A very rainbow day in Connemara

Don't you just love a good rainbow? 

Believe me if you do, Ireland is the place to go if you want to chase rainbows! 

You can get them anytime anywhere - double rainbows, extra bright, fantastic, amazing, unbelievable!!

The weather is always so unpredictable and changes so fast you never know when a rainbow is going to surprise you. Sometimes you can be in the car and a rainbow can just pop up next to you and move with you along the road!!!   Amazing right?!!

Another time you can just walk peacefully in the countryside and they can spring up in the bogs like jewels and you can not help yourself but wonder where could that pot of gold be berried....

Walk with me and see a rainbow day in Connemara

And now my favourite, my boxer admiring the rainbow

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THE GOLDEN HOUR

Last year at exactly the same time I took some amazing images at The Old Bog Road in Oughterard. Winter mornings are gloomy and dark and the sun crawls up late and sluggish up the sky as do most of us I guess. 

There isn't a better feeling than being out early in the morning and witnessing the breaking of the day, witnessing the retreating of the twilight and that brief explosion of the golden hour, before the sun goes too high up the sky and the new day grabs everyone with its urgency, seriousness and everyday duty and obligations.  

This is the moment of stillness and peace, as if the time stops still. The thin line between the night and the day, the neutral ground from where we can charge ourselves with energy and strength and get ready to brace the new day. But only while the golden hour lasts....  

 Thank you for staying with me through the Golden hour, the best part of the day. 

See you soon ;)

FROM GALWAY to DUBLIN and BACK

Believe it or not, I had ONE hour appointment in Dublin last Monday so I had no choice but to pack a sandwich (don't judge me, I like making my own sandwiches) and look for a bus. 

Luckily I found GOBUS.IE. Fantastic service as it turned out, you can even chat with them on line right now if you have any questions and they are fabulously helpful. So I did my research and found the right buses for departure and return and all I had left to do was show up on time and not forget my sandwich! By the way there is a toilet and Wi-Fi in there so the trip can be as painless as possible.  

The beauty of it all is that there is a bus leaving from Galway to Dublin and vice versa, every hour, so it is not a problem to go just for an hour and then come back!! I should try to get myself appointments more often I suppose. It is a good opportunity to take some photos on a new turf since I am not really familiar with Dublin. And since I did not have much time to go anywhere I only managed to take a few shots along the river. So bear with me, maybe next time I will have more time to discover more of Dublin and then there will be more to share!!  

For now this is all I have:

The bus stop at George's Quay.

I hope you enjoyed your walk with me in Dublin City!!

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The New Face of Connemara

I decided it is time to reveal how Connemara has changed over the last few weeks since the weather turned for the worst. 

It's dark outside right now, while I am writing, the wind is howling, the rain is lashing against the window and there is a warning for a hurricane that might land somewhere around here in Galway county or it might not, according to where it decides at the last moment, you know hurricanes!! So while we are preparing for the worst today, I am looking at some lovely golden photos I tool the last few days to make me feel better and I am going to share them with you hoping that they will brighten your day as well.

If there is one reason I do all this, it is to share the beauty I see in my everyday walks with you all, especially with you folks that live in big cities and crave for the big open spaces and being outside and fresh air and wind in your hair!! So those images today are for you! Enjoy

The new face of Connemara
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