Wednesday October 28th, 2009. Posted by Alex:

Wildness in the garden

Of two very different kinds. Insectoidal:

Insect Lunch

To add to the samsaric tragedy of it all, having watched green more or less kill black and taken this picture, I accidentally brushed the table with the camera strap, and black fell to the ground, not to be found again.

Wild mammalian games probably appeal to most of us, as mammals, more:

Wild game

She has no teeth, but you still need to treat the claws with respect!

Monday March 16th, 2009. Posted by Alex:

Seamus Creagh RIP

Seamus Creagh, highly influential fiddler, died yesterday. I saw him many a time in the Corner Bar in Skibbereen on Monday nights. I haven’t got a picture of my own – his place would be to the left of this picture, where the knees of a little boy can be seen.


Another era slips into the blue-grey twilight. May St Patrick himself come for his soul tomorrow!