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Not a photographer - I just like using my phone to capture a memory/moment/something that catches my eye, in a way that pleases me and lets me look at it again..and again...
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The white sea waves turning brown as soon as they meet the heavy, peat-coloured River Bush at it's mouth at Portballintrae. #RiverBush #Bushmills #Portballintrae #waves #sea #NorthernIreland #photography

After yesterday's torrential rain (many roads impassable), the River Bush (salmon fishing, Bushmills whiskey) is full and roaring over both weirs through town today - like Nature's bubble bath lol - brown with the peat it has flowed through. #Bushmills #RiverBush #NorthernIreland #photography

Well now, that's a day and a half - and milder temp too. PortrushEasy Strand with Giant's Causeway headlands in horizon #EastStrand #GiantsCauseway #bluesky #beach #sunshine #Portrush #NorthernIreland

Gone fishin'. Truthfully, I went for a walk around the lake. But I felt his peace and solitude. #Castlewellan #forest #lake #fishing #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #Mournes #photography

Gone fishin'. Truthfully, I went for a walk around the lake. But I felt his peace and solitude. #Castlewellan #forest #lake #fishing #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #Mournes #photography

One of our favourite places in Scotland - Kirkcudbright (the 'artists' town'). Lots of little entries off High Street - stayed in a beautiful cottage down one last time. #Kirkcudbright #town #DumfriesandGalloway #Scotland #artists #entry #photography

The Children of Lir sculptures at Ballycastle, County Antrim, overlooking the Straits of Moyle - one of the 3 places they were cursed to spend 300 years as swans. Just 15 miles from us and one of our favourite places to go #ChildrenofLir #legend #Ballycastle #NorthernIreland #beach #photography

Walking up the back roads - Portrush in the middle, sticking out into the Atlantic as it does - we get battered all sides in a storm😆. Donegal headlands in the distance. #Portrush #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #Donegal #Atlantic #beach #photography

Just a little moment in a little street - in Aveiro, Portugal #street #house #urban #colouredhouses #coloredhouses #Aveiro #Portugal #photography

Love me a good (safe) wave - like nature's washing machine - and plenty to choose from this crisp day. You can see why surfers love the West Strand #WestStrand #beach #waves #surf #Portrush #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #photography

Aftermath of winds and high waves - seaweed wigs!! #beach #waves #storm #seaweed #Portrush #WestStrand #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #photography

Tide on it's way out, leaving the way clear for 2-mile walk along beach to the Barmouth at the end, where the River Bann enters the Atlantic. Mussenden Temple sitting on cliff top in distance #Portstewart #beach #MussendenTemple #sea #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland

Tide on it's way out, leaving the way clear for 2-mile walk along beach to the Barmouth at the end, where the River Bann enters the Atlantic. Mussenden Temple sitting on cliff top in distance #Portstewart #beach #MussendenTemple #sea #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland

Always look back. Beach walk, heading back to car park as sky had darkened - a sudden light made us look back #EastStrand #beach #walk #Portrush #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #photography

Always look back. Beach walk, heading back to car park as sky had darkened - a sudden light made us look back #EastStrand #beach #walk #Portrush #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #photography

Tide well out, wind bracing but refreshing - great day for a beach walk - and 1 lone windsurfer having a whale of a day 😁 #windsurf #beachwalk #WestStrand #Portrush #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #photography

Our beautiful 'Dark Hedges'. 150 trees planted in 1775. Now less than 80 left. The 2 stumps seen on the right and left at the front have been joined by 4 more after Storm Eowyn. Slowly but surely....... #DarkHedges #CausewayCoast #NorthernIreland #photography

Castlerock, looking towards Donegal. Grey skies but I feel warmer just looking at it😁 #NorthernIreland #CausewayCoast #Castlerock #photography #landscape

Rainbow at Dunluce Castle, outside Portrush. Giant's Causeway headlands in distance. People have their wedding photos taken on that curvy slope in centre - castle, beach, White Rocks, Portrush, Donegal as backdrop - on a good day😉 #Dunluce #Castle #rainbow #Portrush #photography #NorthernIreland

Le Cincle plongeur en plein chant. #oiseaux #birds #photography #photographie #nature #wildlife #dipper

Clouds on the horizon, foretelling this afternoon's rain - but a beach walk this morning blew any internal clouds away😁. Giant's Causeway headland in distance. #EastStrand #beach #beachwalk #Portrush #NorthernIreland #photography

So much damage from Storm Eowyn (scary night) - mostly roof damage but also tv aerial gone (husband inconsolable🙄), fence gone - + my wee car bashed by roof tiles. So, this is a memory of walk around lake in Castlewellan Forest in sunnier days. #blueskyartsday #photography #nature #NorthernIreland

Red alert for Storm Eowyn begins at 7am but Mace Head, Co. Galway has already recorded winds at over 113 miles p/h. Seems similar here in Portrush. Roof tiles rumbled mightily + are off + sitting on my car roof and in the driveway😔 #stormeowyn #Portrush #NorthernIreland

11pm + wind rising already. If electric goes out we have gas hob to cook on, log burner for warmth (coal bucket, log basket full), films downloaded onto tablet if no tv, phones + tablets + portable battery all fully charged - and LOTS of candles lol. So, off to bed. #StormEowyn #Portrush #NIreland

Portrush Lifeboat RNLI 17-30 training day. Coming back into harbour from West Strand Bay, under blue skies and chilly sun - beautiful day today - no choice in the weather when they are on an actual shout - hardy men and women. #RNLI #lifeboat #Portrush #WestStrand #NorthernIreland #photography

The viewing platform between Portrush and Bushmills (6' 4" hubby on it). On a good day, you can see Islay on horizon, on really good day you can see its cliffs etc, on a fantastic day you can see Paps of Jura behind Islay. Not today😔 #Portrush #WhiteRocks #WishingArch #NorthernIreland #Photography

The viewing platform between Portrush and Bushmills (6' 4" hubby on it). On a good day, you can see Islay on horizon, on really good day you can see its cliffs etc, on a fantastic day you can see Paps of Jura behind Islay. Not today😔 #Portrush #WhiteRocks #WishingArch #NorthernIreland #Photography

Sun still low but so much milder this week. West Strand looking past coast road towards Benevenagh in distance and long low Magilligan Strand on the right. On a clearer day, Donegal would be seen beyond #Portrush #WestStrand #Magilligan #beach #Benevenagh #NorthernIreland #photography

On the left, the usual pretty view, with summer flowerbed - we bring the newspapers and have a drink in Bayview Hotel most Saturday afternoons. Today (right), ice and snow rapidly melted - replaced by thick sea fog🌫 #Portballintrae #Bayview #harbour #harbor #fog #NorthernIreland #photography

Late afternoon walk along river past Enniskillen Castle #Enniskillen #Fermanagh #castle #NorthernIreland #halfmoon

Late afternoon walk along river past Enniskillen Castle #Enniskillen #Fermanagh #castle #NorthernIreland #halfmoon

No live stream of John 'Bird' Chester's funeral on Eigg - so here’s a wee film. Island tradition means those present help fill in the grave there & then. Even bairns. No textbook or guidance needed. A slow, beautiful, loving dance. RIP Bird

Upper and Lower Lough Erne have MANY islands but this giant beautiful swan sculpture sits between the 2 loughs, mid-town, on Castle Island on the River Erne, opposite Enniskillen Castle. Many real-life swans glide up and down this stretch. #Enniskillen #Fermanagh #NorthernIreland #photography

Short break down in County Fermanagh - new 'art piece' on riverside walk past Enniskillen Castle #Enniskillen #Fermanagh #LoughErne #NorthernIreland #photography

Winter sun low in sky but brighter, warmer, sunnier days to come and in the meantime, what's not like about views like this😁. Donegal hills in distance. #Portrush #beach #WestStrand #NorthernIreland #wintersun #photography