River Feale in January 2024 photo by Mary Dowling
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Old Photo Shared on Facebook
Phil Lynott and fans in Tralee in 1980.
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For the Weather we have had
from Mick O’Callaghan in Gorey
The pale moon was rising.
I walk out the front door
Of our home in Gorey
Its freezing cold outside
I look around
I gaze left and right
I view the spider’s web like tree
At the edge of the garden
It is a most majestic sight
I admire its skeletal appearance
In all its bareness
And undressed beauty
With its beautiful pattern
Of interwoven
Branches and twigs
I take out my camera
To capture its arboreal elegance.
In my photo shot
The rising moon is visible
In the clear evening sky above
Through the delicate
Web like branches
Its orbital shape
Clearly visible
The street lights
Appear as orange globes
In the background.
I save these images
In my photo memory bank
For future reference
On a bitter cold January evening
In Gorey, County Wexford
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Native mute swan
Neil Brosnan has been in touch…
Hi Mary, I believe the swan in Mary Dowling’s photo to be a native Mute swan rather than a migrant Whooper. See pic attached.
Mary’s swan
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A Polar Plunge
Prompted by my photo of my grandchildren sea dipping in December, Sue in the U.S. sent us this.
This is Lake Michigan with fewer waves. Photographer Laurel Covert captured a Lee Street Beach polar plunge.
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Postbox on Upper Church Street
This mailbox is pre 1984 because An Post, the Irish postal administration, came into being in 1984 when, under the terms of the Postal & Telecommunications Services Act of 1983, the Post Office services of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs (P&T) were divided between An Post and Telecom Éireann, the telecommunications operator now called Eir.
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A Fact
This is a fact verified from my own experience.
The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.
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