July 4, 2004: There are two paths that have archways over them. This is half of one of them.

July 4, 2004: The sides of the archways have windows cut in them. This is looking through one of those windows to the archway on the other side of the garden.

July 4, 2004: This is the full length of one of the paths. Roz is walking at the other end.

July 4, 2004: A statue with roses growing up around it.

July 4, 2004: Rosalind walking down a garden path looking at the flowers.

July 4, 2004: More flowers in the Millennium Garden at the Birr Castle Demesne.

July 4, 2004: A door in the wall of the garden.

July 4, 2004: One of the flowers growing in the greenhouse in the Millennium Gardens.

July 4, 2004: One of the flowers growing in the greenhouse in the Millennium Gardens.

July 4, 2004: After walking around in the garden for a while, a cat showed up and started following us. Rosalind is always happy to have something fuzzy to pet.

July 4, 2004: A tree in the garden.

July 4, 2004: The hedge on either side is in the Guinness book of world records as being the tallest box hedge in the world. It is over a hundred years old.

July 4, 2004: The hedge to the left is in the Guinness book of world records as being the tallest box hedge in the world. It is over a hundred years old.

July 4, 2004: Birr Castle and its telescope

July 4, 2004: The third Earl of Rosse inhabited Birr Castle and began work on a telescope in the 1840s. This is that telescope. After it was built, it remained as the largest telescope in the world for 75 years.

July 4, 2004: The telescope can easily pivot up and down between its supporting walls using a system of counterweights. It also has a small amount of movement from side to side.

July 4, 2004: When in Ireland, don't forget to stop and smell the flowers.

July 4, 2004: A lovely flowering tree and a couple of swans.

July 4, 2004: Under the canopy of the flowering tree

July 4, 2004: Another flower on the grounds of Birr Castle.