…thanks to Sue W and Gerry C for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2026/03/21/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-tunnel/
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Tunnels
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Category Archives: Ireland
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
…enjoying a slightly revised Dublin Coddle
Kevin made this wonderful stew/soup for dinner tonight. The original recipe calls for a different type of sausage that is not browned ahead of time. Kevin used a mild Italian sausage which he sliced and browned. He also added peas and he used my homemade chicken stock.
It was perfect on this very wintery cold evening.
Here is a recipe similar to what Kevin made.
https://www.allrecipes.com/dublin-coddle-irish-sausage-and-potato-stew-recipe-7185428
This recipe calls for stout but we left it out. It would, however add another nice dimension to the dish.
New Flower (September 27, 2025) – White Dahlia
Word of the Day Challenge – Passenger
Sculpture Saturday – November 12, 2022
…these photos are compliments of Kevin, my husband
When Kevin was in Ireland and England last week he snapped up these amusing sculptures. I believe they were close to the Irish Parliament.
The Gardens at the Amboise Château Royal
….my favourite part of the château had to be the surrounding gardens
Part 2
The gardens were created at the end of the 15th century. King Charles VIII was so impressed with the gardens in Naples that he commissioned a Neapolitan priest, Dom Pacello da Mercogliano to recreate a pleasure garden and quiet space.
Friendly Friday – Nostalgia
…thanks to Amanda for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday
Everyone once in awhile Facebook or my Photo Stream appear on my phone and remind me of events that took place in the past. It seems that I have done a most of my travelling in July which isn’t really unusual because the summer was the only time I could get away as a teacher.
Here are a few of my favourite moments from the past.
My husband when I first met him in 1972.
Our daughter’s wedding day, 9/10/11
Hiking up the cliff side in Houth, Ireland 2011
Can you believe this is the same guy but 30 years younger?
My Dad meeting his first great grandchild, Winnie.
At Andrea’s and Josie’s wedding
Travelling with our daughter and granddaughter in Italy, July 2016
The family at Azadeh’s and Brendan’s wedding in Assisi, July 2016
Venice with my husband in July 2020
Gaelan, Winnie and me in Florence in July 2020
Visiting Brendan and Azadeh in London with the girls, 2018
Touring the neighbourhoods of London with Andrea and Josie, 2018
Lens Artists Photo Challenge – #82 – Capital
…thanks to Viveka for hosting this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge
cap·i·tal1
/ˈkapədl/
noun
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1.the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.Similar:first citymost important cityseat of governmentcentre of administrationmetropolis
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2.wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing.“rates of return on invested capital were high”Similar:money, finance(s), wealth, resources
adjective
(of an offense or charge) liable to the death penalty.
“murder was a capital crime”
2.
(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.
Similar:
upper-case, block
A variety of photos depicting upper case letters, capital cities….Toronto (capital of Ontario), Rome (capital of Italy), Dublin (capital of Ireland) and play money.
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Revisit
…thanks to Amanda for hosting the The Friendly Friday Photo Challenge
This week’s theme is revisit. The idea is to look back over the years and pull some of your favourite places that you’ve been to. Here goes.
Niagara Falls, ON
My Island Paradise – Christian Island, ON
Ireland
Italy for our son’s wedding
London, England
Landscape Studies
….trying to be less rigid on days 174 and 175
The second assignment with Anita Lehmann was to do a series of landscapes using the same elements we used for our pears. Anita is trying to get us to pull out shapes to create an abstract painting. I chose a photo that I took when I was in Ireland. We took a hike along the cliffs of Howth and I took this photo overlooking the Irish Channel.
Here are my studies:
The following piece was my first motive painting. I realized as I was painting that I was being too finicky and that I needed to be more relaxed and loose. Some of the comments that I received were ‘You have made some great marks – i would try and go more abstract if that’s the direction you want to take in this class. Just a suggestion of rock, grass and sea..’ and ‘Your many studies become wonderful investigation of the next steps in a landscape and perhaps the mood or mark that becomes true to the concepts you wish to convey.
I don’t think I’m quite there yet. I’ve done two more of the same scene that I will share with you tomorrow.
Mama Cormier 