We are now at the letter ”I” in the Alphabet Hunt hosted by 
Iris
At first my thought was,
“Hmmm, this is not going to be easy finding the Letter I selections.”
Then the Blue Bearded Irises growing in my flower garden flashed into my mind.
Iris is not only the name of a flower but also the name in Greek mythology of the goddess of the rainbow.
Icicle
large icicle hanging from the deck roof last winter.
A closer look at the icicle and all the snow.
Now I’m starting to warm up and the ”I” words are starting to flow into my head.
Ireland
It was 1979 and I couldn’t tell you what camera I used taking these old photos in Kiltane, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
Mother, my sister Rose and I went to visit Mother’s old homestead and her remaining relatives. Some we visited in this cemetery.
The graveyard is in the field behind the house and I think most of my maternal ancestors are interred there. The ruins of an old monastery is in the background.
The photo is of my mother, sitting on the stone wall surrounding the cemetery, her sister and brother Jack with his collie dog. Jack was living at the homestead. Sadly they have all passed now.
This graveyard was opened for the last time to bury my Uncle Jack in 1983.
Another photo I had in my files, from the same time, of the old monastery at Kiltane with the Owenmore River and mountains in the background. I lost most of the photos from the visit when the computer crashed.
Insect
A beautiful colorful Swallowtail butterfly on the lilac bush in the yard. Swallowtails are in the family Papilionidae.
You may not think of a butterfly as an insect.
Wikipedia say's butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. ... Butterflies have the typical four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed.
A cute little insect stopping to smell the roses. I’m not sure the name of this bug, maybe a squash bug but it didn’t seem to be doing any harm.
Island
I have to put my beautiful Island in this hunt. :) I live in Canada on Prince Edward Island (PEI). It is home of the famous story of the redhead Anne of Green Gables written by L.M. Montgomery, published in 1908. A TV series is now based on the book called Anne With An E.
This is a black and white photo of the Confederation bridge linking P.E.I. to mainland New Brunswick. I took this on December 24 from the New Brunswick side - it was winter and a chilly day. The bridge is about 13 KM.long.
Point Prim Lighthouse on P.E.I.
Ingredients
In order to cook or bake we need to know what ingredients to put in the mix.
Before computers and google search, a cookbook came in handy when looking for what ingredients to add to a casserole or make a batch of bread or cookies.
This is an old cookbook belonging to my mother. It has been leafed through many times. She has been gone 33 years and she used it for many years.
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