Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category

Ducks on the Liffey

This photo of a couple of mallards on the Liffey was taken beside the entrance to my studio when I popped out for a break from painting.

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Other Photos of Mine:
   • Dublin, A Horse
   • It Wasn’t All Mountains and Islands
   • Pied Wagtail

Teabags on a Window Sill

Here’s a photo from inside my studio. Teabags. You can see the cobbled stableyard through the window.

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If it doesn’t seem like that many teabags, well that’s because I use loose leaves a lot for making tea.
See Also:
   • The Yard: Outside my Studio
   • Photo: Dublin, A Horse

Photo: Dublin, A Horse

Here’s a photo I took the other day of a horse here in Dublin West.
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Dog-dog was well behaved but then she’s getting used to seeing horses every day now. This photo was taken just a couple of minutes from my door.
Some Photos on my Other Site
   • Ireland - It Wasn’t All Mountains & [...]

Pied Wagtail

It’s impossible to dislike wagtails. Or to ignore them. I mean, imagine if people moved like this.
Rain leaves puddles in the grass and wagtails aren’t usually far from water. Which is probably why there was one on the roof the day I left the cottage.
This is a photo I took of a pied wagtail in [...]

Shadowy Figures in Dublin

Here’s a couple of figures you may know. It’s not every day you’re 100 feet tall. Because it’s not every day the sun shines.

I wasn’t even wearing my platform boots. And Dog-Dog was very good, waiting posing as asked until I took the picture.

Rook

Probably because of how they walk, I’ve always liked rooks.
Sometimes when I’m cycling they’ll be directly on the road in front of me, eating something that even I wouldn’t. As the bike seems about to hit them they opt not to fly swiftly to immediate safety some distance away but instead to just casually [...]

It’s Grim in Dublin West

It could just be that I’m unaware of the meaning, but either there’s a lot of 4-lettered nicknamed people in Dublin West who are given to graffiti, or there’s an elaborate word game going on - the sort that you and I would typically use a boardgame for.

So sprayed on the walls of Dublin West [...]