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This pleasant picture dates from the 2nd June, 2011. I'm only getting around to blogging it now. My activities on www.twitter.com/bahern7  keep me so busy, dontcha know? But I've torn myself away from the famed microblogging site tonight to place this pic up here on bahern7 . The origin of the photo follows a familiar pattern for me. As is my wont, I was taking a postprandial perambulation along the Liffey Boardwalk when I stumbled upon this sunny, clear blue vista. Oddly, for that time of the day, there wasn't a drug addict or petty thief in sight. Perhaps they were all at a convention or something of that nature on that particular afternoon. Anyway, seeing my moment, out came the iPhone and away I snapped. Hope you like it! Your humble shutterbug, Brian

I spotted this cheeky chappie whilst strolling the Liffey Boardwalk one sunny afternoon recently. There's a distinct air of the poseur about him (assuming the gender is male, of course, for it could equally be a she that we see here strutting and preening so defiantly) not to mention a certain haughtiness, too. How calmly the bird seems to observe me, a mere man going about the business of amateur photography. The one word that leaps to mind now, looking at the shot at several weeks remove, is: insouciant , that is to say, casually unconcerned . When next I need a new short story title, "The Insouciant Seagull" doesn't sound half bad. With humbleness, Brian:-)

Here's a shot from a couple of months back - the 24th March, 2011 to be precise. I was taking a postprandial perambulation in the Dublin 8 area that afternoon and came upon this rather colourful scene on New Street South. I stopped and stood still on the pavement with my attention pleasantly arrested by the sight of the advertising hoarding and the old house situated on the far side of a bed of blazing daffodils. For the purposes of accuracy I must record that the house and the hoarding are actually across the way on Kevin Street. Anyway, arrested as I was, I became adamant that the scene should be preserved. There was just so much colour going on (at least to my eyes) - delicious reds, beautiful blues, bright yellows and a rich green. I whipped out the iPhone, equipped as it is with its marvelous little camera, and fired off a round in a manner of speaking. You've got to admit, the resulting picture is rather pretty indeed. Your humble shutterbug, Brian:-)

So there I was standing by the City Hall on Friday afternoon last (1st July, 2011) gazing down the street towards College Green. The temperature was up, quite hot indeed, and the sky was a beautiful shade of cobalt blue. Dame Street was buzzing with people - teeming would be an accurate word - but from where I stood, at an odd angle, the milling plebeians could not be seen. You know something, I said to myself, this might well prove to be a tasty photograph. So, without further ado, out came the iPhone. I aimed and I shot. The result is what you see above. Not bad at all, even if I say so myself. Your humble shutterbug, Brian:-)