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Comment by deirdre shanny on July 15, 2017 at 10:39

Love this sal...

Comment by meg leahy on July 6, 2017 at 7:04

Wonderful painting- and think it's so important to chronicle our lovely round barns- they softly nestle into the Irish landscape and the ugly sharp contoured slatted sheds have taken over- for understandable practical reasons- but so unaesthetic..!! Smashing work Sally...

Comment by Sally Downey on July 5, 2017 at 17:46

Thanks for that John.

Comment by John McManus on July 5, 2017 at 17:20

This worked out well for you Sally, the path leading to the shadowed area in the barn creates the interest!

Comment by Sally Downey on July 5, 2017 at 14:59

Thanks again! Norah for all that. The cow parsley has all sorts of names - QueenAnnesLace , Devils Bread. And because it's very like Hemlock, which is deadly poisonous kids were told that it was Mothers Die I.e if you picked it your mother would die! A good deterrent.

Comment by Norah Blount on July 4, 2017 at 17:27

I love your palette Sally, the gentle violets on the path against that lovely gentle green and of course the lovely cow parsley all tying together to make the barn stand out - wonderful paitning. I went out sketching cow parsley yesterday and then found some giant hogweed and I believe there is also cow parsnip !

Comment by Sally Downey on July 4, 2017 at 11:34

Thanks Sean you all made it look so easy I thought I should have a go myself..  Weed is cow parsley I believe. Giant Hogweed is a huge version of it.

Comment by Sean Quinn on July 4, 2017 at 10:06

Well  observed, Sally,  as I tried to observe it myself. Those flowers look so well, I can't think of their quite mundane name.     And the overgrown lane pulls the whole scene together nicely.