Let's Go for a WalK

    There are quite a few positive outcomes from a walk.

• you get a lot of fresh air. Being outdoors reboots the system and recharges the batteries. After the walk you feel refreshed, revitalized and renewed. Ready to get on with whatever life brings on.

• you can also walk the dogs, they have their own business to do out there... Mine take their walk very seriously. And I think they have an internal clock, once it's time to go out they start stretching, yawning, getting ready, no matter if I am ready to go or not. And if I am still busy with something they start giving me those looks that can only mean: Are You Ready Yet!!!!!!! 

• for me, the best part of going for a walk is taking the camera with me. Unfortunately, this only means that no one else will be happy about it, not even the dogs. Now during the holidays, I made a deal with my son: he has to come  with me during the week and then he has the weekend off to do that ever he wants. It's a great deal, but he doesn't like it when I take the camera with me because that involves a lot of stops along the way. 

• And he is not the only one complaining either, the dogs can do that very expressively too. They often have to sit around and wait while I have my head in a bush or crawling around in the weeds after close ups and macros.

• But hey, at the end of the day, everyone is happy, we all feel fresh, renewed and clear headed. I have noticed that even if someone doesn't feel like going out for a walk, no matter what, at the end, they always feel much better and happier, even if someone like me had to talk them into going outside.

You see even if they didn't want to go at first, 

they are all up for it now!! 

So get out in the fresh air and take a good walk 

to recharge your batteries,

you won't regret it!! 

Soon enough you will be running around like them (smile)

Addicted to Water

I don't know about you but when someone mentions the word summer, the first thing that comes to my mind is WATER - shimmering, cool, refreshing, gorgeous, irresistible, fantastic water. I am a really serious water addict. If it is warm enough, I am in it. I have dipped into glacier lakes, a wild selection of mountain streams and rivers, any type of ponds and lakes in many countries, The Black sea, The Mediterranean sea, The Channel and lately in the Atlantic ocean. 
Hopefully in the future, I will add more places to my collection. (smile) 

The water spirit

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Where no one is looking...

It sounds a bit like a song title. Actually it only describes what kind of images I like to take - of places and things that no one is looking at. 

It came to me today while I was walking the 2 boxers, I realised that I was staring at the side of the road as much as they were sniffing at it. Unconsciously, I was looking for those secret places where no one looks at. I believe, that so very often, the majority of us do not have the time to stop and admire the little details around us. We are so engulfed into the struggle of everyday life that we do not have the time to stop and look at anything any more. 
This is where I come in. 



Taking photos is my passion. I find so much beauty and perfection even in the simplest and tiniest of things. One of my favourite games is taking an image of something ordinary and transforming it into a vision of beauty. Seen through my eyes and sent straight to you, so you can enjoy what I find, feel the beauty of this world and reconnect with nature, even though for some reason you don't have the time to stop and look any more. 

 Where no one is looking...

Hiding in the grass

 

In the shadows

Clinging to a wall

Under a branch on the side of the road

The possibilities are endless. 
We just have to open our eyes and see.   

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Follow this link to my other spring post FEELING PURPLE  

Walking in the Rain

            We had two good weeks with bright sun and cloudless skies. Some people even got sunstroke, including me, after covering The sheep races in Oughterard, I had to stand for tree long hours under the unrelenting sun!! We are so not used to hot weather in this parts of the world. Including me. 
     For this reason I have to admit that the sudden rain yesterday kind of made me feel happy. A little break from the sun. A 24 hour continuous persistent drizzle with overcast sky. How delightful. If only there was no midges in this area(they can eat you alive in seconds!)it would be perfect. Defused glowing light, raindrops everywhere and on everything, bold colours - perfect conditions for some nature photography. 
     So I went out walking in the rain...

 

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