With it being so close to Halloween I
thought it appropriate to share the most unsettling stay of the four castles we
lodged in during my recent trip to Ireland. Abbey Hotel is a 18th Century turreted mansion. It has the ruins
of the 12th Century Dominican Abbey Church behind it.
This beautiful mansion had a few unexplained mysteries other than the swarm of birds resembling a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 movie "The Birds." They appeared both evenings of our stay. The dressing room had a crack in the window which I assumed came from the birds, because of its location. It made that room cool.
I took several photos that didn't show up. I never received a message that my storage was full, and it wasn't. I tried using my other phone camera and they wouldn't show either. I've searched the internet and can only find photos of the few rooms I was able to take photos of.
There were weird large stains on the carpet. They looked like shadows. I wanted to attribute them to a leak in the ceiling, but it had no water stains.
My friends husband went for a walk in the ruins by himself and a strange man appeared starring him down. The birds re-appearing at the ruins was enough to make me leave.
After saying all this I must admit, I enjoyed the mystery as much as I enjoyed checking out. As I mentioned in the video, we are all spirit beings. None of us will get out of this world alive, but I promise you I don't plan on coming back. I look for to residing eternally with my father in Heaven in peace. How about you?
Memorial
Day is a dedicated day for
honoring U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United
States armed forces. Over 1 a million Americans have paid the ultimate
sacrifice to afford us the freedoms we take for granted every day. For that I
say thank them.
One of the earliest Memorial Day ceremonies originally
known was Decorations Day when graves were decorated with flowers by freed
African American in 1866 according to reports from The Charleston Courier. A
crowd of 10,000 people, mostly freed slaves with some white missionaries,
staged a parade around the Washington Race Course in Charleston, South
Carolina. The club served as a prison during the civil war for union soldiers,
where more than 260 Union soldiers died and were buried. The first
national commemoration of Memorial Day was held on May 30, 1868. You can learn more
about this at history.com.
