Category Archives: Travel

Some Kerry Photos

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Paul

On Thursday we drove the Ring of Kerry with Norman and Janet. Killarney National Park began the ring, but iron age forts, potato famine cottages, beautiful coastal scenery, great food, and narrow roads all contributed to a great day. Here … Continue reading →

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The Best of Dingle (So Far)

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Paul

Here are some of my favorite photos of Dingle so far. You may have noticed that I also have completed two paintings. The fences and mountain picture is a watercolor. Smerwick Harbor is done with acrylics.

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The Best of London’s Art and Other Musings

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Jean

This will be my last London post until we return there in October. …………. I’d hidden these away in a folder, then after my last post remembered them and went looking and found them. These are my favorites from those … Continue reading →

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London Sights

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Jean

These are some of the sights of London that caught my eye, There are a lot of the Barcalona fans. It was fun seeing them. London, well it was brilliant.

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Catching Up

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Jean

Yes, we are in Ireland and it is grand . . . smiling. It’s good to be settled for a few weeks, to have a home where the suitcases are unpacked and we are not in unremitting tourist mode, where … Continue reading →

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Art Old and New

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Paul

Today we had two stops on our art education tour. The first was Trinity College, reputed to be one of the best universities in the world. Its old library is the home of the Book of Kells and several other … Continue reading →

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Dublin Art – What A Day!

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Paul

Today was another intensive art day. However, I first should begin with breakfast. Our “traditional” Irish breakfast consisted of an egg over easy, pork and beans, Canadian bacon, some kind of link sausage (little flavor), some kind of patty sausage … Continue reading →

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Arrived in Ireland

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Paul

We left London and arrived in Dublin this morning. After a fun and informative taxi ride with Bernie we arrived at The Maple Hotel, associated with Ned Keenan’s pub. It’s a funky old place near to downtown. The trip from … Continue reading →

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A Perfect Day

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Jean

I planned to sketch at the Tate Britain. . .  but in the end my one sketch was a two minute quickie in the Turner interactive room.  If you haven’t already read Paul’s blog about today, please do, for the … Continue reading →

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The Painting Process. Vespers, and Dinner

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Paul

Today we returned to Tate Britain to do more in depth study of some of the pieces we saw last week. It was nice to revisit some of the paintings, take a couple of docent tours, and visit a hands-on … Continue reading →

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