Tag Archives: kids

Dylans first day

Its really hard to believe that our youngest son Dylan just went off to his first day of school. Its a bit of a milestone for us and even though i took the day of work, it will be strange … Continue reading

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Re-work Wednesday 50

During the week I was browsing through my archives, reminiscing about some summer time images to counteract the current dark and dreary days we are experiencing. I came across this shot of Ryan, and I wondered how it would look in … Continue reading

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Re-work Wednesday 43

Last week I missed posting a re-work image so to make up for it, i am posting two images this week. Both are portraits of my two youngest kids. Ava pictured with the elephant at a recent BBQ is 5 … Continue reading

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Re-work Wednesday 30

For this weeks re-work I picked an image from a shoot I did with my kids and their cousins back in 2010. Ryan was only 5 and big into his guitar and drums at the time. This was also my … Continue reading

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Madness of the Season

I cant believe it, 10 days without a post here. It is really turning out to be a mad month so far, its no wonder people refer to Christmas as the silly season, :-).The good wife had a bright idea … Continue reading

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Tlachtga and the Sacred Flame

As previously mentioned the flame which re lit every fire across the country at Samhain came from Tlachtga. Tlachtga or the Hill of Ward as it is now known named after a former owner from the 17th century was once … Continue reading

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Countdown to Samhain 2013

It only seems like a short while since I was writing some Samhain related stuff for last year. Well this year I hope to expand a bit more with some more Irish related posts. Last year I wrote about Stingy … Continue reading

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My Little Ruin Hunters

Saturday turned out to be an eventful day, with the wife in work I took a trip up to Portlaoise to get a start on the shopping for the new school term. With the three kids in tow, it wasn’t … Continue reading

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Emo Picnic

I recently went up to Emo Estate for a picnic with the kids whilst their Mammy was in work. The in laws and two cousins came along. It was a gorgeous day and plenty of others had the same idea. … Continue reading

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My Instagram Addiction

Continuing on from a previous post regarding the phenomenon that is Instagram. I taught that I would share a few more of my favorite images.  Since last month i have created some Instagram styled actions in Photoshop cs6 which I have used … Continue reading

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