The Ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales
On a tour through South Wales in 1792 the great English landscape painter J.M.W. Turner turned out several sketches of the ruins of Tintern Abbey. Having seen Turner’s romantic watercolour […]
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Protests on Old Stone Posts Lining the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City
New protest graffiti springs up on the old stone posts that line the Paseo de la Reforma (Promenade of Reform) in Mexico City. Mexico, lindo y que herido / Mexico, beautiful and […]
A Bronze Age Stone Circle in Drombeg, Ireland
October 9. We spent the day in County Cork driving from Skibbereen around to fishing villages of Baltimore and Union Hall, and then onto Kinsale via the Drombeg Stone Circle and […]
Stacking Stones, an Irish Pastime
I think Ireland has more rocks than any other place in the world. With so many rocks they have come up with inventive ways to use them, and this includes […]
Cosmic Challenge: Written in Stone
I have so many stones with writing on them that I don’t know where to start! Perhaps with two from the north India where Islamic design often uses Arabic script […]
Patterns In (and With) Flint Stones
Although we must have flint in Canada I have only ever seen flint beaches in Europe where I couldn’t resist picking up a few as souvenirs. One part of the […]
Galway, Ireland: St Patrick’s Cathedral and Dinner at Il Vicolo
Father Patrick told us that the St. Patrick’s Cathedral of Galway was much more impressive than his ‘hidden 11th century icons’ so that was our next stop. It was beautiful […]
The Aran Island of Inisheer in Ireland Has Rocks
I think Ireland probably has more rocks than any other country in the world. And the Aran Island of Inisheer has the most rocks in all of Ireland. To deal […]
WPC: Sculpted Faces from Around the World
Interesting to see how faces are interpreted in statues in different parts of the world. The volcanic stone face of one of the Toltec warriors or ‘Atlantids’ at Tula, Mexico. […]
Travel Theme: Roman Arches
Southern Spain has tons of arches but Northern Spain not so much, and the best ones were all Roman. Here are some Roman arches on the aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. For more […]
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