Quaint Old Cottage

Thank you George. I must go back to try and find this cottage again when I buy myself my NIKON D90 camera. This image was take with a very old digital camera that I borrowed a few years ago….it may have been only a 3 mega-pixel camera I think. I would love to take it again with the 12.3MP camera.

Thank you John. :)

Thank you Tom. It was taken in 2006 and I think it would have been about May and it was taken with a very old digital camera that I borrowed. I think it must have been a 3MP camera. :)

Thank you Joe. Actually I did try that initially….straightening the horizon line but I didn’t like the wall in the foreground being straight. I thought the diagonal foreground stone wall looked more interesting. :)

You’re welcome Teresa. Thanks for visiting. :)

Thank you Sally. :)

Thank you Carol. And thanks for the fav. :)

Hi Caroline, Thanks for visiting. About the Horizon, I wish I could straighten the horizon but it’s impossible without ruining the angle of the stone wall to the front of the image so I decided it looked better this way. Well the real reason I took this image is for the purpose of painting the scene. At least in painting it I will be able to have a horizontal horizon and nicely angled wall. :)

It’ll probably take a while before I get around to that one. But I will certainly put it up here when I do get it done. :)

Thank you Tom and thanks for the visit. :)

Hi Pat, Thank you. It certainly has lots of character…one of the many photos of mine waiting to be painted. Glad I captured it when I did, despite it being taken with a very old digital camera of very low pixel count. It will be a great reference. :)

Wow! You live in a cottage like this. It must be full of character. Well thatched roofs are indeed so beautiful but I’m sure they must be so costly to maintain. You are lucky to have such magnificent stone walls around you too. I’m afraid I have to put up with boring concrete :( . I see you are from Kearney…It must be full of wonderful inspiration with lovely fishing boats, & the wonderful sea in view every day. :)

Hi Agnes, thanks for that…but I’m not sure which group that’s (top 10) in?

Thank you. And I hope I will enjoy painting it. :)

Thanks for letting me know Agnes. :)

Thank you Mike for the fav. Yes it would be a nice experience to stay in a cute little place like this. :~)

Thank you Marie. I really appreciate it. And thanks for all those who voted for it. :)

Thank you Shannon & Stefan. Hopefully you will get a chance to visit Ireland sometime, but when you do, be sure to bring a ‘brolly’...an umbrella (in case you don’t understand that slang).. :)

Very nice that you dream of such a little old cottage. Maybe you lived there in a past life. Thanks for visiting .. :)

Thank you for your compliments and the fav. I’m glad that it brings you happy memories of your time spent in Ireland. I’m sure if you came back to visit our land again you would find enormous changes since your time in 1967…some good ones and I’m sure some not so good. But on The Aran Islands off the west-coast of Ireland, where I found this little cottage, thankfully a lot of original unspoilt beauty still remains :)

Thank you very much Linda. And thanks for visiting. :)

Thank you Sandra and thanks to all who voted for my image. :)

Didn’t know it was featured in ‘Cottage Style’. Thanks for letting me know. :)

Thank you Kathy and thank you for visiting. :)

Well indeed you are correct. Thanks for letting me know. :)

Ah yes! I’ve spotted your wonderful chair photo with the amazing sun-ray light bursting through the window. Magnificent!...I was reading in your profile too that you have a Nikon D300…super camera…Mine is just a humble 6mp ‘point & shoot’ thing…Will be starting a full-time photography course in sept and will be buying myself a nice DSLR b4 then…I’m looking at the Nikon D90 (12.3mp)or the Canon 50D (15.1mp)...Hopefully I’ll have one of those b4 the end of the summer…. :)

Yes that does make a lot of sense.. Thanks David :)

Thank you Sharon. I’m a big fan of lovely old stone walls too. They have such wonderful colour tones in them, fossils ans shape planes. :)

Thank you sooo much for the feature! This was never meant to be a ‘photography’ type of photo as I took it as reference for painting it but people seemed to like it so I put here on RB and it seems that the RB community seem to like it too. So I’m really pleased. Thanks again. :)

Thank you very much Mike. :)

Thank you Paulette. :)

You are very welcome Ruth. :~) Trusting you had a good time while you were visiting Ireland then. I’m sure you wouldn’t know the place now…so many changes, some good, some not so good but this cottage is on one of the Aran Islands off the west-coast so is still relatively unspoilt. Not many changes there. Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you. Hope life is good in Finland. :)

Thank you.:)

Thank you very much. Yes, I’ve just seen it…can’t believe it. That just makes my day. :)

Thank you very much Tim. :)

Thank you very much Teresa. I can hardly believe it. It has really made my day. I’ll have to celebrate with a nice big mug of Tea or maybe I’ll have a Guinness instead.. :)

Thank you Carlo for your kind comments and thanks for your visit. C u soon. :)

Thank you Kent for your kind comments. And thanks for visiting. A very Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you and your family. :)

Thank you and thanks for your visit. It would be a cute place to live alright but I think it would need some major construction to make it habitable again. Wishing youa very Happy Saint Patrick’s Day…greetings from Ireland. :)

Thank you very much Joanne and wishing you a very Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.:)

Thank you soo much Sandra. It was a lovely surprise. And I wish you a very Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. :)

Thank you so much Susan and a very Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to you. :)

Thank you Gustav. Interesting to know that you were there. There are 3 Islands in the group of Aran Islands: Inis Mór (Big Island), Inis Meáin (Middle island) and Inis Oírr (East island)...I cannot actually remember whether this was on Inis Meáin or the smallest island Inis Oírr. You may remember that Inis Mór was more ‘touristy’ than the other two but they certainly are a lovely place to visit when it’s not raining. Definitely it looks like time has stood still for a long time on the 2 smaller islands which is great when one wants to get away from it all. Must try and get back there myself sometime this year. :)

Thank you very much. I was really surprised when I logged onto RB this morning. It’s a real honour. :)

Thank you very much Cindy. I was very pleased indeed to find it on the homepage. :)

Thank you Trevor. Hope it brings back some nice memories for you. I’m impressed at your knowledge of the way of life of the Aran islanders of years gone by. Peace be with you. :)

Thank you very much Marjorie and indeed thank you for featuring it on your ‘Cottage Style’ homepage. I hope you do get a chance to visit Ireland someday and these lovely Islands off the west-coast…ps. I was wearing a GREEN jumper today for St. Patrick’s Day. :)

Thank you very much Carly. Well if I can find that cottage again I would love to go back with a 10mp camera and see how it turns out. Welcome to RB. :~)

Thank you very much Alessia and thanks for visiting. :)

Thank you Jennifer. :)

Thank you Rhonda and thanks for the fav. :)

Thank you very much Karen. Nice of you to visit and leave a comment. :)

Thank you very much Brian. And thanks for visiting. :)

Thank you. Well I hope you do get a chance to visit Ireland someday…but I’ll warn you in advance…bring an umbrella..it rains a lot here. Thanks for visiting :~) .

Thank you Junior and thanks for the visit. :)

Thank you Paul and thanks for visiting. :~)

Yes it is indeed. Hope it gets preserved. :~)

Thank you Rebs and thank you for visiting. :~)

Thank you and thanks for visiting. :~)

Thank you. Pleased you like it. Thanks for visiting. Much appreciated :~)

Thank you very much David, Agnes and Debbie. It was a wonderful surprise to log on to RB this morning and find it. :~)

Thank you very much Christian. I really appreciate it and thank you for visiting. :~)

Thank you Annie. It was great to discover the feature this morning. Thanks for visiting. :~)

Thank you and thanks for visiting. :~)

Thank you Marita. I was out most of the day wearing my GREEN jumper for the day that was in it. Hope you had a nice St. Patrick’s Day too. ....I like your self-portrait painting on your portfolio page…very interesting point of view.

Thank you Evita and thanks for visiting. :~)

Thank you very much Tibby. Much appreciated. Hope you are enjoying your new home and new life in the mountains of Western North Carolina.Sounds like a lovely place. :~)

Thank you very much. And thanks for visiting. :~)

Thank you Jens and thanks for visiting. :)

Good for you. :~)

Thank you very much Bonnie. Much appreciated. :~)

Thank you for your kind comments Anthony

Thank you Julie. If you ever do get a chance to visit here, be sure to bring a good umbrella. Unfortunately it rains a lot in Ireland.

Thank you Phil and thanks for visiting.

Yes I would say it probably is dated mid-1800’s…amazing that it is still standing. It looks like it has been abandoned for a long long time. Imagine the houses they throw up today still standing in 150 years time…I’d say most of them won’t be. So you’re 1/32nd Irish (that must have taken some working out)...well they say there are many more millions of Irish living abroad that are living in Ireland. ...You say Érin go bra… well at the moment it looks like ‘Érin go broke’...the state of the economy at the moment…

Thank you Debbie. :)

Thank you for the feature. Hoping to learn a lot more about photography here through RB.

Thank you Maria. And thanks for visiting. :)

Thank you very much Carline. :)

Thank you Ann. Hope you get your chance to travel to Ireland sometime. These kind of houses are rare though. This one was on the Aran Islands off the West coast. It is still quite traditional there. :)