Still winter...

I'm starting to wonder if this is the beginning of the next ice age. Since I've been living in my current home (a little over two years) this is the third heavy snowfall that we've had.

It looks nice...but we really aren't able to cope with it at all. We need to learn!

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland
Originally uploaded by petergriffin_1892.

So we got another snowfall in Ireland this winter. Normally we get a little bit of snow every year, the kind of snow that disappears after a few hours, but for the second time in 12 months we got a big fall. And this time, because it has been so cold for the last few weeks, it stuck around.

The photo here was taken close to where I live on saturday January 9th. But we actually had our initial snowfall on New Years Eve and then some more, bigger snowfalls over the course of the following week or so.

It does look pretty but we really are not prpepared for this kind of thing and it ends up causing all kinds of problems, from burst pipes & water shortages to sever traffic jams.

Anyway, it's nearly all gone now!

Beads

Beads
Originally uploaded by petergriffin_1892.

Another image taken in the graveyard of St. Maelruain's Church, Tallaght.

50mm f/1.8 lens.

St Maelruain's Church

St Maelruain's Church
Originally uploaded by petergriffin_1892.

St Maelruain's Church, Tallaght, Dublin. One of only a few 'old' buildings in Tallaght itself.