Tocco da Casauria in the Province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy…
Continue reading “Old and Patinated”Under the Boardwalk
Not much fun of the Drifters variety to be had under this boardwalk…
Continue reading “Under the Boardwalk”The Calm Before The Storm…
The Spectrum and the Flame
Votive candles and the color spectrum of contemporary stained glass in semi-darkness, bring light to the Black Abbey in the Irish county of Kilkenny.
Continue reading “The Spectrum and the Flame”Hands and Molecules
A disused power station glimpsed through a pair of hands holding molecules. The sculpture of the giant hands emerging from the ground to cradle the molecules is located near Ramsgate in the English county of Kent.
Continue reading “Hands and Molecules”Patched and Patinated…
An old doorway in Roquebrun, a charming small town in an attractive setting on the River Orb, known locally as the Nice of Herault in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.
Continue reading “Patched and Patinated…”40 Shades of Green
In these days of inexpensive travel, it seems nearly everyone has been nearly everywhere – and only exciting and distant places are worth photographing. But travel is also about what we feel, people we meet and experiences, even in, especially in, our own backyard…
Continue reading “40 Shades of Green”Moonlight on the Water
Night walkers on a section of the Beara Way on Bere Island off the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland. Located in a large, deep natural bay, the island has been an important strategic navel location since the eighteenth century, when French fleets entered the inlet with troops to support Irish rebellions on several occasions.
Continue reading “Moonlight on the Water”Blobitecture…
The Selfridges Building department store, was completed in 2003 with a steel framework, a sprayed concrete facade and 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background….
Continue reading “Blobitecture…”Napoleon’s Legacy…
Old and beautiful Plane trees lining a road between vineyards in Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
Continue reading “Napoleon’s Legacy…”Black Castle and Black Skies…
Black Castle in Leighlinsbridge, Ireland was founded c.1181 by Lord Hugh de Lacy to defend the strategic crossing of the River Barrow after taking the surrounding lands from Irish clans.
Continue reading “Black Castle and Black Skies…”The Balcon de Europa
The Balcón de Europa in Nerja overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. Originally it was the site of a 9th century watchtower built to monitor the coastline, protecting against pirates until it gradually fell apart from fighting and the elements.
Continue reading “The Balcon de Europa”“I am not a number”
The beautiful beach that appeared in “The Prisoner”, a cult TV series launched on British TV screens in 1966, in Canada the following year and in the USA in 1968. The story followed a British secret agent (Patrick McGoohan), who, after angrily resigning from his job prepares to make a hurried departure from the country and while packing his luggage, is rendered unconscious by knockout gas piped into his London flat…
Continue reading ““I am not a number””The Mystical Liver Birds…
Why are these two mythical birds perched on the clock towers of the Royal Liver Building on Liverpool waterfront?
Continue reading “The Mystical Liver Birds…”La Boveda..
Sitting on a rocky prominence, the Old Town in Salobreña is a cluster of whitewashed houses and steep narrow streets leading up to a tenth-century Moorish castle, called ‘Castillo de Salobreña’.
Continue reading “La Boveda..”Solitude
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong,” said Winston Churchill
Boredom 2:
It’s a dog’s life: with boredom preceding, during and after fishing
Oystercatchers…
From an earlier life, living on the Copper Coast in Ireland’s County Waterford. Ballydowane cove was my daily lunchtime go-to place, whatever the weather. The more stormy, the more enjoyable it was. The birds liked it too because big waves disturb the shore exposing more tasty treats. As did the horseman on my first blog post.
Continue reading “Oystercatchers…”The Murder Window
When Bertram de Verdun arrived in Ireland as part of King John’s first expedition to Ireland, he was given/appropriated land in the Anglo-Norman territory known as The Pale and erected a manor house in 1185. But our story concerns his wayward and scheming granddaughter…
Continue reading “The Murder Window”Boredom…
Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity, meanwhile even the statues are dozing
