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

Hoppy, one of our cats, loves the luxury of having multiple beds she can lie in around the house. Actually, all our animals can do that. Diego, our chihuahua, certainly takes advantage of that, laying himself down near whomever he wants to be with at any one time. Animals in this house are spoiled? Whatever…

A few weeks ago, I visited Blarney Castle to take some photos of the Autumn colours. Unfortunately the light was dull, and the ground was wet, but I had my tripod with me, so I set it up for some long exposure shots. After a few minutes of that, I noticed a flicker out of…

Who rules this house? The animals do! Diego, our tiny chihuahua, sits in a bed sometimes claimed by one of our cats, Hoppy. She was very unhappy that Diego was in there. He’s the king of all he sees. Isn’t he handsome in his new jacket? It’s lovely and warm and made with love by…

Blarney Castle, as seen through the rock they set up in the grounds below the Castle. Not a great shot, but one to mark off the list.

The beautiful Ina, a local model who has posed for Blarney Photography Club many times over the years. This photo is from 2018!

A few photos from the Stone Mad Blarney Half-Marathon today. Well done to the runners! You can find a full album of all 352 images here on the race Facebook page.

Ned, a donkey that lived in the grounds of Blarney Castle, in 2016.

An Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita [*] in the grounds of Blarney Castle yesterday. It’s a poisonous mushroom found throughout temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, according to Wikipedia. It’s also poisonous, but these days death from ingestion is rare. It has psychoactive uses too, and it’s…

Mist and fog (the same thing?) gather in the hollows of an early morning last week near Blarney.

The Moon a few days ago early one morning.

The sun rises a few minutes after I get up. School is starting again.