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Ireland Part IV

On By Fred KingIn 2026, Architecture, beach, bird, blossoms, blue, Blue Sky, boat, buildings, business, cafe, Children, coast, commerce, docks, Environment, family, iPhone 17, Ireland, Madeleine, personal, Sea life, seagull, sky, street photography, Streets, summer, vacation, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

National Museum of Ireland. As you enter and look up, this is what you will see. We went just after opening and it became fairly crowded soon thereafter. This was the only photo I took.

Packing our rental vehicle was a planned out operation. All of the luggage could only fit in one way to allow space in the third seat for our granddaughter to hide out. Good that she is double jointed and fairly thin. I don’t know how she survived two weeks surrounded by luggage. Months earlier, when planning the trip, we had requested a 6 passenger van, which they actually had on the lot the day we picked this up, but we couldn’t use it and had to settle for this VW SUV.

Coastal town of Kinsale. Really picturesque village. The fellow in the white shorts is our grandson, Adam. We stayed in a three story Airbnb that had some interesting quirks about it, like a door to a lanai that closes and locks behind you. We had to put our washed clothes outside on racks to dry and in going out, this door closed behind us.

The harbor of Kinsale.

Strolling about town.

It’s good to know where the end of the world is.

Thurso, Scotland

On By Fred KingIn 2019, Architecture, Art, blossoms, buildings, chapel, Church, city, clocks, clouds, coast, colors, commerce, design, downtown, Flowers, garden, Houses, Iphone 7, Landscape, nature, Nikon D610, ocean, Purple, Scotland, Signage, sky, street, street art, street photography, Streets, summer, sunrise, sunset, Travels, vacation, wandering, wandering photographer1 Comment

Wandering Around St. Andrews, Scotland

On By Fred KingIn 2019, abandoned, abandoned buildings, abby, Architecture, B&W, buildings, Church, colors, commerce, design, Iphone 7, Nikon D610, Scotland, shadow, Shadows, Signage, stone, street, summer, Travels, tree, vacation, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

The Blue Moon

On By Fred KingIn 2019, Architecture, buildings, city, colors, commerce, decorations, design, Iphone 7, mural, Music, musicians, rocknroll, Seattle, street, street art, street photography, themes, Thoughts, wandering, wandering photographerLeave a comment

Went to the Blue Moon Tavern last Saturday night. Two local bands were having a record release party. Advertised as Seattle’s ” most infamous bar”. The list of literary figures that have spent time in the bar can be seen on this link. I like the one where Tom Robbins, the author, called Pablo Picasso from the bar and actually got through to him, but Mr. Picasso refused to accept the overseas phone charges. The murals in this post are on the west wall of the exterior of the bar and were taken with my iPhone.

Seattle Rail Yard

On By Fred KingIn B&W, Bridge, buildings, clouds, commerce, Georgetown, Seattle, Nikon D610, Seattle, sky, street, Train, Uncategorized, Washington4 Comments

Version 2From the Lucille St. bridge, looking NW. Some of rail lines leading into Seattle. Some of the spurs off of these main lines are not in use today as industries have relocated outside the city limits or just closed down.

Pigs on Parade #1

On By Fred KingIn Art, Blue Sky, commerce, Humor, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Statue, street, street art, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

A few years ago the Pike Place Market celebrated its 100th anniversary. One of the more interesting events surrounding this occasion was called Pigs on Parade. Various sculpted pigs were given out to various artists to decorate/paint as they wished. The Pigs would then be placed at various locations in downtown Seattle. I went around one day and photographed as many as I could find in the time frame I had given myself. So, over the next couple of weeks I will be posting those photos. The Golden pig, in this post, was stationed on top of a building in the Market itself.

Bike Program

On By Fred KingIn abandoned, Alki Point, beach, commerce, Environment, Nikon D610, Seattle, shadow, Shadows, street, Thoughts, Uncategorized2 Comments

One of three companies running bike share programs in Seattle ( actually, more like bike rental, I guess). A consequence of these three companies business plan, bikes littering parks, sidewalks and basically anywhere someone decides they no longer need to ride.

When Citibike failed financially in Seattle, (of course) that would be a sign that three other companies could succeed in the wake of their failure. Other than rent bikes by the hour and leave them wherever your hour takes you, I have no idea what their business plan is or why three companies were granted the right to litter parking strips, bus stops and scenic parks ( as above ) on Beach Drive in West Seattle?

Duwamish Access VII

On By Fred KingIn abandoned, Blue Sky, Bridge, clouds, commerce, docks, Duwamish River, Environment, Nikon D610, river, Signage, Uncategorized, Urban DecayLeave a comment

After getting past a No Trespassing sign and fence I was able to get a closer look at this closed pedestrian pier and dock. In the background of one of the images you can see the West Seattle high-rise bridge. This bridge was a replacement for a drawbridge that was hit by a ship back in the 1980’s, I believe.

Duwamish Access IV

On By Fred KingIn Barge, Blue Sky, boat, commerce, Duck, Duwamish River, Environment, nature, Nikon D610, river, Seattle, Thoughts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Some of the non-commercial traffic on the Duwamish River. It’s interesting that one natural resource can be shared by so many diverse interests; from various wildlife, boaters, fishers, fish and commerce.