Being Irish Once A Year

The Bride and I have Celtic roots though they be a wee bit distant. Once a year we get to feed those Celtic roots with a bit of music, food and laughter. Here are some pictures of us being Irish once a year.

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One of the hardest workers here: This Fish & Chips dude!

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I love to see couples and children dancing to the pipes, fiddle and bodhran!

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The musicians, singers and story tellers.

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And some of the second busiest set of folks: The Stout, cider and malt beverage crew!

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And last but not least: Fish & Chips!

Thursday’s Special: Abstract (Response To Guest Challenge)

I am a pretty boring photographer when it comes to being creative. When I read the title of Paula’s Thursday Special: Abstract I had to look up abstract photography and see what it is about. Well now that I am more than a little confused by conflicting definitions and ideas of abstract photography I am not about how I will approach it. Here are five photos I have taking in the last month of so. With the Winter weather and gray days that accompanied them I had to really search for things to shot. This took me out of my comfort zone but the challenge helped me “see” different photography wise. Here they are and you tell me if they are or they are not abstract.

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Shadow play

Right off I must confess: This is not a great or even a good picture but it is cool. I was sitting at The Bride’s desk as the last rays of the day were making their selves known. I caught something out of my peripheral and turned towards it. What I say was the sun coming through one of the lenses of my glasses and making shadow play on the wall. I grabbed my Lumix DMC-ZS1 that was within reach and took this shot ” free-style”: I just basically guessed at where to point and took the shot so the camera’s shadow would not be present. Nor did I want it to look like I was taking a shot. Here is a little shadow play.

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