Sorry to drone on....but this footage! OMG!

I'm going to do one last dump here of my remembrances of July 2024 in Ireland and Belgiumn— the best of which is Owen's drone footage of the land the Lynches came from.  He got a drone for a birthday two (?) years ago and has quite an eye — not to mention a steady hand. 

I won't even show a preview because it's worth the build. Click to view the Lynch land — the area in southwest Kerry where Fred's family left to come to the states in the 1860s. 

And click here to see Fred drawing on this land. Drone footage courtesy of Owen Lynch. 

Now to unload some themed photos. Begium is know for its lace. 

Learn more about that here:

https://www.greenparkhotelbrugge.com/en/blog/the-legend-of-bruges-lace#:~:text=Bruges%20has%20a%20very%20unique,%E2%80%9CThe%20Home%20of%20Lace%E2%80%9D

So now for some theme pics from my many steps in Bruges. 

Next up — I took pics of these odd little cubby holes near the front doors of all these houses and learned they are boot scrapers — which I suspected. But in Boston there’s not “cavity” in the house, but just a wrought iron sort of staple shaped thing coming out of the ground.

Anyway, CHECK THIS OUT. During Covid, this guy made little dioramas out of them in Antwerp. One is his IG and one is his site.

https://www.instagram.com/verwonderende_voetschrapers/?hl=en

https://www.hausgemacht.be/

Here are the ones I found: 

This is the kind we're used to seeing in Boston. I did not take this photo. Got it on line.. from New England.

Next up — this is really inspired by Fred who noticed some cool doorknobs. Here are my four faves.

This was fun. I found messages everywhere I turned. 

Hou de liefde in ere is a quote from  Tiziana Maniezzo and it means "Keep love alive."

Funny, these last two are business vans.... and the names of their companies are in English,
and are American self-help type phrases. 

And finally... street numbers. It's clear in Bruges that the city has a design for the house number of all its inhabitants, but the creative few create or commision the creation of their own:

This is SUPER basic and close to the city ordained treatment, but they added the little triangles at the corners to "make it their own."

It's not lost on me what they did here.

And that's all folks! Until next time!

Thanks for coming along on this trip!