autumn colour week: green

I’m playing along with Poppytalk’s autumn colour week – I missed yellow, yesterday, but decided to go green today. I’ve been thinking a lot about autumn in Oxford, and Ireland and Wales, two years ago, so today’s photos are all from that time. (Besides, even with all the rain we’ve had lately, the UK is still greener than Abilene.)

This is from a walk along the River Corrib in Galway, Ireland. According to my friend Colton, whom I was visiting, this is where the dryads live. I believe him.

We set out to find Castle Menlo, which Colton had seen across the river for weeks, and find it we did. It’s wonderfully ruined and mossy and covered with ivy. (This is an interior shot – we approached it from the back, since it faces the river.) We climbed all around and took photos, then sat in companionable silence and just enjoyed being there.

Here we are in front of the castle. Colton’s grandmother, who is my grandmother’s best friend (our families have known one another for at least 60 years), always insists, “Put people in your photos!” So we used his tripod and put ourselves in.

This is not Ireland, but Wales – the view over the hills from our hostel, near Brecon. On the evening of the day this picture was taken, I sat on this hillside in damp grass, with two of my dungeon boys (Pickle and Moose), and watched the fog roll in over the hills. We talked, and were silent, and when we left we could see the stars.

And finally, a shot from my beloved Uni Parks – green leaves, green light, green grass, green everything.

Happy green Tuesday.

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