First Snow of 09

First Snow of 09

December 20, 2009  |  ,  |  No Comments  | 

This morning saw a blanket of thick snow across the fields where we live. Roads were just about passable and those who ventured out in their cars provided no end of entertainment as they attempted to make it up the hill. This photo doesn't do the view of the Lagan justice,

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Forgotten Telephone Box

Forgotten Telephone Box

December 13, 2009  |  ,  |  1 Comment  | 

Every so often I come across an old style BT phone box out on a country road. Surprisingly they always have a working telephone and more recently a sign explaining it was an 'offence to smoke in this building'. This particular phone box is disintegrating day by day. The door is

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Abandoned Friends

Abandoned Friends

December 13, 2009  |  , ,  |  2 Comments  | 

Following a little bit of a theme on abandoned buildings I called at the old Friends' Meeting house a few miles from where I took this series of photos. A large signed entitled "Danger Keep Out" was good enough for me not to venture beyond the gate but the view

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Evening Water Walk

Evening Water Walk

December 13, 2009  |  , , ,  |  No Comments  | 

It is amazing the tones winter light can create in late evening. This is the view across a very still area of river called "Broadwater". There was complete silence and even the swans glided without a sound. Most striking was the rate at which the light changed from strong blues to

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