Tag Archives: Custom House

My Weekly Challenge – Q is for Quirky and Quaint… Along Dublin’s Quays!

Posted on 27/09/2018 by aj vosse

So… I bet, last week, you thought to yourself… I wonder how he’ll deal with the letter Q? Easy! You see… I have an eye for the quint and quirky… but, to my rescue came Dublin’s most endearing and famous … Continue reading →

Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Art, Boating, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Crosses & Churches, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Local Curiosity, Local Places, Photography, Reflections, Travel, Walking | Tagged #action, #Architecture, #boats, #buildings, #challenge, #Dublin, #Guinness Storehouse, #history, #Liffey, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, #past, #people watching, #Poolbeg, #quirky, #ships, #statue 🗽, #street photography 🎨, #travel 🛫, city life, Custom House, Dublin Bridges, Dublin Docks, Dublin streets, facts, Jeanie Johnston, liquid, quaint, quays, Walking, water | 2 Comments

Mirror!

Posted on 03/09/2016 by aj vosse

I’m with Jen on this one. I’m also always looking for “the shot!” Like Jen, I’m also always looking at the angels and the options of capturing reflective images. Mirror surfaces, glass, water and glossy paint add extra dimensions to … Continue reading →

Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Local Curiosity, Photography, Reflections, Train Tales, Travel | Tagged #Architecture, #beauty, #birds, #blogging, #boats, #buildings, #colour, #Dublin, #fun, #GLW, #ideas, #inspiration, #Ireland, #life... haha..., #Liffey, #light, #memyblog, #night photography, #ombh, #Poolbeg, #Royal Canal, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #smile 😇😈, #smiley 😁😂😀, #street photography 🎨, #swan, #trains 🚂, #travel 🛫, #trees 🌳, #weekend, #wildlife photography, city life, Convention Center, Custom House, Dublin streets, Jeanie Johnston, lines, Pearse Station, postaday, streets, Tall Ships 2012, The Rambler, Weekly Photo Challenge:, WordPress | 26 Comments

Look UP!

Posted on 09/07/2016 by aj vosse

Look up? Look up! Look… yes, look up! I really enjoy looking up. I often do so… looking for butterflies up in the trees… looking at aircraft or birds flapping up above. OK… only the birds do the flapping… the … Continue reading →

Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Photography, Seasons, Sport, The Birds and the Bees, Travel, Walking | Tagged #Architecture, #bird watching, #birds, #blue, #buildings, #colour, #fun, #Guinness Storehouse, #imagination, #Ireland, #night photography, #Nikon, #photography 📷, #Poolbeg, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #statue 🗽, #sunshine, #urban photography 📷, #weekend, #Wellington Testimonial, Connolly Hospital, Croke Park, Custom House, fire, fungi, Irish War Memorial, National Flags, parachute, plane tales, postaday, South Africa, The Dublin Spire, up, Weekly Photo Challenge:, wild fruit, wires, WordPress | 14 Comments

April A to Z – Sunrise to Sundown…

Posted on 22/04/2016 by aj vosse

I think I’ve used the Harry Chapin song as inspiration before. All my life’s a circle… sunrise to sundown… Well, why not again? It’s a rather potent song… a reminder of just how lucky we are to witness a sunrise … Continue reading →

Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Art, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Photography, Seasons, Travel, Writing | Tagged #AtoZChallenge, #beach, #beauty, #birds, #blue, #clouds, #colour, #Dublin, #history, #Ireland, #Irish countryside, #Irish landscape, #life, #life... haha..., #Liffey, #light, #memories, #muse, #music, #orange, #outdoors 🔥⛺😎, #past, #peace, #photography 📷, #positive ➕👍😁, #purple, #red, #Royal Canal, #sea, #sky, #sunrise, #sunset, #sunshine, #trees 🌳, #yellow, city life, Custom House, Dublin Bay, gold, Harry Chapin, Jeanie Johnston, postaday, seagull, thistle, words | 22 Comments

April A to Z – Dopey Dozy Does Dublin!

Posted on 05/04/2016 by aj vosse

And so he does! Yes, me… dopey, is going on a walk about. I’m taking a leaf from Christina B’s book, blog… whatever. She’s gone with galleries to show off her letters for the challenge so for today (and possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Castles, Crosses & Churches, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Photography, Seasons, The Birds and the Bees, Train Tales, Travel, Walking, Writing | Tagged #Architecture, #AtoZChallenge, #bridges, #buildings, #clouds, #colour, #Dublin, #flowers, #focus, #friendship, #fun, #history, #inspiration, #Ireland, #Liffey, #light, #night photography, #people watching, #Phoenix Park 🦌, #rainbow 🌈, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #ships, #statue 🗽, #steam train 🚂, #sunset, #urban photography 📷, #Wellington Testimonial, Art, city life, Co Dublin, Convention Center, culture, Custom House, Dublin Alphabet, Dublin Bay, Dublin Docks, Dublin streets, Ha'penny, Leinster, National Flags, postaday, quays, The Dublin Spire | 21 Comments

Dublin Alphabet – J for Jeanie Jonhston

Posted on 14/03/2016 by aj vosse

This replica famine ship is moored at Custom House Quay as this is where most of the famine ship voyages to the Americas began. The ship is currently undergoing renovation work so there is scaffolding all over the stern area… … Continue reading →

Posted in #Dublin, #Ireland, Boating, Daily Photo's and Chit-chat, Dublin & Leinster Architecture & Other Interesting Sights, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Photography, Reflections, Travel | Tagged #Architecture, #clouds, #colour, #Diaspora, #Dublin, #inspiration, #life, #light, #photography 📷, #ships, #sunset, #travel 🛫, #urban photography 📷, Custom House, Dublin Alphabet, Dublin Docks, Dublin streets, Jeanie Johnston, postaday, quays, Tall Ships 2012, Walking | 4 Comments

Four Down… Part Two

Posted on 18/03/2015 by aj vosse

OK… let’s get back to year two of the blog. The day I completed year one I mentioned to the good lady that that’s me… challenge completed. Done! As is her inimitable way… she simply suggested that I could be … Continue reading →

Posted in #Ireland, Family & Life, Writing | Tagged #Architecture, #autobiographical, #blogging, #boats, #buildings, #camera, #challenge, #change, #charity, #Christ Church Cathedral, #colour, #friendship, #fun, #Happy, #inspiration, #Ireland, #Irish countryside, #life... haha..., #Liffey, #light, #memories, #music, #night photography, #Nikon, #people watching, #planes 🛩✈, #Royal Canal, #Samuel Beckett Bridge, #Sandymount, #ships, #smile 😇😈, #smiley 😁😂😀, #spider webs 🕸, #sunrise, #sunset, #thanks, #trains 🚂, #travel 🛫, #urban photography 📷, #winter ❄, #writing ✒📖, Abseiling, Art, Belfast, Blackthorn, canoes, Co Kildare, Convention Center, Custom House, daffodil, dragonfly, Dublin Docks, Dublin streets, GCD, Google Docks, Grafton Street, Grand Canal, GSA, horses, Kilcock, Leonard Cohen, M50, póg mo thóin, plane tales, Ribbontail Bridge, snow, Tall Ships 2012, Walking, work | 4 Comments

Perfect Symmetry?

Posted on 06/02/2015 by aj vosse

The sky seems to glow ever so slightly behind the dome of the Custom House along the Quays in Dublin. However, it looks like a few bits are spoiling the symmetry… a few walkers-by… the scaffolding sticking out a little … Continue reading →