I’ve always wanted to visit the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Island. It is a mysterious place, full of myths and legends about Finn McCool an Irish giant who was at war with a Scottish giant called Benandonner. Some quick thinking by Finn McCool’s wife...
I felt like stepping back in time and scrolled through some of my photos from previous trips. Rome caught my eye, so my photos today are of the coliseum. Although we’d visited Rome before, we’d only seen the coliseum as we drove past. On this visit I was determined to...
One of the things I enjoyed during the Art Deco Festival in Napier, New Zealand, was the huge number of vintage cars. The vintage cars always draw my eye. The muted colors – hunter green, burgundy and cream. The gleaming paintwork and proud owners. They are reminders...
Some more photos from the Giant’s house, a photographers’ dream. Hubby playing the piano out in the garden. It was French cafe music! Vegetables and flowers combine with sculpture to create a fun vista. If you’re ever in this part of the world, I highly recommend a...
The Giant’s House was build in 1880 and is made of native totara and kauri timber. The house was originally owned by a bank manager. Artist and sculptor Josie Martin purchased the house and has used the gardens as her artist canvas and created a wonderland—a fun place...
Whenever we travel to Britain, I like to explore some of the historical properties and imagine what it was like for the people who lived in these homes. This visit we went to Avebury Manor, a National Trust property in Wiltshire, England. The BBC filmed a series here...
This is part two of my Sark posts. Here is part one. La Seigneurie Gardens on Sark are in the grounds of the mansion of the same name. The oldest part of the house dates back to 1675. Over the years, additions have added to the building. According to the La Seigneurie...
Sark is one of the Channel Islands, 80 miles south of England. The island often appears on our news because it has a small population and is a royal fief, which means they set their own laws and have a parliament. The island is also carless. When the chance came to...
Fiordland is the largest National Park in New Zealand and at 1.2 million hectares (3.1 million acres) is also one of the largest in the world. It is an area of wilderness that stretches from Martin’s Bay in the north of the South Island to Te Waewae Bay in the south,...
