My Favorite Irish Town…

…..has got to be a tie between two.  Doolin and Portmagee.

Doolin, Ireland

Doolin, Ireland

Doolin has wonderful a wonderful music shop, pubs, music, and the roar of the ocean at its doorstep.

The ocean in all its beauty, Doolin

The ocean in all its beauty, Doolin

Portmagee has the Skelligs right offshore, puffins about, towering hills behind the village, fishing boats in the harbor, and great pubs also.

The village of Portmagee

The village of Portmagee

Gazing towards Portmagee from Valentia Island

Gazing towards Portmagee from Valentia Island

Yet I know my favorite Irish village is also the ones I haven’t discovered yet…the ones that are waiting for the next trip and the one thereafter.  🙂   Slainte, Lisa

Queen of Stone

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Queen Elizabeth I, likeness captured in stone and bronze and placed in this garden*.  She stands in serene stillness, never changing in gaze, overseeing the trees and flowers.  It may be just me, but statues can sometimes freak me out.  🙂  Beautiful yes, but sometimes I just keep expecting them to move or change position, yet they stay and stay and stay.  And yes, I also realize that I am personifying inanimate objects again….don’t judge me.  heehee  😉  Have a peaceful and joyful weekend.  Slainte, Lisa

*Elizabeth Garden, Manteo, NC

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Pillow Soft

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These clouds are just begging for someone to take a nice long nap on them.  Kick your feet up on the end, sink your head down into the downy precipitation, and rest.  The first time that I flew on an airplane as a child, I was alarmed when I saw that we were heading into one of these soft creations.  Would we make it through?  How would it feel?  Passing through on the other side, I was relieved yet somewhat disappointed that the cloud did not hold up like I always imagined it would.  Yet I still  love to think of me sitting on a cloud, watching the world and all its cares float away.  Maybe when we’re with Jesus one day, we’ll be so light and forgiven, that the weight of this world won’t pull us through.  We’ll be free to rest on those beautiful puffs of white.  Blessings on your day, Lisa

Things We Can’t Know

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There are things in this life we cannot know.  We can sometimes sense them lingering out of reach, yet near. Like these small homes off in the distance in the picture.  We can’t know what’s going on inside these homes, what the people are doing, saying, thinking. Whether they’re at peace or not. But God knows these things.   It comes down to faith, trust, belief in Someone greater.  He holds the answers, He knows the way it will work, He cares for us enough to give the greatest good in the end.  And it won’t just be a pretty picture….it will be the perfect picture.  Blessings, Lisa     “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” ~Romans 8:28