St. Stephen's Green is a beautiful city center park in Dublin, Ireland. Originally it was one of three commons in the old city. St. Stephen's Green was enclosed in 1664. The present 22-acre form was formed in 1880, using a grant presented by Lord Ardilaun, a member of the Guinness family.
I hope you enjoy viewing the following photographs of the gorgeous park grounds:
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~F. Frankfort Moore
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~Hanna Rion
How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence. ~Benjamin Disraeli
I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright. ~Henry David Thoreau
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ~Walt Whitman
The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. ~Edna St. Vincent Millay
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. ~Jane Austen
To me, a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ~ Helen Keller
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~William Shakespeare
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe. ~John Berger
I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order. ~John Burroughs
You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. ~St. Bernard
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir
God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. ~ Martin Luther
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. ~William Shakespeare
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. ~Rachel Carson
I hope everyone is having a glorious Sunday!
Next blog I will take you to the mysterious passage burial ground of Newgrange and the beautiful High Crosses of Monasterboice.
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