Snow Cobwebs

Taken in my lovely Sister-in-law's garden on Christmas morning 2009; the everpresent spider webs that seem to thrive in Irish gardens were frosted with a heavy hoar frost, so heavy the entire countryside gave the illusion of a real White Christmas. The spider webs were something I have never seen before and I think they came out very well.

Hedgerow, Curragh Co KIldare

Another from Christmas Morning 2009 on the Curragh; a detail of hedgerow along the edge of the Curragh, Co Kildare. Frosted in the freezing morning air the entire hedge was a confection of brittle white beauty.

Frosted

Curragh, Christmas Morning

Haze

Twilight, Curragh, Co Kildare

Go Faster!

Throw the Ball, Throw the ball!

Wheels...

A bizarre coincidence: a vintage car rally at Kildare on the same day as we stumbled over the vintage Porche rally last year on honeymoon in Tuscany (bagna di Lucca)Not quite as cool as that rally but a sight nonetheless; including the very cool Camero above and a NYPD police car from the 70s. I only had the iphone with me but i couldn't resist taking a few shots.

stands alone stone

Clinging Vine

St Patrick's Well, Christmas

On the way home from Kildare early on Christmas morning we stopped at the sacred well in a graveyard just outside Newbridge; a lovely place, especially in the sunny mildness of that morning. These are some views from the graveyard around the well.

Winter Dawn

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Earth Brown

Rusty Red

Avenue of Fenland

Bleak

November on the Fen, Kildare

We went out onto the fen in Kildare, belonging to my other half's family, for a spot of archery. It's a lovely tract of bog and I couldn;t resist a series of photos trying to capture some of those earthy browns and rusts.

Pink

Barbie sunset :) I love this pink, and the subtle shades - the forground is too dark though, I need to do some work on it. But overall, I like.

Curragh Evenings