These are my Dad’s hands.
So begins the text explaining a photo that Shutr (a flickr contact) posted recently on his flickr site. It’s seems rude to say it but it’s a beautiful photograph and the description will bring tears to your eyes.
Here’s two extracts…
So now, about the photograph. If you look on his fingernails, you can see some [...]
Stoolpigeon
I almost (ahem) posted this photo on flickr as pigeonstool. Hopefully I corrected the mistake in time before anyone noticed and made a joke about it.
It reminds me of the time when, as a child, our GP (family physician) made a housecall because I was ill. Doctors did housecalls in those days but [...]
Get me out of here
This is one of my favourite photos that I took during the recent St Patrick’s Day festival in Dublin. Someone poured washing powder into the fountain on Dame Street and, of course, the inevitable happened. I surprised it doesn’t happen every Friday/Saturday night in Dublin. Ah, the old ones are the best. [...]
Drugs are funny
I know it’s considered bad form to give away the ending but here’s two recent blog posts that made me laugh.
Last line #1: Yes, sleeping with Prince Valium makes every morning feel like Sunday morning. The downside is I only have nine left. The comments are very funny as well!
Last line #2: Tomorrow, [...]
Tomorrow’s news is
Newswire sends this report from Limerick.
Southill continues to spiral out of control
Despite an extra Garda presence in Southill Sunday following a shooting incident which left a 24 year old man injured, the violence continues with more reports of trouble in the area.
Gardai say that following the shooting of David Leamy Late Saturday night, two hrs [...]