Day 360

I'm very happy with this shot: I knew as soon as I took it that I liked it, and that it would make a good blog pic. And that's just as well, because the shot I took half an hour later was much better, but when I got home I realised it had been ruined by three drops of rain on the lens. So, ferns it is, and a valuable lesson about lens cleaning

Day 359

The weather has lost its mind! Blue skies in the west but I took this in the pouring rain. The dome of the St Stephen's Green centre looks good in silhouette.

Day 345

Shadows and sunlight on the wet tarmac on Baggot St

Day 343

Any day that has more sunshine than rain should be considered a springtime victory. About time too seeing as it's nearly June.

Day 341

A different version of dark skies over the power station, and the addition of a lomo filter in post.

Day 316

It's not raining today, and the sun is out intermittently, so if it were spring there'd be flowers bursting to life everywhere. However, as previously noted, the winter has lasted for an extra ten weeks, so the only things in bloom are hardy little weeds.

Day 315

Another rainy day up in the hills, and the extra two and a half months on winter mean that very little is growing, apart from weeds.

Day 313

As soon as I felt that the end was in sight, this project started to feel difficult. There's been difficult days all along, but today I was stuck in an office with some atrocious weather outside, and I despaired of what I would shoot. Just as I was preparing to leave work I noticed that the sky had gotten incredibly dark. I looked out the window, and what do you know: refraction to the rescue!

Day 296

A very flat cloudy day, but at least it wasn't raining. I was here last week, but my shots with the tower didn't pan out. Today the tide was a bit further out, so I was able to get a better vantage point.

Day 293

What weather we have had today: torrential rain, gale force winds, cold, miserable, everything bad! Too wet to bring my Canon to work, which was a pity really, because it was a day made for long exposures down at the sea. Nevertheless the Leica was up to the job. There wasn't much colour on display when I was taking this, so it got some treatment in post, but only to emphasise what was already there.

Day 290

I started work in Dun Laoghaire today, and to celebrate I cycled to work through the freezing cold and the snow. When I arrived the snow was clearing, and the sun was just hitting Pigeon House. The blue sky was misleading though, as it continued to snow and rain all day.

Day 288

All prepared for a triumphant return to training on my bike, and it pours down rain and I can't get out. My tyres will have to wait another day to get the new rubbed off them.

Day 280

It is a grey, wet, and thoroughly grim day in Dublin today. Not a day for wandering around with my camera. Conversely though, it is a day for running. When I first started this blog it was partly to fill in the time as I couldn't train during a period of injury, so it's appropriate that I can combine the two today.

Day 253

The Peace Bridge in Derry: proof both that I left the Glassworks for more than five minutes, and that it stopped raining today.

Day 248

Never mind four seasons in a day, it's four seasons in an hour here today. We've had snow, rain, wind and sun in the last sixty minutes.

Day 244

Oh what a miserable day: raining steadily, with heavy cloud on the mountain. Confined to quarters I am, listening to the rain on the roof and giving thanks that I brought an extra book.

Day 237

What a deluge we had this afternoon! There's still snow on the hills, but it was far too wet to leave the house, and anyway I have a lot of packing to do for my trip to France. This photo was made by my new polarising filter, which brought up the reflections nicely.

Day 207

Off to the sea for today's photo: Furbo beach to be exact. The light was a bit funny today and the wind was wild, and within minutes of taking this picture the deluge was upon me and I was soaked to the skin. Christmas in Galway indeed!

Day 187

It seems like there's been protests in Dublin every day for the last six months, and I've missed them all. Today I saw this placard discarded by Clare St: seems like the capitalists are finally making themselves heard.

Day 183

Today has been all about the Other Voices live broadcast on RTE. That, and the rain!