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The Ferris Wheel after Sunset

The top half of the Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade with St. Fin Barr's Cathedral in the background and the sky is a lovely orange and purple

The Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade in Cork pictured just after sunset, in December 2016. This year the wheel is further up the street so you can’t get this photo now.

I haven’t been in town at sunset this month either but hopefully someone got a nice sunset photo of the wheel this year.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	76mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/80s

My comfortable Pets

A chihuahua in a bed looking at the camera

First up is Hoppy. She’s around 13 and only has three legs but she’s a fast mover. In the past she didn’t mind the cold but now she likes to avoid it.

Here’s Mommy Cat. She’s Hoppy’s mom.

She’s around 16 as best we can guess, as she was around for a few years before she brought her kittens in to us.

For years, she would never come into the house, but now she spends 99% of the day inside, asleep. She doesn’t go any further than the garden now.

We can’t touch her as she’ll take a swipe at us if we do, but we still love her.

Then there’s Diego, our chihuahua. He was 8 this year. A middle aged dog with a special diet and who absolutely loves cuddles.

The cats and him sort of ignore each other, but if the cats get a treat, Diego makes sure that we know he wants one too.

A small ceramic dog embedded in frosty grass

It’s so very cold outside but Hoppy, Mommy Cat and Diego are inside in the warmth and putting up with me taking photos of them.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	20000
Shutter speed	1/60s

Get Tsingtao Beer in San Francisco!

The window of a restaurant with an overhanging cover. The street is refected in the window and a sign for Tsingtao Beer floats in the window.

Walking down a street in San Francisco and this sign for Tsingtao Beer caught my eye.

This was taken in 2007, during an Automattic meetup, which later became known as a Grand Meetup. In 2007, the company was so small, it wasn’t so Grand, but it was Great!

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/100s

Gardai in the shop

Two Gardai enter a shop. The shop has a bright yellow border matching the colour of the shoulder area of the Gardai uniforms

Gardai enter a shop on Grafton Street, late one evening in October this year.

Their uniforms match the bright yellow shop colours.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	5000
Shutter speed	1/500s

A Garda car in the rain

A Garda (police) car driving along a street while rain falls at night. A cyclist is on the rother side of the road and pedestrians walk on the pavement.

A Garda car speeds past with lights flashing outside Trinity in Dublin a few weeks back. Rain made the evening miserable, but I had an umbrella and there were still loads of people about.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/160s

Frosty Spider Webs

Spider webs covered with frost on a very cold morning

Spider webs covered in a thick frost this morning in my back garden. It is cold outside!

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	9mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/35s

Nollaig Shona ó Chorcaigh

A bus and cars speed along the road as a sign above says "Nollaig Shona Duit".

Cars speed along the road as a sign above says "Nollaig Shona Duit".

The “Nollaig Shona Duit” signs at both ends of St. Patrick’s Street in Cork are all lit up again this year.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1.3s

Walking in Youghal

A man walks on the road while two women walk on the pavement in the opposite direction. A wall and lamp post behind them, and the sea is visible over the wall.

Walking by the sea front in Youghal on a freezing Sunday afternoon.

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Ferris Wheel and the Crystal Ball

A ferris wheel spins while traffic drives past and the whole scene is reflected in a small crystal ball

The Ferris wheel on Grand Parade in Cork on a freezing December evening. The whole scene is twisted upside down in a small crystal ball.

Thanks Henry for all the help, and the crystal ball!

Aperture	ƒ/18
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	38mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	3.2s

Teens on the phone

Teenage boys sit on a block on a street. One bites his nails looking worried, the middle guy is busy texting, and the last boy looks over his shoulder.

Teenage boys sit on a block on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork in 2017.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	22mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/640s

An Angel at Home

Angel's wings hang in the window of an apartment

An angel hung up their wings when they got home. Madrid, 2017.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/320s

RIP Kirstie Alley

Close up of Kistie Alley looking up at another person.

Kirstie Alley waiting to sign books at Borders in Chicago, surrounded by staff and security

I saw this morning that Kirstie Alley passed away last night at the age of 71. She was great in Cheers, but I barely remember Veronica’s Closet and I’m not familiar with her roles in other shows.

In 2005, my wife and I were in Chicago, and we happened to go into a Borders bookshop there. Kirstie Alley was signing copies of her book upstairs, and a pretty good crowd had gathered. I declined to buy the book but got a few photos of what happened, even though I think staff were unsure of why I was there.

This was 2005, 2 years before the iPhone, and the only other person recording the event was somebody with a big camcorder. No selfies with the celebrity, either!

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/100s