Flowers Bees Click on the last two images to see larger versions! The original cropped images are over 3 times bigger! You wouldn’t want to be squemish about wasps and bees to look at them!
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At least 173 killed in Madrid train bombings
30, 40, 173… the death toll rises. I heard this on the morning news as I got ready to leave for work. I texted Cachu in Madrid and she and her friends are fine, but they were watching it on tv. She couldn’t describe the horror of it. Last November, […]
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Blackpool Factories In Ruin
I went up to Blackpool on Saturday afternoon to photograph the textile factory and Sunbeam. Even 24 hours later smoke still rose from the fire-gutted buildings and rubble. The Evening Echo had a stark picture of the blazing building on it’s Friday edition. It’s lucky nobody was injured in the […]
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Fire units battling Cork city blaze
I just heard on IRC that there’s a fire in Blackpool! I looked out the window but didn’t expect to see anything as we’re more than 8 6.25 miles (Thanks Christian!) away here in Ballincollig… Fire in Blackpool
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F 16
Wow! Amazing photo of an F16 at an air show in Poland. At the Chicago Air and Water Show last August I went snap happy but never got anything near as good as this shot. He was lucky the fighter was banking just over his head (see the comments). I […]
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Kittens
I visited Mel and Sharon last night to see the 2 new members of their family. Aren’t they cute? 🙂
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Sammy Sosa, Baseball & corked bats
At the start of June Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cubs’ star player broke his bat during a game. Cork was discovered inside the bat, lending him an unfair advantage while hitting. I was there with Martina, and although I didn’t realise the full extent and implications of what was happening, I […]