Dublin City Photostory 2
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Inspired by Autumn 0
I love Autumn. I love how the evenings start to point towards Christmas and how life starts to huddle around spots of lights like firesides and lamps. I tried to create an Autumn atmosphere in my recent acrylic paintings. I used real leaves and a lot of texture medium to try to capture some [...]
Sculpture In Context 2012 0
Even through torrential rain The Botanic Gardens in Dublin is still beautiful. The Victorian green houses and giant ferns are glorious in a faded decadence and the rambling gardens are restful, even if damp. The exhibition Sculpture in Context 2012 is displayed all around the grounds and indoors in the gallery and highlights established [...]
Women’s Halloween Costumes 1
The weather has turned Autumnal and Halloween is crawling closer:) I love costumes and dressing up and seeing what people come up with. There are incredibly creative people out there and here are some of the costumes they have made together with instructions on how to make them. 1. Rosie the riveter, 2. 20′s [...]
Seaside Indian Summer 0
It’s a gorgeous Indian summer here on the east coast. I went for a wander with my camera today to try and capture some of the atmosphere. The seaside is vibrant which is lovely considering the doom and gloom of the economy. The harbour was lively as always with tourists, fishermen and the swans. [...]
Collections 0
Collections We gather, we collect I love seeing what people treasure and collect. I have always collected objects, small treasures that only have value to me. I spent hours carefully arranging and organising my tiny treasures. ‘Fancy Paper’ ‘Fancy paper’ was huge when I was a little girl. Carefully collected, bought and swapped [...]
Farewell to Summer 0
Farewell summer! With September starting tomorrow and school back it really feels autumnal. The smell of peat fires is beginning to hang in the air, the wind is crisper and I’m already mourning the loss of summer. Happily I’ve discover the CoffeeShop Blog which is loaded with free photography resources and downloads like these photo [...]
Quesadilla Recipe 0
Quesadilla Recipe A quick and delicious lunch recipe. I am ridiculously addicted to these. They take only about five minutes to make in total and I use up any leftover meat and veg. They are cheap, fast and delicious like the Magic Mike of the food world. Try em and love em:)