Ireland was magical, I often felt that the fairy stories from my favorite books were just about to come to life. Beauty was all around us, delights and views large and small created a dreamlike series of days.
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Sketch and paint everywhere and the life you lived and saw will last long.
“Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here!”
– J.K. Rowling
(Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone)