I haven't had a blog post in a while, mostly due to the fact that the weather hasn't been conducive here to getting out and about with a camera. We've been plagued with grey skies and floods of rain. The other reason i have been neglecting my blog is the fact that i like to crawl back into my shell from time to time, i get the hump with social media and the way it sucks you in. Time is precious but i have crawled out of my shell to give you this, I hope you like it.
Something happened a few years ago and if i had a shell at the time i would definitely have crawled into it. I needed to go to the A.I.B bank in Cobh to lodge money for a member of my family. It was before lodgement machines became part of the furniture in the banks and the queue was nearly out to the door.
I was checking out who was in the queue, as you do, and my eyes were drawn to the woman in front of me. She had long black curly hair and she was wearing a long black coat, nearly down to her ankles. I recognised her immediately as the White Witch of Cobh. Absentmindedly i was looking her up and down and when i looked down I noticed that the end of her coat and her shoes were covered in mud. I was thinking to myself Jaysus 'you'd think she would make an effort' when I suddenly checked myself. Crikey I thought, 'this is the White Witch, she's going to know what I am thinking". Frantically i started looking around for distractions, anything to take my mind off the woman in front of me.
Too late. She turned around slowly to face me, a big smile on her face. I smiled nervously back. " I was on a farm yesterday" she said. She pointed down at her shoes and her coat and said "As you can see, I got destroyed". I was trying to pretend that i hadn't noticed but i was only blabbering like a fool. She kept chatting to me telling me about some of her predictions but i was in a strange place because of my stupidity and her voice was was like an echo in another room.
I'm very careful now when i see her, i have nothing but nice thoughts about her. My photos for this blog are all farm related. They are taken in Donegal, Galway, Ring Co. Waterford and Gougane Barra, West Cork. Ireland.
All these images were taken with a Canon, 70 D.
Something happened a few years ago and if i had a shell at the time i would definitely have crawled into it. I needed to go to the A.I.B bank in Cobh to lodge money for a member of my family. It was before lodgement machines became part of the furniture in the banks and the queue was nearly out to the door.
I was checking out who was in the queue, as you do, and my eyes were drawn to the woman in front of me. She had long black curly hair and she was wearing a long black coat, nearly down to her ankles. I recognised her immediately as the White Witch of Cobh. Absentmindedly i was looking her up and down and when i looked down I noticed that the end of her coat and her shoes were covered in mud. I was thinking to myself Jaysus 'you'd think she would make an effort' when I suddenly checked myself. Crikey I thought, 'this is the White Witch, she's going to know what I am thinking". Frantically i started looking around for distractions, anything to take my mind off the woman in front of me.
Too late. She turned around slowly to face me, a big smile on her face. I smiled nervously back. " I was on a farm yesterday" she said. She pointed down at her shoes and her coat and said "As you can see, I got destroyed". I was trying to pretend that i hadn't noticed but i was only blabbering like a fool. She kept chatting to me telling me about some of her predictions but i was in a strange place because of my stupidity and her voice was was like an echo in another room.
I'm very careful now when i see her, i have nothing but nice thoughts about her. My photos for this blog are all farm related. They are taken in Donegal, Galway, Ring Co. Waterford and Gougane Barra, West Cork. Ireland.
Little Bullock, taken on The Connigear, Ring, Co. Waterford
A Farmer with a sense of humour, Oranmore, Co. Galway
'Show me the way to go home', The Connigear, Ring, Co. Waterford
'In a leafy Glade', Gouganne Barra, West Cork
'Three little maids', the Connigear, Ring, Co. Waterford
' A cow with a sense of humour', Mullinasole, Co. Donegal
'Old Homestead', Mullinasole, Co. Donegal
'A load of Bull', Mullinasole, Co. Donegal
'Discussing the meaning of life', Ring, Co. Watrford
'Stranded', The Connigear, Ring, Co. Waterford
'Itchy back', Ring, Co. Waterford
'A knowing look', Collie, sheepdog, Ring, Co. Waterford
'Farming in Heaven', Ring, Co. Waterford
All these images were taken with a Canon, 70 D.
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