Showing posts with label Irish moss. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Irish moss climbs up


Irish moss climbs up
the trunk of a twisted tree
at Castle Archdale

The grounds of Castle Archdale, once a large estate in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, is now a county park. The once carefully tended gardens have gone wild, unwinding centuries of domestication. Perhaps St. Patrick rested under this ancient tree with its twisted limbs covered with moss. But I rather imagine he missed catching a glimpse of the Good People flitting through the lush greenery.