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Through My Lens: Emerald Isle

Irish Coast

In honour of the good Saint Patrick, here is a photo of the Irish coast.

Through My Lens: Irish Cow

Irish Cow

Now that I have cows on my mind, I can’t resist posting this photo. This cow was happily munching away when I rode past her, again on a bike, but this time in Galway, on the west coast of Ireland.

(And no, I did not lie on the ground to take this shot — the road and pasture were at slightly different elevations, about four feet apart. At the bottom left of the photo, you can just see the top of the stone wall that lined the road my friend and I were cycling along.)

Through My Lens: Doors of Dublin

Dublin Doors

Not the best of photos, but it will do for Bloomsday, I should think.

This year is also the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Dubliners — a collection of short stories I’ve not looked at since my university days, but thoroughly enjoyed then.

Methinks it’s time I recommend to my Book Club that we read some Joyce.