If you read my blog last week you will know I was debating whether to sign up as an extra for Sligeach Films, I wasn't sure if they would need an 'ould wan' like me, anyway I braved it and signed up anyway. I just filled out a form and they took a photo of... Continue Reading →
The calm before the storm
I'm sure quite a lot of my blogs seem to be about the weather! The photo was taken on a rare sunny day last month. apparently we are meant to be having a storm tomorrow and Monday. There are more details about it on the Irish Weather Online page. I also read an article in... Continue Reading →
The day we went to RTE
Last year I entered a photo into the RTE weather photo competition. I took the photo in March on a misty morning. I got a call to say my photo got into the final and that it would be shown on the weather occasionally. Thanks to Joe Cashin for taking this photo, I've known him... Continue Reading →
Looking for my mojo
I lost my photography 'mojo' for a while. I didn't seem to have any inspiration, so today while Jono was at his course I decided to go to Hazelwood. Hazelwood Forest is on the shores of Lough Gill, Sligo. W. B. Yeats the poet was a regular visitor here and wrote poems about it. I... Continue Reading →
Feile na Tuaithe, 2011
This weekend was the annual Feile na Tuaithe at the museum of country life in Castlebar. It's a great family event and it's free. There were all kinds of events taking place. During the weeks leading up to the festival there was a photo competition running. The kids and I entered photo's. If you read... Continue Reading →
Happy Easter
Well unless you have been living under a rock you'll know it's Easter. Happy Easter to those who celebrate it. I did a very silly thing and ate my Easter Egg about three weeks ago, so I'm having a chocolate free day today. I can't even pinch any of the kids because they only got... Continue Reading →