McAWilliams Photoblog

Its amazing really did we ever really see winter, I still have geraniums growing outside and get this they are still flowering aswell. But it is great to see daffodils and crocus’s all starting to shoot up.

Winter is officially over.

On another topic altogether McAWilliams has got through the first round of judging for the Blog Awards, along with 21 others, so in relation to a shortlist it did not happen, so a second round of judging will trim it down to 10 or 11.

So I would love to say I am shortlisted but dont feel I can just yet, congrats to the other 20 that got on the list some old hats at this game now and some great new ones too.

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God the Irish weather has really come back with a bang 5 weeks of hot sunny days and now the clouds have returned and have not lifted since last thursday.

So here is a nice shot of flowers with drops of water forming on the petals.

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So after getting some sort of control over my Dandelion Explosion I now have these weeds in my garden.

I do like these buttercup flowers but all the same I prefer the green of my grass. What will come next Daisys???

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I was outside tonight having a smoke, and over the past few weekends I have been attempting to keep the grass down and get the garden in some sort of shape for Rebecca since she will want to be out there this summer.

What has happened since, dandelions that were not there when my grass was like a wild meadow have suddenly appeared and I would say this weed is actually starting to take over my garden, and all because of these fluffy little seed heads which are all over Bray at the moment thriving obviously with the hot weather.

Bastards!!!

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Another photo taken at the west entrance to Stephens Green taken shortly after the shot of the Unitarian Church.

What stood out for me with this picture was the selection of colours, such a deep purple and a bright yellow used in the flower bed, I would have thought it was a daring choice but by jesus it works well.

On another note and totally of topic I have put up what I consider to be a great way to vote on my verbal page you never know maybe it can apply to any other Irish readers out there.

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Back to my favorite haunt Saint Stephens Green where the flower beds are nearly in full bloom. This is a shot of a lovely pinkish flower called, I dunno, any help would be great.

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I love it when you end up being inspired to go and search for an image, and thats exactly what happened to me this evening while doing my daily bus journey from town to Bray.

I was sitting as usual upstairs on the 145 and was listening to Air’s album “talkie walkie” and what song came on but “cherry blossom girl” and hey presto I had the photo I wanted to take this evening.

I am fortunate enough to be living in a house that is over 25 years old and has a well established blossom tree in the back garden, it must be about 20 foot high, and over the weekend the buds well … blossomed, it seems in the 2 and a bit years we have been living here that its flowers come out later then others.

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