As mad as a March Hare

Recent visit to Tate Britain

One Man, Two Guvnors

This remake of a classic gives James Gorden a fine vehicle in which to shine.  Wonderful show filled with laughter, in my opinion well worth a visit.

Borough Market

Photo's Old and New




1964.  Lissananny Bog. Saving the turf, "peat" this is used as a major source of fuel in Ireland.  Friends and neighbours would gather and go through the process of cutting and spreading the turf on the ground, leave to dry for couple of days, they would then scatter and leave to dry for a further few days, again they would return and turn over each sod of turf, depending on the weather and how quick the turf was drying, sometimes the turf would have to be lifted and formed into footing's in order for the air to flow through for the drying process.  With the weather we experience in Ireland, often or not, it's damp and wet, the turf may then have to be lifted yet again into pigeon hole footing's or clamping.  In this photo one can see that the turf have been clamped.  The next process would be to use creels or cart the turf to the side of the road, build a reek "peak" of turf, the turf is then safe from the weather and can be left for some time while people get on with other work's, such as saving the hay, as seen in the photo below.  Hay was feed for farm animals, usually fed over the winter period.  

 

While the sun shines!

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Chihuly in Kew Gardens

Always had an fascination with glass, have collected a few nice pieces over the years, but unfortunately I do not own an Chihuly. Some years ago I had received a DVD - titled: Chihuly River of Glass. Dale Chihuly journeyed around the World, teaming up with many great artists and exploring the relationship with nature and glass, can never get tired from watching that DVD.  The photographs I had taken a few years back while at Kew Gardens, using a sony cyber-shot camera.5.0 mega pixels and probably the only time that my hands stayed steady with taking the shot's, usually with that camera I would end up with several blurred photo's. Pleased with this lot!  should have removed the time captions, never mind!