http://wishkoski.com Alex's Pictures and Movies from Seattle Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:46:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://wishkoski.com/2009/09/corea-3/ http://wishkoski.com/2009/09/corea-2/ http://wishkoski.com/2009/09/corea-1/ A snapshot from the recent trip to Maine — Acadia N.P. http://wishkoski.com/2009/09/acadia-bridge/ http://wishkoski.com/2009/07/happy-fourth-%e2%80%93-2/ http://wishkoski.com/2009/07/happy-fourth/ Salvation. You wait for it, strive for it. You are one of the unlucky 1% of humanity that survived Judgment Day only to be hunted by machines. You forgive your brethren for the clumsy deification of John Connor, the man who broadcasts information to organize your resistance. But ... http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/terminator-salvation-in-review/ Cashel, County Tipperary. A spectacular site to see, the breadth of history is stunning — recent graves next to structures built in the 12th century. The Rock of Cashel on Wikipedia. http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/celtic-cross/ http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/celtic-cross-rock-of-cashel-ireland-5/ In Gallarus Oratory You can still feel the community pack This place: it’s like going into a turfstack, A core of old dark walled up with stone A yard thick. When you’re in it alone, You might have dropped, a reduced creature, To the heart of the globe. No worshipper Would leap up to his ... http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/gallarus-oratory-ireland-4/ Gallarus Oratory, the best preserved early Christian church in Ireland. Believed to have been constructed in the 6th to 9th centuries, and still watertight to this day — just stacked stones — no mortar of any kind. Gallarus Oratory on Wikipedia http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/gallarus-oratory-ireland-3/ I'm back, and have brought quite a few nice pictures in tow. I'll be posting some of my favorites here in the coming days. For now, check out this one. And all you family members, don't assume seeing these special few gets you out of the full slideshow. http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/back-from-ireland/ Curved road, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/curves-ireland-2/ Sheep near the top of Carhoo Hill, County Kerry, Ireland, over-looking Dingle harbor. http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/sheepish-ireland-1/ In just a few hours I'll be off to Ireland for two weeks! I probably won't have any pictures to show off until I'm back (because I am not taking my laptop), but you can expect sporadic updates here, and as usual on Twitter. http://wishkoski.com/2009/05/off-to-the-emerald-isle/