Dublin
Throw those curtains wide
Blue skies, sunny haze and flare, great friends, pretty dappled light. Please make there be more days like these this summer. P.S. The title to this post comes from this very brilliant Elbow song.
Nathalie Marquez Courtney
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Dancing at the disco
While everyone else was cheering Jedward on during Eurovision I was... Well, cheering Jedward on, internally, but mainly making my way to the silent disco with Ben, which was held in the courtyard at IMMA, and was hosted by Phantom 105.2. A couple of pics below, B has some
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Candyfloss and canon men
A couple of shots from a recent trip to see Circus Vegas, my family's circus. I would love, love, love to one day do a much bigger photo project on the show some day. The very cheery canon man.... The juggler, who juggles in the dark with light-up
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Tea with a twist
The following pics perfectly illustrate two of the loveliest perks I have going at the moment. Perk One: I was invited, along with Team KISS and Team Stellar, to Cork Dry Gin's "afternoon tea with a twist" at The Merrion. I got there and instantly fell
Aunty Life
Park 'n' play
A couple of snaps from a recent trip to our local park. Not long now 'til this little guy is a big brother. And seeing as it was such a gorgeous afternoon, this trip to the park ended with a trip to the shop.
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Four day eat fest
Looking through my camera's memory card after this Easter Bank Holiday weekend, a clear theme emerged: Food, and lots of it. From yummy barbecued lamb skewers and delicious creme brulée on Friday, to a rustic medieval lunch on Saturday, followed by a mini Easter egg hunt on Sunday.
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Sunday stroll
If you've ever wondered what reward you might get for walking from Inchicore to Phoenix Park, this is it: Spicy chipotle chicken soup from the Taco Taco stand at the Epicurean Food Hall, and a giant 99, drizzled with either chocolate or raspberry syrup. Yum. Here are my
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Cuteness overload
Baby lambs! Donkeys! Daffodils! A recent trip to Airfield proved almost too much for even my well-honed spring cuteness meter. Who wants to do something new and different with a shot of a baby lamb? Okay, fine, I do, but it's so much fun to take a picture
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The sweetness of doing nothing
While watching Eat, Pray, Love with the mammy last Sunday, I was reminded of the lovely Italian phrase 'dolce far niente', which translates as 'the sweetness of nothing'. It's meant to sum up that pleasant idleness, that lovely chillaxed feeling you get while people-watching
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Sis + bump
You wouldn't know it to look at her, but my gorgeous little sister Kelly is seven months pregnant with her second babóg. Genuinely one of the most naturally beautiful people I know, she has remained photogenic as ever throughout her pregnancy. We snapped these pics on Sunday, in
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Carnival kicks
One of the St Patrick's Festival highlights definitely has to be the fun fair that rolls into Merrion Sq. Kel, Ethan and I headed along on Sunday for the Big Day Out – basically an excuse to eat Nutella and banana crepes for lunch, watch funny caricaturists, see the
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Irish Blog Awards: Finalist!
The annual Irish Blog Awards are on this evening, and I am delighted to report that this wee blog is one of the five finalists in the Best Photo Blog category, sponsored by Pix.ie. I can honestly say that no one is more surprised than me to have made