The kingfisher mural on St. Paul’s Avenue is a very striking painting that maybe not many people have appreciated. It’s painted on the side of a house that is the entrance to a busy car park, without a pavement opposite so there isn’t that much foot traffic. What traffic there is, is made up of…

The Elysian now stands where this large empty space was in 2005. There used to be a post office there, but unfortunately I never got a photo of it before it was demolished. Anyone? Off in the distance you can see the chimneys of old industries that are now long gone.

Holy Trinity Church, St. Nicholas Church, and St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral in one photo from October 2005. Also included if you look carefully are the College of Commerce, the now demolished tax office on Sullivan’s Quay and off in the distance the County Hall.

The fabulous Tritons’ Fountain in Valetta, Malta. The fountain was built between 1952 and 1959. I’m glad I saw it after it was restored in 2018. It seems to have had an interesting life if the Wikipedia page is to be believed.

This imposing lighthouse sits at the mouth of Malaga harbour. It was built in 1817, damaged by earthquakes and the Spanish civil war and is operating automatically since 1993.

An artist draws an audience as he works on a portrait. Malaga, October 2018.

The cranes on the quays outside the M Shed in Bristol reach for the sky in this photo from 2017.

Was anyone unhappy to see this building demolished? It’s a shame the site is still unused.

The Harland and Wolff Shipyard lies next to the Titanic Belfast visitor experience. If you get the bus there, look through the fence when you’re waiting on the bus back and you’ll see this.

Lots of happy faces in Blarney during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 2016.

In front of Brown Thomas, St. Patrick Street, Cork. December 2020.

Dogs and their owners (or not) in Cork City.