A man reading in the first floor window of a building on MacCurtain Street, Cork. May 13th, 2012.

Christmas is upon us again and the lights and decorations are going up around the city. This is on Patrick’s Street, Cork a few days ago when we wandered around.

The Sun shone on the underside of the clouds this morning, lighting them up in a blaze of glory. Moments later the gloom had settled in, the Sun disappeared and an hour later the rain had started. Ah well.

Fog covers the village of Blarney at the merest hint of a calm chilly morning and today was no exception. These are the trees across the road from my son’s school.

It’s a beautiful frosty morning so I couldn’t resist the urge to take a couple of shots of this driveway up to Blarney Castle. You may even recognise it from the WordPress theme Twenty Ten.

The London Underground, March 2012.

Some of the seats in the Everyman Palace, Cork. It’s been ages since I saw anything there but it’s a great venue. PS. I hardly had to process this photo, not worth putting a before pic this time!

Not an old car but ye olde styled as was the fashion a couple of years ago. Stands out against more modern vehicles of course.

Two swans swam curiously over to us at the Lough, Cork a few months ago.

Moore’s Hotel on Morrison’s Quay, a former hotel that is now up for rent. I’d never been in there when it was a hotel but did meet an interesting man who worked there. The woo was strong in that one! Edit: mouse over the image. Trying to do a before and after thing. Do you…

I arrived in San Diego a few hours ago and the first thing I noticed when I got into my hotel room was the amazing view of the Pacific Ocean. This doesn’t do it justice as the foreground is a little too dark but I wanted to get it uploaded with minimum fuss so here…

A mural in an alleyway in Reykjavik, Iceland.