Craic is Fun

This week in pictures, mostly, because classes were relatively uneventful and mostly canceled/introductory. I think I'll be taking Anatomy (with real cadavers!), Memory and Cognition, Human Sexuality, Celtic Civilization, Polymer Technologies, and Climate Change.

This weekend was the Galway Americana Festival, featuring lots of free music at our favorite pubs. We saw Without George at Monroe's on Friday night, and The Molly Hicks on Saturday at the Crane Bar.

The weather has been so beautiful that people are getting nervous, but Saturday we decided to go on a bike ride to Brigit's Gardens, a little nature park with all sorts of ancient myth and tidbits about Ireland's greenery. The ride was a lot longer than anticipated (thanks, Googlemaps) and it ended up being about three and a half hours roundtrip - rental bike seats are not meant to sat upon that long. Luckily we stopped in a small town on the way, and they had a bakery with the most perfect cupcake.

Anyway, here are some pretty flowers from Brigit's - they were scattered around like sprinkles on a big green, glazed donut:








And, my favorite:


There was a massive and very accurate sundial that showed not only the time, but the date and season as well. It was around 4:30 pm...


There were several rock formations specific to certain ceremonies and times of the year:


Also, wishing trees. I was going to make one but someone had already done it:



We tip-toed around so as not to wake her...


Walking through the woods revealed some less traditional seeming (and much creepier) Celtic ceremonies...


So ghost-tree dresses do not haunt you, I'll leave you with this adorable chubby pony - her shaggy baby was hiding in the grass, but there'll be a photo of him coming asap. Thanks for reading, hope y'all are doing well!