St. Stephen's Green, Dublin Ireland

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.