Mostly Photos

We’re now on the west coast of Ireland, in a town called Kenmare, on the road to the Ring Of Kerry, which will be today’s adventure. Here are some photos from the past few days.

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I was a little nervous about touching the standing stones, but didn’t go anywhere*.

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There are lots of sheep here.

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And a druid. I think he wanted to knit.

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And some yarn, finally. I haven’t seen one yarn shop since I’ve been here, despite seeing flocks and flocks of sheep.

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We’re off for the day!

*If you’re an Outlander fan, you’ll know of what I speak.

Author: Lorette

My name is Lorette. I learned to knit in 1999, and took up spinning in 2009. I'm a physician specializing in internal medicine, and live in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy my blog!

16 thoughts on “Mostly Photos”

  1. I used to live in Ireland and your posts are bringing back pleasant memories.

    Regarding yarn shops, I think there is one in Kenmare, you could check out Celtic Memory Yarns blog (fantastic photos), that is where I read about it. Of course there is also Ravelry, there is an Irish forum.

    Slainte ;-),
    Dawn

  2. I was amazed at the rings of standing stones we saw when #1 son and I went to England and Scotland in 1995. In back yards, in fields… everywhere!

    Good find on the yarn 🙂

  3. Lovely photos. I’m pretty sure that the Irish eat a lot of lamb – even mutton. I’m half Irish & grew up eating lamb stew about once a week in the winter (still love it although the Irish version is more like soup). My mother always wanted to have leg of lamb occasionally but it turned out that I am the only child of hers to love it. When my children were little & she came for an occasional visit, I always made leg of lamb for the 2 of us (& my partner.) Turns out my kids don’t like lamb either!

  4. Have you got your copy of An Echo in the Bone yet? I want to re-read A Breath of Snow and Ashes before I read mine. The photo of the standing stones gave me goosebumps. That is right up at the top of my list of things to see.

  5. I would have loved to have seen those stones, and probably would have been a bit hesitant to touch them, too. have you seen that the next book is out? I am waiting for the audiobook version now and ordered one for my mother, also. LOL I got her addicted to jamie and claire and she got my SIL and aunt addicted.

  6. I’m so drooling over your trip to Ireland. I went years ago with my parents and now am dreaming of going there with my DH and maybe my son (he’s 1.5 years old). I loved all of the places you’re talking about.

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