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Many of the Fairy Chimneys have been made into homes. Hotels in the area offer cave rooms to rent.
Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
Shot on the outskirts of Homer, Alaska. An abundance of amazing scenery while exploring with Brian, Heather, and Isaiah.
Cleaning and sealing around the hive entrance with propolis likely prevents mold and fungus growth and possibly protects the bees from viruses and harmful bacteria.
UP 4014 heads north on the Greeley Subdivision near Platteville, Colorado on July 19 2025. Big Boy was headed back home to Cheyenne, completing a round trip to Denver. This was the only outing for the Big Boy scheduled for 2025.
The 4014 was built by ALCO in 1941, and was retired from regular service in 1961.
For "An Idea of Home": my home is England, but I've lived abroad for most of the last 13 years. Both "home" and where I actually live end up feeling like no-man's land. And this for someone who could choose anywhere at all. I dread to think...
Dromoland Castle Hotel was the ancestral home of the O’Briens, Barons of Inchiquin, one of the few native Gaelic families of royal blood. They are direct descendants of Brian Boru, High King of Ireland in the 11th century, renowned for his defeat of the Danes in 1014. Originally a defensive stronghold, the structure was rebuilt in the 16th century around the time that the Chief of the Clan O’Brien was forced to surrender his royalty to King Henry VIII and thus be demoted to Baron of Inchiquin and First Earl of Thomond.
The present castle was constructed in 1835, but the first building on the land dates back to the 15th or 16th century. "Dromoland" means “Hill of Litigation.” The first mention of Dromoland in any records was in the will of Murrough O’Brien in 1551. He was a Tanist, which is the traditional Gaelic system for passing down titles and lands. Murrough O’Brien had been given the title of Earl of Thomond by Henry VIII, and bequeathed the castle to his son. The land and the homes built on it, were tumultuously in the family for six generations, with several litigations taking place over who owned the land during that time.
By 1717, Sir Edward O’Brien was the owner. In 1822, he decided to rebuild, update, and renovate the main house with pictures and carvings. Neo-gothic designs were done by the James and George Pain, which were influenced by English architect John Nash. The work was completed by 1835.
The Castle was described in 1837 as “a superb edifice in the castellated style, surrounded by an extensive and richly wooded demesne.” Another admirer described it in 1855 as “built entirely of dark blue limestone, and in fine chiseled workmanship.” There was a hugh cost of cutting and hauling its stone, although quarried on the estate itself.
Sir Edward O’Brien's second son, William Smith O’Brien, M.P., was born and grew up here, who fought for the rights of oppressed Irish Catholic peasant farmers and led the Young Irelanders rebellion against the British authorities in 1848. After the forced sale of the estate’s tenanted farmlands in 1921, the leaders of the Irish Republican Army in Dublin marked Dromoland Castle for destruction. Local IRA leaders succeeded in reversing that decision, arguing that the Inchiquin lords had been fair and benevolent landlords to their tenant farmers. For more than 10 years, Dromoland was supported mainly by the personal wealth of the fifteenth baron’s widow, her portrait hangs now near the staircase in the Castle’s hall.
Dromoland Castle hotel has been preserved with little change since the 19th century. Done in the Gothic Revival style, it has turrets, a gothic porch which displays the O’Brien coat of arms, views of the lake and Thomond House, and large gardens. The interior public spaces boast classic baronial country house features, including paneled corridors graced with portraits of esteemed ancestors, radiant chandeliers, tasseled draperies, gold cornices, and priceless antique furniture. These impressive yet welcoming spaces, including the entrance gallery, lobby, drawing room, main lounge, and dramatic high-ceiling dining room, appear much as they did when Lord Inchiquin’s family was in residence. The Lord’s octagonal-shaped study, under the round tower, is now a cocktail lounge, and his library comprises a portion of the dining room.
In 1962, Donough O’Brien, the 16th Baron Inchiquin, sold Dromoland Castle and its surrounding land to American industrialist Bernard P. McDonough, due to financial difficulties. He converted the Caste for use as a hotel. Conor O’Brien, the eighteenth Baron, continues to live in the adjacent Thomond House, a Georgian-style structure built in 1962, and still farms and operates part of the demesne as a sporting and leisure estate.
Adjacent is The Queen Anne Court, a quadrangle that pre-dates the castle, having been constructed in 1736 by Sir Edward O’Brien. The castle and The Queen Anne Court underwent major renovations in 1962 and 1963 and emerged as a luxury hotel, one that remarkably retains its stately, warm, and cheerful baronial country house atmosphere. Across the courtyard, brilliantly integrated into its historic setting, is the Moriarty Wing, added in 1998.
Among the disinguised guests to name but a few; Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, John Travolta, Richard Branson, Jack Nicholson and Johnny Cash. George W. Bush, stayed at the castle in June 2004, as he was attending an EU-US Summit held there. In the 16 hours he was there, he was guarded by 7,000 police, military, and private security forces.
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I used this for the first time on Thursday 21st February 2008 and got some nice prints! Lovely job :o)
A very, very quiet day still sequestered at home. This is how hubby spends most of the day - reading. Although I spend most of my time on the computer, I'm reading even more than normal and am racing through my very long list of 'want-to-read' books. That means I'm also getting a lot of knitting done while I read!