Wild Woodbine
Joan McBreen
Wild woodbine was beyond my reach
in the thick hedges round Lough Gill.
The heavy scent filled the house for days
when my father brought it in
and it stayed fresh far longer
then meadowsweet.
Because I loved the delicate
pink and white wild rose
he picked it too, cursing the thorns, muttering
“it dies too soon,
you’d be better leaving it alone”.
Yet once, when my mother
swept its petals from the floor
I saw him rescue one
and place it carefully
in the small wallet
where he kept her photograph.
Wild Woodbine
Like this:
Like Loading...
September 8, 2016 | Categories: Gallery, irish woodlands, Nature and Wildlife, Plants and herbs, Poetry Gallery | Tags: classical Irish, Drift wood, Farming Poetry, Joan McBreen, Nature Phtotography, Nature poetry, nigel borington, poem, wild woodbine | 6 Comments
Our golden retriever , Molly Swimming, June 2014
Keeping our golden retriever Molly cool on these hot summer days is a puzzle , however she loves a summers swim and really makes the most or our local rivers.
She loves retrieving sticks and stones from the river bed and finding her some shade and cold water is a great way to cool her down.
Like this:
Like Loading...
June 24, 2014 | Categories: dogs, Gallery, Nigel Borrington, What Molly finds | Tags: antrim landscape photography, classical Irish, country tipperary, dog swims, Dogs, Golden retriever, hot summer days, Nigel Borrington, pets, Photography, swimming dogs | 5 Comments
Images take using a Nikon D7000
Classic Irish Home, County Tipperary
Irish landscape photography : Nigel Borrington
When I first came to live in Ireland, one thing I really noticed what the different architecture around the country.
While many homes in both Ireland and main land Europe can and do look the same, I started wondering what the classical Irish house looked like, Well this house sitting on the borders of county Tipperary and Kilkenny to myself is it.
Rectangular with it’s five windows at the front and an arched red front door, this house is so classically Irish in nature that I would now see it as the classic 1900’s Irish home.
These houses could both be a Farm house with the Farm yard at the back or a town house sitting with a garden at the back and the street at the front.
Classical 1900’s Irish home
Like this:
Like Loading...
October 9, 2013 | Categories: Comment, Down on the farm, Gallery, Kilkenny Landscape images, kilkenny photography, Kilkenny Street photography, Landscape | Tags: classic architecture, classical Irish, County Tipperary Irish landscape photography, Ireland, irish houses, irish landscape images, Irish photography, Landscape, Nigel Borrington, Nikon D7000, Tipperary | 14 Comments
Wild Woodbine
Nigel Borrington 
Classic Irish homes
Images take using a Nikon D7000
Classic Irish Home, County Tipperary
Irish landscape photography : Nigel Borrington
When I first came to live in Ireland, one thing I really noticed what the different architecture around the country.
While many homes in both Ireland and main land Europe can and do look the same, I started wondering what the classical Irish house looked like, Well this house sitting on the borders of county Tipperary and Kilkenny to myself is it.
Rectangular with it’s five windows at the front and an arched red front door, this house is so classically Irish in nature that I would now see it as the classic 1900’s Irish home.
These houses could both be a Farm house with the Farm yard at the back or a town house sitting with a garden at the back and the street at the front.
Classical 1900’s Irish home
Share this:
Like this:
October 9, 2013 | Categories: Comment, Down on the farm, Gallery, Kilkenny Landscape images, kilkenny photography, Kilkenny Street photography, Landscape | Tags: classic architecture, classical Irish, County Tipperary Irish landscape photography, Ireland, irish houses, irish landscape images, Irish photography, Landscape, Nigel Borrington, Nikon D7000, Tipperary | 14 Comments