Sneem, Waterville and King’s Head

Ezekiel has strong words for how God will destroy Satan ( Ezekiel 28: 19) but how did Jesus speak to Satan when He was on Earth. Here is a conversation that took place after Jesus had been without food for forty days praying in the desert.

Satan: ‘ If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.’

Jesus: ‘ It is written, people do not live on bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.’

Then during Jesus’s time with his disciples they tried to cast out an evil spirit and they couldn’t. Jesus did it. The disciples then asked: ‘Why’. This is Jesus’s answer:

‘This kind of spirit can only come out, by prayer and fasting.’

Sandy says there is no space for human pride in personal physical ability when confronting Satan. God’s power only may function through weak humble humanity to bring about the defeat of evil. Jesus quoted God as the authority over Satan using His words. We may use God’s words in dealing with Satan, too.

I know I have been travelling a while with these religious thoughts but we have also been travelling through fine countryside. These three places are close to each other on The Ring of Kerry. This 179 km (111 mile) circular tourist route is around the Iveragh Peninsula in county Kerry Ireland.

This post will have photographs of two gardens in Sneem, a village where a river meets the tidal sea section, then a look at the colourful stones of Waterville and lastly views from the King’s Head viewpoint.

Sneem

The campsite has a fine view of the river and pleasant walks through gardens. Here are six photographs:

Looking down from the village to the campsite.

Colourful Sneem with shops and Irish knits in all shapes and sizes. Sheep’s wool being the warmest and most used.

The wild garden: nettles, dock, ragwort, ivy, hawthorn, alder,wych elm, willow ash and then a warning sign not to cut a section which has Japanese knotweed.

The large community garden with different areas for children and adults to enjoy.

Sneem a fine place to walk.

Waterville

Here the colourful stones are enjoyed by all.

Purple and red which is oxidized iron minerals. Green created by reduced iron states and chlorite minerals. Bright white consists of contrasting quartz fragments.

Then notice piles of graded flat stones from large to small on bolders which introduce one to a much larger view. It is the powerful Atlantic waves that have deposited, tumbled and smoothed these local rocks of old red sandstone and people have enjoyed sorting and placing the smaller ones.

And here is my keepsake from this beautiful beach with two Irish sayings I found out:

‘ The sun is splitting the stones. ‘ It is really hot!

‘ You didn’t lick it off a stone.’ This is a classic colloquial phrase meaning you inherited a certain talent, personality trait, or physical looks.’

…and a reminder of Charlie Chaplin on a wall overlooking this vast bay.

The King’s Head viewpoint

It is high enough to see Dingle Bay, the Iveragh Peninsular coastline, and across towards the Atlantic ocean.

Emerald green against blue, deep green and yellowing grass lastly against stones of different colours with yellow lichen. A feast for the eyes.

The skies changing because the clouds are moving; layers of white on grey or grey on white with holes of finest turquoise above a navy, grey cloud shadowed sea. What changes and carries the brush for all these colours? The movement of the wind, the changing angles of the rays of the sun, the response of all of nature to change.

Beautiful! Best ever at uniting time in fathomless unmeasurable longing. Longing for what? The ability to hold and keep it safe!

By Sandy

Our beautiful world.

The day has been rainy but we are all pleased. Ireland the emerald isle needs to keep that way. We don’t mind the rain. We have been cycling in it and it is fine!

Take care,

Sandy 🙂