porchfield.com http://porchfield.com Danny O'Brien's Photoblog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en On the edge http://porchfield.com/2008/07/18/on-the-edge/ http://porchfield.com/2008/07/18/on-the-edge/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:24:43 +0000 Danny http://porchfield.com/?p=190 ]]>
We are heading off tomorrow to Valentia Island for three weeks!! This is Phil, myself and our dog Juno enjoying the view. Thanks Paddy for the photo.

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About the only decent shot I got a few weeks ago of Oyster Catchers up near Clougherhead.

Darren got a bit closer.

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Newtown graveyard, Trim.

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A plaque on Valentia island lifeboat station.

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As I looked out my office window…… I was fortunate to have an office on the Boyne once! Taken at around the same time as this one.

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Taken from the air. A field newly planted with corn. The irony in the name only crossed my mind when I went to post this. With the crisis of food prices it might not be a bad flag to adopt for a cause.

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B.B. King’s cover version.

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Indecision on the ledge…..

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Overlooking the Atlantic, but you would never guess from this!

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Ballooning is a photographers’ paradise.

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Tough going during the Valentia Regatta!

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Rehearsals for Brian Friel’s Aristocrats, Trim Town Hall.

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Last puffin for awhile………I promise.

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Juno dries off after her swim!

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Rathcairn gaeltacht. Co. Meath.

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After a hard day on the wild Atlantic Ocean, it’s time to sit and have a contemplative pint, or two, with friends. Life has it’s golden moments!

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Doesn’t look like I’ll get to the Skelligs this year unless the people in the Mater get a move on. Still, hopefully we’ll get to Valentia!

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A variation on the 15th May post.

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Where no puffins reside!

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Dad would have been 88 today.

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Pointing towards home……….

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I was sure that I had posted this before and then I went looking for it for the VFXY “Blue” theme and there it was, gone!! Taken while we were rehearsing a pageant in the Porchfield (yes it really does exist) some summer ago.

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After six months recovering I’m at last able to go snapping again!! Jazus it feels good!!!!!!!!!

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Trim. County Meath

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Before take-off.

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It takes a lot of hot air.

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A foggy day can be a good day.

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Mullaghmeen Forest.

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St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

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Begennish Island.

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