It’s Halloween again and ghosts and zombies are about. Would you spend a night in a cemetery, tonight? What sorts of noises do you hear if you live next to one? oooer! I’m going out tonight for dinner with a friend, I wonder if they’ll be serving Halloween Brack?
2008Fri31Oct
Glengariff Cemetery
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Urban
2008Thu30Oct
Golden Balls
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, UrbanGolden balls hang from the ceiling in the Clarion Hotel, Cork.
2008Wed29Oct
Steep Cape Clear Hills
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, PhotosStruggling up the what-feels-like-vertical hill from the North Harbour in Cape Clear is a nightmare. At least Adam was asleep. He was the lucky one.
2008Tue28Oct
Shame on Fianna Fail
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Emmet Place, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Signs, Urban“Shame on Fianna Fail!” declares a sign propped up against the wall of the Crawford Art Gallery in Emmett Place, Cork last weekend. It was left there by someone attending a protest demonstration organised by Alliance for a Better Health Service. I was handed a Socialist Party leaflet, Kathy Sinnott was there and a small [...]
2008Mon27Oct
Pumpkins For Sale
Filed in Automattic, Breckenridge, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Colorado, Photography, Photos, United States, UrbanPumpkins for sale in the local store in Breckenridge, Colorado. I post this today because Dunnes Stores are selling pumpkins and they’re only half the size of the large pumpkins pictured here! Does anyone actually eat pumpkins? They’re a new sight in Irish shops, and are only ever for sale in the large chains around [...]
2008Sun26Oct
A boat in Cape Clear
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, WaterA solitary boat in the North Harbour, Cape Clear Island. PS. Check out Jolt++, a new photoblog created by fellow Automatticer Michael Pick. Great photos, and I really like the Tumble theme. I wonder how I’d squeeze my adverts into such a theme? PPS. My brother Donal was featured on the envelope of the first [...]
2008Sat25Oct
Trophy
Filed in Black and White, Boat, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Kinsale, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban, WaterKinsale Co. Cork, last July.
2008Fri24Oct
Haunted Trees
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sky, TreesWho knows what flies between the trees when night falls, especially around Halloween?
2008Thu23Oct
Shell To Sea
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Signs, Street, UrbanThe “Shell to Sea” stand in Bishop Lucey Park during the “Peace in the Park” event a few weeks ago. Like a lot of people I’m sick and tired of the protests in Co Mayo against the pipeline Shell want to build to bring gas to an onshore facility. This story and photos of an [...]
2008Wed22Oct
Tigh Mor ar Oilean Chleire
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, PhotosWhen you walk up one of the hills from the North Harbour in Cape Clear Island you’ll walk past this house at the top of the incline. It’s been there forever, and 15 years ago, the back of the house was a small shop selling sweets and other goodies. It’s a B&B now I think, [...]
