New Poem for writers and more Ireland pictures...

THE PHOTOS ABOVE ARE FROM BLARNEY CASTLE WHERE YOU CAN KISS THE FAMOUS BLARNEY STONE FOR THE GIFT OF GAB. I TOOK THESE ON OCT 16,2006. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TOWER PICTURES BOTH IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR, BECAUSE I TOOK THOSE AND WILL SIZE THEM TO 8X10'S FOR MY LIVING ROOM (WHICH HAS PICTURES OF ALL THE PLACES WEVE TRAVELLED TOO) iM A TRAVEL NUT!!! SHARE YOUR TRAVEL STORIES WITH ME!. IF YOU LIKE THEM, CONTACT ME AND MAYBE WE CAN ARRANGE SOMETHING SO I CAN SEND YOU THE PICTURES TOO.

THE BLARNEY STONE WAS A HEFTY HIKE TO THE TOP, IVE ENCLOSED A PICTURE OF WHAT MOST OF THE STAIRS IN CASTLES ACROSS IRELAND LOOK LIKE AND THE TOP OF BLARNEY CASTLE WHERE THE STONE IS THAT YOU KISS (I HAVE MORE DETAILED PICS OF THE ACTUALLY BLARNEY STONE ILL POST LATER).

IMAGINE WALKING THOSE IN THE DARK WITH SLICK STONE AND FLAME TORCHES AND CRAPPY SHOES. I ACTUALLY SLID DOWN 4 STAIRS AND LET ME TELL YOU A THING OR TWO ABOUT SLIPPING ON STONE STAIRS, YOUR SORE FOR DAYS! IF NOT WEEKS! YOU HAVE TO CLIMB TO THE TOP TO KISS THE BLARNEY STONE, THEN LEAD BACKWARDS ON YOUR BACK TO KISS IT. THERE IS AN ATTENDANT WITH YOU.

QUICK STORY ABOUT BLARNEY CASTLE: THE OWNER OF BLARNEY KEPT THE ENGLISH FROM SEIZING HIS PROPERTY AND CASTLE HOME DURING THE TIME ENGLAND TRIED TO OVERTAKE THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SO HE WOULD WRITE LONG, BEAUTIFUL LETTERS TO ENGLAND'S QUEEN ELIZABETH (I BELIEVE IT WAS QUEEN ELIZABETH, IF IM WRONG PLEASE LET ME KNOW) NOT THE CURRENT QUEEN, THIS WAS LIKE 1100) AND SHE WAS SO FLATTERED BY HIS WRITING THAT SHE NEVER TOOK THE CASTLE AND THATS HOW THE BLARNEY STONE GOT ITS NAME BECASUE IT'S OWNER KEPT THE CASTLE AND GROUNDS FROM HIS ELEQUENCE AND GIFT OF TALKING.

I'LL POST MORE FROM IRELAND LATER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG, JAMESTOWN, CHARLESTON OR TO SEE MY VERY OWN GHOST PIC MY HUSBAND TOOK LEAVE A RESPONSE OR EMAIL ME: HCD@HEIDICDAHLQUIST.ORG (THIS ISNT CAP SENSITIVE)

SLAINTE CAIRDE (IRISH FOR CHEERS FREINDS) THERE ARE 2 KINDS OF GAELIC....IRISH AND SCOTTISH BUT THEY ARE VERY SIMILIAR.

PLEASE READ MY POEM BELOW, IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. SO ITS COPYRIGHTED, YOU NEED MY PERMISSION IF YOU WANT TO COPY IT

IN TIMES OF NEED

In times of need, I look to you.
To see your strength, your love.
You are there through everything calling me to rise above.
You are my strength, my hope,
my inspiration, the only one I need.
To conqueor life and fufill my writing dreams that only I dream.
(written and published by Heidi C. Dahlquist (c))


have a splendid evening mates,

Heidi =)