which used to be the Irish government department responsible for mail collection. (The "7" is the Irish(Gaeilge) version of"&").
Happy PFF everyone
At PFF you will find postcards and interesting posts on a postal theme from around the world, so why not drop in and say Bonjour.
I was driving through the little town of Fermoy in County Cork in the south of Ireland recently when I saw this unusual Post/Mail box built into a shop wall. If you enlarge the photo you will clearly see the letters V and R with a crown in the middle. This monogram is the royal cypher of Queen Victoria, which indicates that this box has been here for over 100 years (Victoria died January 1901).
It is certainly very different from the normal Irish Pillar-type postbox (top left of my collage) that I photographed in Grangegorman in Dublin. This one has the letters P7T which stands for Posts & Telegraphs, which used to be the Irish government department responsible for mail collection. (The "7" is the Irish(Gaeilge) version of"&").
Happy PFF everyone
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Austin A35
I spotted this stunning little car in Bray, County Wicklow recently. It was parked along the seafront and everybody passing by stopped to admire it.
It was produced by Austin of England from the early 50's until the late 60's, first as the A30 and then as the A35. This one is beautifully restored and brightly painted and it's hard to believe that it's half a century old.
As regular readers will know I have a bit of an obsession about old cars, especially from this particular era and actually went to the Cinema last night to see the movie An Education because it was set in 1960's London. I was hoping to see some old cars and I was not disappointed - I even spotted an Austin A40.
p.s. It was actually a very good movie as well with an excellent performance from young English actress Carey Mulligan
p.p.s. I have just discovered the music of French singer Juliette Gréco whose songs featured in the movie
It was produced by Austin of England from the early 50's until the late 60's, first as the A30 and then as the A35. This one is beautifully restored and brightly painted and it's hard to believe that it's half a century old.
As regular readers will know I have a bit of an obsession about old cars, especially from this particular era and actually went to the Cinema last night to see the movie An Education because it was set in 1960's London. I was hoping to see some old cars and I was not disappointed - I even spotted an Austin A40.
p.s. It was actually a very good movie as well with an excellent performance from young English actress Carey Mulligan
p.p.s. I have just discovered the music of French singer Juliette Gréco whose songs featured in the movie
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