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Dave Johnston🚶🐕 📷
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Galway exile in Cork
Family, Current Affairs,🚶‍♂️with 🐕, nature, hiking, 📸📱(all photos [iPhone12/16] my own unless credited)

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Dave Johnston🚶🐕 📷 @djwalker.bsky.social · 19d
Love this photo from last night’s walk along the Blackrock Passage Greenway, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#train
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 🚂 🌉 💚🧡🖤
This photo captures a beautifully atmospheric scene along a former railway line that has since been transformed into a peaceful greenway path. The old stone bridge arches overhead, its weathered masonry framed by dense foliage that glows with autumn colors—rich golds, reds, and deep greens. The ground is carpeted with a thick layer of fallen leaves, still glistening slightly from recent rain, reflecting the warm yellow glow of the lampposts that line the path. The lighting adds a magical, almost storybook quality: dusk has fallen, so the sky above is a deep, clear blue fading into evening, while the lamps create cozy pools of light along the trail. The trees arch inward, forming a natural tunnel that complements the old railway arches, giving a sense of depth and quiet continuity as the path disappears into the distance. It feels calm, nostalgic, and slightly mysterious—like a place where history lingers in the brickwork, and where a quiet walk might let you step out of the present for a while.
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Goodnight Bluesky

Douglas River from Black Bridge, Rochestown, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#reflection
#sunset
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ☁️ 🌅
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Goodnight Bluesky

Douglas River tonight from Black Bridge, Rochestown, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#reflection
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸
A nighttime riverside scene with calm, mirror-like water reflecting the sky, trees, and buildings. On the left, houses and a construction crane with red lights are softly illuminated. In the center, leafless trees form dark silhouettes against a cloudy, moonlit sky. On the right, a row of brightly lit modern apartment buildings glows in warm colors, their reflections stretching across the water. The sky is partly cloudy with scattered stars visible, and a bright white light shines from the distant shoreline.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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They got him, Ireland’s most wanted. The banter and craic in the Garda car must have been something else.
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Star filled sky on last night’s walk

Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#star
#nightsky
#jupiter
#b&w
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ✨ ⭐️ 🌌 🪐 🥶 ☁️
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Mahon GC, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#golf
#sunset
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ☁️ ⛅️ 🍂 🌳 🌅 ⛳️
A large leafless tree stands in the foreground of a golf course at sunset, its dark branches spreading widely against a sky that shifts from deep blue at the top to warm yellow near the horizon. Behind it, a row of smaller bare trees lines a calm body of water reflecting the sunset colors. A winding path that circles the putting green is scattered with fallen leaves. The scene is peaceful with soft, diffused light and a quiet winter atmosphere.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Have a peaceful Sunday

Blackrock Castle, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#reflection
#castle
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🏰 ☁️ ⛅️ 🍂 🌳
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Colourful terrace of houses reflecting on the River Lee, The Marina, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#river
#cork
#reflection
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸
A riverside scene in autumn featuring a row of brightly colored houses reflected in the calm water. In the foreground, a grassy area is scattered with orange and yellow fallen leaves. Bare tree branches extend from the top of the frame, and a forested hillside with additional houses rises behind the colorful homes under an overcast sky.
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The one eyed tabby

Fisterra, Spain 🇪🇸

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#PhotoHour
#caturday
#camino
#caminotraining
#caminoprimitivo
#caminodesantiago

🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 🐈‍⬛
This image shows a tabby cat lounging in a very relaxed, almost human-like sitting position against a sunlit wall. The cat has one eye, giving it a distinctive, slightly tough expression, but it still looks calm and comfortable. Its front paws rest loosely on its belly while its back legs sprawl out to the sides. The warm light suggests it’s enjoying a sunny, peaceful moment on a quiet concrete walkway beside a pink-and-white textured wall.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Black Bridge, Rochestown, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#train
#railway
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🚂 ☁️
A calm river under a cloudy blue sky, with gentle ripples on the water. On the left, modern apartment buildings sit at the base of green hills. To the right, a red railway bridge spans the river, leading toward a wooded area and a hillside dotted with houses. Bare winter trees line the riverbank in the foreground.
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Jupiter again, this time over the old schoolhouse. Still a lot of leaves on the tree

Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#star
#nightsky
#jupiter
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ✨ ⭐️ 🌌 🪐 🥶 🌳
A long, single-storey structure sits in the foreground, lit from the outside with a cool, bluish-white light. Its tall sash windows glow faintly from within, adding a soft contrast to the dark roofline above. The plastered façade looks slightly weathered, giving it the character of an older rural schoolhouse. On the right side stands a huge mature tree, its branches bare or nearly bare, catching the warm yellowish external lighting. The light highlights the texture of the trunk and the dense weave of branches overhead. Above it all stretches a deep, clear night sky scattered with many visible stars. Just above the roofline on the left is a bright point of light—likely Jupiter, which appears distinctly larger and more luminous than the surrounding stars. The scene feels calm and almost cinematic: the quiet schoolyard, the gentle glow from the windows, the illuminated autumn tree, and the cold, star-filled sky combine to create a sense of peaceful stillness and history.
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Jupiter prominent in the night sky over Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#star
#nightsky
#jupiter
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ✨ ⭐️ 🌌 🪐 🥶 ☁️
A nighttime photograph of a quiet suburban green, with grass lit from streetlights in the foreground and a row of houses and trees along the street. The sky is dark and star-filled, with a bright point of light from Jupiter shining prominently near the centre. Large clouds drift in from the left, and bare tree branches frame the scene on the right.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The first really cold night of the season

Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#winter
#star
#nightsky
#silhouette
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ✨ ⭐️ 🌌 🪐 🥶
A nighttime landscape featuring a silhouetted tree in the foreground beneath a clear, star-filled sky. Distant city lights glow faintly along the horizon, creating a soft halo of light behind the tree. The stars are bright and scattered across the dark blue sky, while the ground in the foreground is dimly lit with reddish tones
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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OTD 2023

Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#b&w
#moon
#crescent
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🦌 🎄 🌙
A nighttime black-and-white scene showing a tall, cone-shaped Christmas tree covered in glowing lights. A crescent moon hangs in the dark sky above the tree. To the right, two illuminated reindeer decorations stand on the roof of a building. The lower part of the image shows a quiet street with railings and the storefront of a pharmacy.
November 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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♥️ shaped leaves on a vine

Maryborough, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#scarlet
#ivy
#vine
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🍂 🩸
Scarlet leaves cling tenderly to a pale, textured wall, their winding vines tracing delicate, hand-drawn stories across the surface. The rich red foliage glows like scattered love notes caught in a quiet moment of autumn, softening the stark backdrop with a touch of wild, wistful beauty. (Who writes this stuff?!)
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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A derelict Irish farmhouse and outbuildings

Moneygurney, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#derelictireland
#fixerupper
#farmhouse
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸
A derelict rural farmhouse and several outbuildings sit in an overgrown yard under a cloudy blue sky. The central building has a collapsed roof and walls covered in vines and moss. To the left and right are additional crumbling structures, partly hidden by ivy. The ground is patchy with grass, weeds, and scattered debris. Leafless trees rise behind the buildings, adding to the abandoned, weathered atmosphere.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Toby posing

Rochestown, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 💚🧡🖤
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Blackrock Passage Greenway, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#EastCoastKin
#spéirgorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 💚🧡🖤
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A year in the life of a tree in the park as the last of this years leaves fall

February, June, October, November 2025

Douglas Community Park, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#seasons
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂
February 2025 June 2025 October 2025 November 2025
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A rainy night at Donnybrook Mills and Cottages, Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#rain
#nightsky
#b&w
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌧️
Black and white night photograph of Donnybrook Mills and surrounding cottages in the rain. A streetlight illuminates falling rain and wet pavement, reflecting light along a quiet, empty street lined with old brick buildings and shopfronts. Power lines cut across the dark sky, adding to the moody, atmospheric scene.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Starry starry night
Paint you palette blue and grey

~ Vincent ~ Don McLean

St Luke’s, Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#star
#nightsky
#silhouette
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 ✨ ⭐️ 🌌 ⛪️ 🪦
A nighttime photograph of St Luke’s church with a tall steeple silhouetted against a softly glowing sky. Stars are visible above, and the gravestones from the cemetery fill the foreground. The church is dimly illuminated with a faint blue light, creating a serene yet haunting atmosphere.
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Flashback to September when there wasn’t a ☁️ in the sky ☀️

*sighs*

Fisterra, Costa da Morte, Galicia 🇪🇸

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#PhotoHour
#beach
#ocean
#CostadaMorte
#Galicia
#Spain
#camino
#caminoprimitivo
#caminodesantiago

🐕 🚶📱 📸 📷 🏝️ 🌊
A bright sunny day at the end of the beach in Fisterra, with rugged brown rocks in the foreground leading out toward the calm blue ocean. The sun shines high in a clear blue sky, not a cloud in sight, and distant mountains are visible along the horizon.
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Shroomates (to quote @anchoaescastilla.com) huddled together in a bed of leaves for warmth.

Douglas Community Park, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#fungi
#mushroom
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 🍄 🍄‍🟫
A cluster of light tan mushrooms growing among green grass and fallen brown leaves. The mushroom caps are wavy and slightly curled, with some having leaves stuck to their surface. The background is a blurred grassy park, giving the scene a natural, outdoor look
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Evening stroll along the Champs à Leavesy 😉

Marina Promenade, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#dusk
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂
This photo shows a peaceful autumn scene along The Marina in Cork, a popular riverside promenade known for its long, tree-lined walkway. The path stretches straight into the distance, flanked by tall trees whose leaves have turned warm shades of gold, yellow, and soft orange. Many of the leaves have already fallen, forming a gentle carpet along the ground and softening the edges of the walkway. A few people move quietly through the scene—one person walking in a coat and another cycling towards the photographer—adding a sense of calm everyday life without disturbing the tranquility. To the left, water from the river Lee glows a soft blue, contrasting beautifully with the warm tones of the trees. The branches overhead form a kind of natural arch, giving the promenade a cozy, sheltered feel. The overall atmosphere is serene, reflective, and quintessentially autumn—like a moment of stillness in the middle of the city, where nature and daily life blend gently together.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Love this photo from last night’s walk along the Blackrock Passage Greenway, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#train
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 🚂 🌉 💚🧡🖤
This photo captures a beautifully atmospheric scene along a former railway line that has since been transformed into a peaceful greenway path. The old stone bridge arches overhead, its weathered masonry framed by dense foliage that glows with autumn colors—rich golds, reds, and deep greens. The ground is carpeted with a thick layer of fallen leaves, still glistening slightly from recent rain, reflecting the warm yellow glow of the lampposts that line the path. The lighting adds a magical, almost storybook quality: dusk has fallen, so the sky above is a deep, clear blue fading into evening, while the lamps create cozy pools of light along the trail. The trees arch inward, forming a natural tunnel that complements the old railway arches, giving a sense of depth and quiet continuity as the path disappears into the distance. It feels calm, nostalgic, and slightly mysterious—like a place where history lingers in the brickwork, and where a quiet walk might let you step out of the present for a while.
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Douglas, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#rain
#EastCoastKin
#speirgorm
#PhotoHourq

🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 🌧️
A nighttime street scene illuminated by a warm streetlamp. The light shines through the autumn leaves of a tree, making them glow in shades of green, yellow, and orange. Fallen leaves cover the ground. A wooden bench sits near a stone wall on the left, partly in shadow. The road to the right is wet and reflective, with a pedestrian crossing and distant streetlights softly glowing in the background. The atmosphere is calm and quiet.
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM