Category Archives: Art

The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Egg 5; A New Way of Life

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Barbara

This egg was one of my favourites, I kept coming back to it again and again I’m not sure that the photographs do it justice. I’m also not sure how the title relates to the egg, but I couldn’t stay … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged Easter, Ed Saye, The Big Egg Hunt | 6 Comments

The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Eggs 3 and 4; A Frugal Meal and A Monument to The Egg

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Barbara

Today I am posting two Eggs, one of which I like, the other doesn’t really do much for me. Which do you think is which? Which egg do you prefer?

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged Alana Lake, Charlie Billingham, Easter, The Big Egg Hunt | 17 Comments

The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Egg 2; A Common History

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Barbara

The second Egg in my egg-alphabet is entitled ‘A Common History‘. A coincidence that the first two eggs have the word history in their titles. I’m not really sure what the meaning of this one is, but maybe I will … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged David Mackintosh, Easter, The Big Egg Hunt | 14 Comments

The Big Egg Hunt (UK) Egg 1; …an uncertain daily history

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Barbara

Following my first post about The Big Egg Hunt in Dublin, some people commented that there had been a similar event in Covent Garden in London last year, so my investigating brain started ticking over & I Googled ‘Big Egg … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography | Tagged Easter, The Big Egg Hunt | 13 Comments

Happy Easter!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Barbara

My sister-in-law posted this photo on her Facebook today & I just had to share it on!

Posted in Art, Snow, Spring | Tagged Bunny, Derby, Easter, Easter Bunny, Snow, Snow Bunny, You'd better watch out! | 10 Comments

The Big Egg Hunt

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Barbara

When I decided that I would be able to go to Dublin for my Dad’s 70th Birthday I only wanted to do one other thing while I was there. My friend Gillian from primary school is a Creative Designer and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Birthdays, Daddies, Dublin, Photography | Tagged Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Circles & Curves, Easter, Lily O'Briens, Penhouse Designs, The Big Egg Hunt, The Jack & Jill Foundation | 22 Comments

David Bowie Is

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Barbara

I have tickets for us to go see the David Bowie Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London which opens today!

Posted in Art, London, Music | Tagged David Bowie, David Bowie Is, David Robert Jones, V&A, Victoria and Albert Museum, Ziggy Stardust | 14 Comments

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Barbara

The day of the festival of (St) Patrick, Paddy’s day. My daddy is called Patrick, so it has always been Daddy’s day too 🙂 He always sends us (me, my sister and all my cousins) a St Patrick’s Day card, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Daddies, Dublin, Families, Philately | Tagged Book of Kells, Hail Glorious St Patrick, Ireland, Lá Fhéile Pádraig, Lá le Pádraig, Patriotism, Postcards, St Patrick's Day, Trinity College Dublin | 10 Comments

Upon Small Shoulders

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Barbara

I love Sinéad O’Connor, I always have. When I first heard ‘Troy’ the haunting love song from her first album, The Lion & The Cobra, she was singing from my heart, from my soul. She screamed for me, from me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Daddies, Dublin, Music, Photography | Tagged Debt Crisis, Greed, How about I be me (and you be you)?, Neil Condron, Sinéad O'Connor, St Patrick's Day, The Celtic Tiger, The Lion and The Cobra, Troy, Upon Small Shoulders, WB Yeats | 37 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge; Rainbow Colours – Shoes

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Barbara

I’ve never taken part in Cee’s photo challenge until yesterday, but the topic Rainbow Colours makes it impossible for me to not enter! Yesterday I talked about my handbag, my purse, my laptop bag, my coat, and all my clothes … Continue reading →