Author Archives: Murtagh's Meadow

About Murtagh's Meadow

As an ecologist I have always had an interest in nature. I love gardening and would spend all day outdoors if I could. I also enjoy taking photographs and writing. I live in the west of Ireland with my young family.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #217 – Opposites

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This week it is all about opposites. Many thanks to Tina for this week’s challenge. My first try of “image compare” on wordpress – if you haven’t tried it before, slide bar across to see full image.

Closed – open

Black standing – pale sitting
Spikey – soft

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #216 – Urban Environments

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I am not generally someone who takes photographs in urban areas – but here are a few images from a trip to a small town during our holiday in Wales this summer.

Lovely old clock
Colourful flags
Flower pots
Shop window
Shop window 2

Many thanks to Sofia for this week’s challenge.

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #215

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For this week’s Len-artist challenge John asks for “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles… and the Places they take us” – but I have veered off topic a little to talk about places boats have taken me. In recent years, we have had a few interesting trips on boats – or at least the boats got us to our destination. The first trip was to Clare Island off the west coast of Ireland. A small ferry takes about 20 minutes to cross from mainland to the island.

Early morning ferry to Clare island

The island is lovely. We visited in January – but the day was glorious and clear and the light beautiful.

Then home again on the ferry at sunset.

Our next island visit was to Inishbiggle. Also off the west coast, but a much smaller island – talking only about ten minutes in a small boat similar to the small boat in the picture below.

Here crossing over from the mainland.

The island is lovely, exceptionally quiet (there are not many families living on it now) and the only shame was all the abandoned cars (and tractors) that it is too expensive to remove and so are left to rust away.

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Inishbiggle