autumn leaves

a touch of autumn, one  of the few trees that's showing some colour in the neighborhood.  The leaves don't last very long on the trees and there is not much colour before the wind blows them all away.

the tree in Market Square

the foyle hotel

the rain and gusty wind is causing some of the plastic covering to rip and flap around.  Tying up the ripped ends helped. 

barely visible

through the fog, the Victorian houses on Montgomery Terrace
photo taken from the pier the other day

tangled mess

of rope down by the pier.  Where there are boats, you usually see this.  I wonder who unravels it.

white and black

saw these two on a walk and they both looked serious, maybe too serious.

motorcycle with a sidecar

parked down by the holiday homes on Montgomery Terrace.  Didn't see what make it was but I like the looks of it.

concrete flowers

growing in the crack between the sidewalk and the curb.

Doherty's

a traditional sweet shop, newsagents and Lotto retailer established in 1948.  Located in Carndonagh.

disappearing

flowers making their last stand on Lough Foyle until next spring.

 linking to skywatch friday

on their way

heading toward main street after leaving the postal building.

surrounded by trees

the house is located in a nice shady place near Lough Foyle.  The windows remind me of eyes.

foggy morning

once I stepped outside early Sunday morning, these two bikers were just passing by.

monday mural - David Ervine

Seen in Belfast, NI in 2015
the mural painted in 2008 to honour the late David Ervine. Ervine, a prominent protestant unionist, was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP). Ervine was a key figure in the loyalist ceasefire of 1994, a predecessor of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.

linking to monday mural

two vehicles

the tractor, a common sight in Moville.

ice cream car

seen in town a few days ago.  It wasn't a good day to walk around with an ice cream cone.

skywatch friday

the early bird lineup

linking to skywatch friday

a conversation

standing in the rain.

tough day

for the dog.

window flowers

are beginning to disappear around town.  These are the best of the rest.

monday mural - alaska

I took a photo of this mural back in 2000 when we lived in Fairbanks.  Eventually this building, which I believe was the home of the Alaska Rag Co., was torn down and replaced with a Mariott Hotel the following year.   The Yukon Quest, a 1,000 mile Internstional Sled Dog Race from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, Yukon, begins on the Chena River which is right across the street.

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the heel bar

one of the few places in Donegal where you can get your shoes repaired.  Growing up, we had a local place where the cobbler would service the community.  You could find a cobbler in any city but not today.  These days people just buy new shoes and throw away the old ones.

blue house

newly painted.

early evening

on Quay Street.

neighbors

with private gates leading from the beach to their house.

a touch of colour

before it all fades away

a nice evening

down by the water.  For the last week it has been raining off and on during the day but the evenings have been really nice when I go out for my walk and I appreciate that.

Monday Mural: Swan's Corn Mill

The exterior of Thomas Swan's Corn Mills in Buncrana.   

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out for a ride

I just happened to look over and there they were rounding the corner.

a cute couple

down on the green by the shore

CDP theme: photographing the photographer

My wife, Shari took these photos of me on Murphy Dome back in 1998 when we lived in Fairbanks, Alaska.  This could be the beginning of spring because there was still snow on the dome.  Murphy Dome was a great place to go for some wonderful views of the landscape, watch the aurora and also a great place to pick blueberries which we did.   I believe the camera I'm using was a Canon AE1.