reflection

cloudy, cool and the view

 looking toward Lough Foyle from the health centre's parking lot.

the red door

and a big tree.

splash of colour

 not much foliage here on the Stracashel River after the wind and rain took care of most of the leaves.

fog

a foggy morning in Moville (2018)

skywatch

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sights

I see on the river walk

new trees growing

beautiful addition

to a street corner

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another view from the river walk

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surrounded by shrubbery and trees

decorations

Christmas tree at the post office

Killybegs Community Hospital's lobby

festive lights seen around town

two styles

of Christmas trees for two towns.  Donegal Town is going with a real tree.

and Killybegs is going with metal frame with the lights arranged in a cone shape.

river eske

in Donegal Town

Duntally Wood Nature Reserve

While we were in Creeslough, we had a chance to visit Duntally and walk the trail.  What a beautiful place this is with lots of green.  As we walked the trail, we came across one guy with his dog and didn't see anyone else.  We walked to the end of the trail and turned around and headed back to where we started.  It was so quiet all we could hear were the birds singing and our footsteps.  A lovely way to spend part of the morning.

Duntally Wood Nature Reserve is a 2.5km loop trail takes you from the car-park along old cart-ways and down into the valley bottom. Potatoes and cereals were once grown in these meadows. Some have been cleared of tree cover to increase diversity within the woodland.
Extending to over 15 hectares it is a fantastic example of an oak, ash, hazel woodland. Other notable tree species include Holly, Elm and Downy Birch. Ground flora is varied throughout the woodland and changes with soil and habitat type, common species include wood anemone, early purple orchid, hard fern, wild garlic, meadowsweet, bugle, and bluebell.
Info courtesy of Natural Parks & Wildlife Services

tree planting

on the footpath in Mountcharles.  There are around dozen or more being planted on both sides of Main Street..

the bank walk

in Donegal Town.  This 2.5 km walk  follows the west bank of the River Eske as it empties into Donegal Bay.  It's nice, shady and cool.  A great place to visit on a hot and humid day.  I had an hour to kill before heading back to Killybegs so I enjoyed a walk on the trail.

one of the fairies houses that children had placed in the nooks of trees, there are quite a few of them at the beginning.  I liked this one with the chair.

a view down the paved trail

a view of Donegal Bay from the trail

moss covered ground

a group of children on a field trip enjoying the trail

a post box that some people leave a note on their way out.  I wonder who collects the notes, maybe a fairy. :)

a list of flora and fauna that you can see on the trail

Saw the leaf on the way out, an appropriate ending for the day.

big trees

and their shadows, taken last Friday.

skywatch friday

taken at the Health Clinic's parking area
Monday, 08/01/17 - 4pm

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random shots

from a walk last week. 

 

a long driveway

 

a swing waiting for a rider

strolling through the neighborhood

a fat pine tree

colour and decay

a left over sign