Washing on the line, flowers growing in pots, a satellite dish receiving signals from space. All things you see in any other back garden, but visible in the middle of Dublin city on Holles Street.

A woman reads her newspaper in a café on Grafton Street, Dublin.

A LEGO shop opened on Grafton Street, Dublin, this year. I saw queues outside it as kids and harassed parents waited to get in.

The steeple of St. Anne’s Church, or Shandon Bells, The North Cathedral, and street lighting on a pole with a bird on it are silhouetted by the setting sun. Steam rises from the Heineken Brewery in the foreground.

No sign of Flash Gordon yet, but Ming the Merciless is in Blackpool, Cork on Berwick Lane.

A little robin looks off to the left in the grounds of Blarney Castle last November. They’re a friendly bird. If you want more, take a look at the fabulous robin photos that BathNature is posting and follow them! I think my Blarney Castle membership expires today. I’m uncertain if I’ll renew it as it’s…

Henry spotted the reflection of the ferris wheel in this parked car on the Grand Parade in Cork.

Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral seen in the background behind the Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade in Cork.

At the SHARE crib on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork earlier this month. Street fundraisers for SHARE were everywhere again this month, and even had tap-and-pay machines to pay by credit card or phone.

As seen in a previous photo of the Ferris Wheel on the Grand Parade in Cork, the crystall ball that Henry brought along was a very useful prop. Here we are at the top of the car park looking down on the big wheel. It surrounds the crystal ball, but the wheel itself can be…

Two for the price of one! The Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade has grown a twin! Thanks, Henry, for the inspiration. Here is his double photo.

Lights along the River Lee a couple of weeks ago when I joined Henry and Vivien for some photography. Henry got a fabulous shot of the wheel. I’ll be posting some more shots of this over the next few days.