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Tag Archives: Custom House
My Weekly Challenge – Q is for Quirky and Quaint… Along Dublin’s Quays!
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
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Mirror!
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
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Look UP!
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
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April A to Z – Sunrise to Sundown…
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
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April A to Z – Dopey Dozy Does Dublin!
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
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Dublin Alphabet – J for Jeanie Jonhston
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
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Four Down… Part Two
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
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Perfect Symmetry?
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