carlingford lough

Drawing again! Week 1

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I was encouraged by Anna (* see below) to start drawing again, by joining in the #inktober group.  When I first saw the list of prompts I thought I could manage at least a few days of following the prompts.  I only got as the first day and decided the list was too restrictive!  There I go again, always wanting to do my own thing!  So, here I am at the end of week one, drawing ‘something’ every day.

It’s a journey of discovery and already I find that I love patterns and I’m sure to do lots more!  In some ways I think I’m repeating an exercise I did a few years ago (**) highlighting something I did on the day, creating a ‘calendar’ of little daily drawings.

We had another day out to Warrenpoint (and a lovely lunch) on Carlingford Lough, so those little sketches relate to that, and to finish the six days of drawing, that’s me at the doctor’s having both a Covid booster and a flu jab, both at the same time; one, two, three, ouch!  No more drawing for that day!

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(*) https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/8010311/posts/5404907221

(**) https://8-arrows.com/2020/12/01/coping-with-november-2020/

Warm wishes to you all.

Ashley

Carlingford

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A glorious day out, stopping first at Strandfield (I will post about there on another day) then visiting here at Carlingford in the Republic of Ireland.  The return journey was on the ferry across Carlingford Lough back to Northern Ireland, UK (Greenore to Greencastle) finishing with a very late lunch in Warrenpoint.  I will do this trip again and hopefully I’ll remember to take more photos! 🤔 I forgot to take my hat, perhaps that’s the reason, but the weather was amazing!

Ashley 

Ballyedmond Castle gardens

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Looking north into the Mourne Mountains shrouded in cloud

Just before May Day, we were able to visit these gardens.  They are private gardens and are only open to the public about half a dozen times per year.  Even then one probably only finds out about opening via membership of a gardening club, or as in my case, through a local wildlife group member who is also an RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) member.  Many thanks Lee!  Only 30 people can visit at any one time and no photographs are allowed to be taken of the house (castle).

The castle is situated on the north shore of Carlingford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland.

I will add a link at the end of this post if you are interested in the house and gardens, as they have a varied history.

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Their own temple, where even the Gods can’t get a signal.

Their own harbour and possibly a heli-pad

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Their own bandstand

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Entrance to the Orangery where we had afternoon tea

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“Hurry up, chaps!  Tea is served”

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“Hoping you have had a pleasant visit”

By the way, it rained almost all of the time we were there!  Typical, as the following day the sun shone!  Au Contraire!

Ashley

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