Oscar our Shih Tzu is as comfortable in snow as he is in any other extreme weather. He’d rather be indoors in the warmth! It snowed heavily and steadily today in Blarney. We took Adam out in it after wrapping him up warm and he played with the kids down the road, throwing snow around,…

Another frosty morning in Blarney, County Cork. I’m glad I work from home. The roads are deadly now. Snow fell in Dublin yesterday and the city practically came to a stand still. It hasn’t snowed in Blarney yet but the roads have been bad. We had a Christmas Day adventure when the car didn’t make…

We called over to a friend’s house yesterday evening and even though I had heard there would be an eclipse I completely forgot about it. My Dad even texted me at 6.25pm that it’d be happening between 7pm and 8pm but I still forgot. Lucky he rang my wife and she reminded me of the…

The new Opera Lane in Cork City separates the gleaming buildings of the new development that was built right in the heart of the city and completed this year. Back in July it was a rugged dirty construction site, and this photo is a fitting end to 2009, and the Noughties. Not much construction work…

A seagull calmly swims by a small boat in Baltimore Harbour, County Cork.

Volunteers sang their hearts out in Ballincollig a few days ago for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Collection. Happy Christmas! Hope you have a great day!

The Elysian, as it was in March 2008, still under construction while the Irish Economy economy fell apart around it.

The Clarion Hotel and the Boardwalk on the River Lee, Cork. March 2008.

A field in Bantry, County Cork. Way up in the hills surrounding the town.

Two Flo Gas gas cylinders sit inside the office of a derelict garage near Blarney.

An Alpaca stared intently at me while he munched on some straw in Blarney on Saturday.

The single solitary donkey huddled among the Alpacas yesterday in Blarney.