Kati and Scott’s Engagement Photo Shoot
•February 20, 2014 • Leave a Comment
As soft as falling snow….love resides.
Kati and Scott’s Engagement Photo Shoot
•February 20, 2014 • Leave a CommentI come from a large family (I’m the first girl born after five boys)….and it’s on these awesome occasions that I can take photos of some of the milestones that happen in our lives. It gives me great pleasure to see the family grow and to welcome new family. I had the pleasure of taking my niece’s engagement pictures. What a time we had….what I’m really saying is what a time we had laughing!!!! They loved the photos and were happy that I could capture the true “us” in the photos. I hope you enjoy them too! Congratulations Kati and Scott, and I wish you all the best!
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Full circle…Belfast to Dublin, Day 14.
•October 20, 2013 • 2 CommentsWell we have now come full circle. Seems like we were planning for this trip forever and now it’s coming to a close. We traveled back to Dublin for our last day and checked into The Trinity Capital Hotel which was an eclectic and cosmopolitan hotel. So much to look at here. They let us check in early so we were able to drop off the luggage in the room and head over to Trinity College where the Book of Kells is housed. Absolutely beautiful artistry! We were then able to head into the Long Room…WOW!
We went outside and it was raining torrents! Good thing we had our umbrellas! We headed over to Grafton street and ducked into McDaids for a pint and a whiskey to dry off with. :0) We were hoping it was going to let up but to no avail, so we headed back to the hotel to dry off. We headed to the Cafe Cairo bar where we ended up staying as the rain was coming down in sheets and going sideways at some points. We were happy and dry watching it from the other side of the window. Kind of bummed we didn’t hit one or two more things, but by this point we we just plain tired. Flying home in the morning…. :0(
Belfast to Trim via New Grange and Trim Castle, Day 13
•October 20, 2013 • Leave a CommentWe left Belfast to travel down to New Grange. This is a place that is 500 years older than the pyramids in Egypt. This was a burial chamber that was built in reference to the winter solstice. Each year fifty people are chosen via a lottery system to be in the chamber as the suns rays enter the chamber and illuminate the interior. Only during the winter solstice will light enter. The Knowth mound which was closed until next year is the summer solstice. The third mound which I can’t remember the name of right now was built so that the spring and autumn solstices the light enters the chamber. The three circles carved on the entry stone they believe was an indication of cycles.
We were able to enter the chamber and they were able to simulate what it would look like. You had to duck your head a squeeze through the passage to get into the main chamber. Not for claustrophobics! Glad I’m not one.
Once back to the car we headed to Trim to see if we could check into our hotel, The Trim Castle Hotel. The hotel is just on the other side of the street from Trim Castle. They had filmed Braveheart in this castle. Quite impressive from the outside. We didn’t go into this castle as I think we were “castled” out by then. Next time…. We walked around town a bit and then headed back to the room for some wine on our own private balcony.
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