H&M, one of the larger tenants in the new shopping center being built here on Academy Street.
My son’s bucket and spade lie forgotten on Fountainstown Beach while he goes off throwing stones in the water.
Square Deal Interiors where we bought several items of furniture recently. Absolutely huge showrooms and nice helpful staff. Prices seemed reasonable too, even if they did take a big chunk out of my credit card.
The parish church in The Lough, Cork. Shot during a photowalk in March 2008.
The town of Killeagh in County Cork has a beautiful Catholic Church at one of main street. A neat garden surrounds the building and it’s an eye catching sight for anyone passing through the town. According to a stone embedded in the church wall, it was completed in 1792. While researching this post I stumbled…
The top of Patrick’s Street in Cork is dominated by Mc Donalds, taking over from Mandy’s in the Woodford Bourne & Co building. Check out this old advert from 1910. You can still recognise the building! Much more information about that structure can be found here. I vaguely remember Mandy’s but don’t remember it before…
Casey’s Hotel in Glengarriff, County Cork.
An old rag hangs drying on a washing line. Extreme DOF.
A yellow rose in my father-in-law’s garden. Even in his mid eighties he’s very active and loves tending his garden.
A green boat sits in the shallows at low tide in Crosshaven, County Cork.
2 chicks are fed by a parent just outside the window of my home office here in Blarney. The chicks have been there all evening and I just looked out again and they’re still there. Unfortunately the neighbour’s cat, Patches, saw them too and is keeping a vigil close by. We saw the parent bird…
Fuchsia flowers in my dad’s back garden. I’ve tried to photograph fuchsia plants many times but the flowers are so delicate that any sort of breeze will set them shaking. I took this photo with the Canon 50mm resulting in a very fast shot and thankfully the lack of wind helped too! (Posting this so…