Entries in the ' Trees ' category

The Nike Store, Niketown, on Union Square, San Francisco as seen in 2006.

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This is the centre of Blarney village. It’s a lovely large green, enclosed on all sides by walls and with gates on the north and south sides.

Just goes to show, it’s not always raining in Ireland!

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This is the private road to the estate on which Blarney Castle sits.

As I was walking about one late winter afternoon I spotted the lovely light shining through the trees and just had to take a snap!

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Written December 15, 2007 in Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Trees, Urban

Just over a month ago, some of the trees around here still had leaves. I took the camera with me one evening when we went for a walk around the park.

The leaves were a lovely bright and vibrant colour, but obviously this has been a little touched up in the GIMP afterwards! :)

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It’s cold out there and the trees are almost bare. Some leaves still hang on however!

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Light trails from passing cars and street lights reflect on the calm surface of the Lough in Cork in this long exposure shot.

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Clouds in the sky reflect off the water of the pond in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork.

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This is the side of the small gatehouse in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork.

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Two girls show off their Capoeira moves in Fitzgerald’s Park accompanied by music played on the berimbau and atabaque. The fighting is very exciting to watch as participants leap from the ground, and seem to defy gravity on occasion!

From the Wikipedia page on Capoeira:

Capoeira is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 19th Century Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle.

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A leaf lies on the ground in the public park in Douglas opposite Tesco.
An ambulance drives past on the busy road.

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