As I have already been accused by my daughter Caitriona of pre-empting her Japanese shots with my Flying Fish photo it is with some trepidation that I put up these pictures I took last week in Mount Congreve.
The truth is that I was already getting this ready BEFORE I saw her photoblog today– as anyone who knows how long it takes this old man to put a blog together will vouchsafe.
Maybe it is just a case of something in the blood or the diet which made us both get besotted with Acer’s at the same moment.

I took all these in Mount Congreve last week when I went out there with my brother-in-law Colm.
I had never noticed the Acer’s before but, as Colm is something of an expert, and started to admire them he forced me to look at them and I was conquered.
Come to think of it it is probably not too much of a coincidence as Japanese influences are everywhere in Mount Congreve.

Post Scriptum.

Ok, then I decided to write it all off as coincidence and I sat down to do the crossword in todays Independent, as is my wont.
First clue I read is;
Tree, one planted by side of river.(4 letters)

Now as we all know an ace is one and r stands for river, ergo the answer is?
You are there before me!
Acer.
Is someone trying to tell me something?