https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home daily 1.0 2024-11-12 https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/2024/4/29/practicing-a-leap-two-three monthly 0.5 2024-04-29 https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/2021/3/17/st-paddy-lessons-to-learn-and-share monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/a-bit-about-saint-patrick-and-his-feast-day-aka-l-fhile-phdraig monthly 0.5 2020-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1584506695692-2PGEAPAEZSCRZMZB3FKL/IMG_20191010_220000.jpg Home - A Bit About Saint Patrick And His Feast Day aka Lá Fhéile Phádraig Jamison and Ginger, my fav….slurp! photo by dj https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/2019/12/31/christmas-happy-to-you monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1577809011288-WD4W9YC013AJ0167WWV8/IMG_20191220_184419.jpg Home - Christmas, Happy to You and what to my wondering eyes should appear when getting out of the taxi on grafton street? photo by dj https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/2019/12/18/expotition-rudolphina-expanding-views-whilst-shopping-for-ms-claus monthly 0.5 2019-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576701428380-ACT6MYP24MIV1YWFKCJT/IMG_20191217_140901.jpg Home - expotition rudolphina: capturing the shining light, shopping for ms. claus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576701398065-2EEPZK0IN2O6G0B5GETH/IMG_20191217_141932.jpg Home - expotition rudolphina: capturing the shining light, shopping for ms. claus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576701428685-YHBJFESKHGOD72O90PGG/IMG_20191217_142113.jpg Home - expotition rudolphina: capturing the shining light, shopping for ms. claus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576701465895-ET9WSDQXO1MIXUMUBKU1/IMG_20191217_150448.jpg Home - expotition rudolphina: capturing the shining light, shopping for ms. claus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576701455906-DSB4J1H0H2BSX6CE1KVI/IMG_20191217_145141.jpg Home - expotition rudolphina: capturing the shining light, shopping for ms. claus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576701469506-QDTGV7DV7XA40BB9TCV0/IMG_20191217_162326.jpg Home - expotition rudolphina: capturing the shining light, shopping for ms. claus https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/2019/12/13/long-night-moon-lingering-on-friday-the-13th-what-does-it-mean monthly 0.5 2019-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1576691025004-6IWFRJLPRRY5T9T0TF9C/PANO_20191213_105526.vr.jpg Home - Long Night Moon Lingering on Friday the 13th, what does it mean? full moon replaced by a full rainbow —sign of something good to come for sure for sure -photo by dj https://www.leaplovelearn.com/home/2019/7/4/ireland-is-where-strange-tales-begin-and-happy-endings-are-possible-c-haughey-1 monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1562251035896-W12RTNRXFCER3G57L2CI/IMG_20190630_125409.jpg Home - "Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible." - C. Haughey wouldn’t be a trip to eire without winding our way round the ring of kerry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1562251140657-XG4RZBTY7R1129ZR6O3W/IMG_20190608_210153.jpg Home - "Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible." - C. 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is it a phantom toll booth or an irish tardis? hmmm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836657653-9TILAKG1HUPGCL3WTGDC/IMG_20190601_122708.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - the reek crough patrick / croachan aigil — by any name tis a sacred mtn fit for eagles to fly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836660429-33KVCHBBPSUT4EXJGD14/IMG_20190601_123007.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - auchagower graveyard tombstones from 1770 to 2006… and the many years inbetween https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836685782-64FI0MPC7T23X8TXR10U/IMG_20190601_123142.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - guardian of the graveyard perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836706456-PYL0405SYK341ZK2LCE2/IMG_20190601_123335.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - st. patrick giving blessing to the bishop of aghagower 441 a.d. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836726372-O41USHEBQ80MAPM5W0X9/IMG_20190601_131322.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - these mtns look like sleeping giants to me... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836748598-FWM78QY0V1HZBEYNH9B2/IMG_20190601_131623.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - no trolls ambling up to greet us...darn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836749444-9L5MMNPY6UX0Y8O1BJ9I/IMG_20190601_132809.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - welcome to the "savage beauty" of the wild west of eire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559836774419-PEC8WHQQ2ZEH1YQ0SX12/IMG_20190601_135852.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - beauty to take your breath away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559917870929-0UTO472W2WRXIGAC3UEK/IMG_20190601_141114.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - the giant of connemara worthy of a stop into mr joyce’s craftshop too!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559918000604-6D046VBZ0OR0U58RN162/IMG_20190602_110001.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - lighthouse off the shore of galway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559918023664-EVN3LEYE1ERKEZQQBQKP/IMG_20190602_130806.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - river flowing to the sea in spite of wind who would have it flow back upstream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559918774911-B17TP2QN72QBJ18I0LXQ/IMG_20190602_144427.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - kylemoor castle/ abbey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559918835533-71SD3EADCOKMRI8OU2JA/IMG_20190602_145205.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - this home was a gift for his bride from a man who loved her with all his heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559918788604-ERGDUW0UY0JFANQ8UHVH/IMG_20190602_160521.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - waiting for ariel and eric to take their boat ride... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5c1768b10f252423ef554b/1559918859278-CHMNJ01G2WAR5GKU7Y6Y/IMG_20190602_154025.jpg Home - note to self: take the getaway weekend when it's offered (or even when it's not) - mother mary and the hand of god in a garden of eden, perhaps?s? 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