Paul Murray
@renebatt.bsky.social
Artist, feeder of two cats,walker of my wife’s dogs, love art, poetry, James Joyce, St.Patrick’s Athletic, Leinster Rugby ( why are my teams so far away from where I live???) I live in Sligo, Nth West of Ireland: where W.B.Yeats is buried.
It is tiresome, though. It’s like an extreme case of “ buyer’s remorse “, regretting voting for that orange moron.
Well, here’s a thing, America. You didn’t vote the other way. You could have.
You bought it, now eat it..
Well, here’s a thing, America. You didn’t vote the other way. You could have.
You bought it, now eat it..
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It is tiresome, though. It’s like an extreme case of “ buyer’s remorse “, regretting voting for that orange moron.
Well, here’s a thing, America. You didn’t vote the other way. You could have.
You bought it, now eat it..
Well, here’s a thing, America. You didn’t vote the other way. You could have.
You bought it, now eat it..
Round towers were built in Ireland as defensive structures against Viking raids. The doors were accessed by ladder, which was then pulled up into the tower
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Round towers were built in Ireland as defensive structures against Viking raids. The doors were accessed by ladder, which was then pulled up into the tower
Day out yesterday! We drove about an hour South into Co. Mayo, to the National Museum of Country Life, not far from Castlebar.
We stopped, on the way, at Turlough, nearby, to visit this ruined abbey with an intact round tower…
We stopped, on the way, at Turlough, nearby, to visit this ruined abbey with an intact round tower…
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Day out yesterday! We drove about an hour South into Co. Mayo, to the National Museum of Country Life, not far from Castlebar.
We stopped, on the way, at Turlough, nearby, to visit this ruined abbey with an intact round tower…
We stopped, on the way, at Turlough, nearby, to visit this ruined abbey with an intact round tower…
Next they’ll be telling us that feeding our dogs and children is good for our relationship!
With regard to that, the dogs are fine, but the kids always pull on the lead…
With regard to that, the dogs are fine, but the kids always pull on the lead…
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Next they’ll be telling us that feeding our dogs and children is good for our relationship!
With regard to that, the dogs are fine, but the kids always pull on the lead…
With regard to that, the dogs are fine, but the kids always pull on the lead…
Casting a long shadow this morning…
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Casting a long shadow this morning…
I have two cats ( well, one was my daughter’s…) :
One, Alan, is affectionate and communicative; the other Mr.Bittens, is fat, food obsessed, and sleepy. He likes to play fight, in the rare occasions when he is awake and not eating.
#catsofbluesky
One, Alan, is affectionate and communicative; the other Mr.Bittens, is fat, food obsessed, and sleepy. He likes to play fight, in the rare occasions when he is awake and not eating.
#catsofbluesky
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I have two cats ( well, one was my daughter’s…) :
One, Alan, is affectionate and communicative; the other Mr.Bittens, is fat, food obsessed, and sleepy. He likes to play fight, in the rare occasions when he is awake and not eating.
#catsofbluesky
One, Alan, is affectionate and communicative; the other Mr.Bittens, is fat, food obsessed, and sleepy. He likes to play fight, in the rare occasions when he is awake and not eating.
#catsofbluesky
I wouldn’t be a fan of: too sweet.
But I did buy this, in a shop near the tube station… the chap ( Palestinian) who sold it to me said his wife made it. It was quite sweet also, but not uncomfortably so.
But I did buy this, in a shop near the tube station… the chap ( Palestinian) who sold it to me said his wife made it. It was quite sweet also, but not uncomfortably so.
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I wouldn’t be a fan of: too sweet.
But I did buy this, in a shop near the tube station… the chap ( Palestinian) who sold it to me said his wife made it. It was quite sweet also, but not uncomfortably so.
But I did buy this, in a shop near the tube station… the chap ( Palestinian) who sold it to me said his wife made it. It was quite sweet also, but not uncomfortably so.
My submission for the Art Action Auction for Palestine is a wave- painting diptych:
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My submission for the Art Action Auction for Palestine is a wave- painting diptych:
Art Auction for Palestine!
Hyde Bridge Gallery
Yeats Building
Sligo.
Viewing from November 22nd
Auction 29th November
( mostly small works)
Hyde Bridge Gallery
Yeats Building
Sligo.
Viewing from November 22nd
Auction 29th November
( mostly small works)
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Art Auction for Palestine!
Hyde Bridge Gallery
Yeats Building
Sligo.
Viewing from November 22nd
Auction 29th November
( mostly small works)
Hyde Bridge Gallery
Yeats Building
Sligo.
Viewing from November 22nd
Auction 29th November
( mostly small works)
Always remember Sam Vimes’s boot theory!
Madame has decreed that we are going out this afternoon to buy a “ good, decent” bed for our old dog, Harry, because the one he has is worn out ( chewed a bit , too) and “ he can’t get comfortable.”
Does that explain why he’s always on the sofa?
Madame has decreed that we are going out this afternoon to buy a “ good, decent” bed for our old dog, Harry, because the one he has is worn out ( chewed a bit , too) and “ he can’t get comfortable.”
Does that explain why he’s always on the sofa?
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Always remember Sam Vimes’s boot theory!
Madame has decreed that we are going out this afternoon to buy a “ good, decent” bed for our old dog, Harry, because the one he has is worn out ( chewed a bit , too) and “ he can’t get comfortable.”
Does that explain why he’s always on the sofa?
Madame has decreed that we are going out this afternoon to buy a “ good, decent” bed for our old dog, Harry, because the one he has is worn out ( chewed a bit , too) and “ he can’t get comfortable.”
Does that explain why he’s always on the sofa?
This arrived yesterday, thank you Cethan. It felt more appropriate to post it today.
Looking forward to reading it soon!
Looking forward to reading it soon!
October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This arrived yesterday, thank you Cethan. It felt more appropriate to post it today.
Looking forward to reading it soon!
Looking forward to reading it soon!
Coffee, toast, dog walk, some work on the below piece…
Then a beer and watch Ireland play Portugal away: tactics no doubt modelled on Custer’s Last Stand…🙄
Then a beer and watch Ireland play Portugal away: tactics no doubt modelled on Custer’s Last Stand…🙄
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Coffee, toast, dog walk, some work on the below piece…
Then a beer and watch Ireland play Portugal away: tactics no doubt modelled on Custer’s Last Stand…🙄
Then a beer and watch Ireland play Portugal away: tactics no doubt modelled on Custer’s Last Stand…🙄
I like a bit of a saunter myself. My wife’s dog and myself go on a long march each day, but we saunter the last kilometre home… ( the dog is a real flaneuse)
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I like a bit of a saunter myself. My wife’s dog and myself go on a long march each day, but we saunter the last kilometre home… ( the dog is a real flaneuse)
I never knew what he looked like in the first place. Never heard of him until now.
You’ve changed your look too. I once looked like this.
You’ve changed your look too. I once looked like this.
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I never knew what he looked like in the first place. Never heard of him until now.
You’ve changed your look too. I once looked like this.
You’ve changed your look too. I once looked like this.
😂
Yas’m!
I will whip the dogs’ beds out from under them, and wash them!
Do you think, if I put the older dog- who needs a bath, tbf, in too, at a reduced spin cycle, that’d be ok?
Maybe a cat or two as well?
Yas’m!
I will whip the dogs’ beds out from under them, and wash them!
Do you think, if I put the older dog- who needs a bath, tbf, in too, at a reduced spin cycle, that’d be ok?
Maybe a cat or two as well?
October 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
😂
Yas’m!
I will whip the dogs’ beds out from under them, and wash them!
Do you think, if I put the older dog- who needs a bath, tbf, in too, at a reduced spin cycle, that’d be ok?
Maybe a cat or two as well?
Yas’m!
I will whip the dogs’ beds out from under them, and wash them!
Do you think, if I put the older dog- who needs a bath, tbf, in too, at a reduced spin cycle, that’d be ok?
Maybe a cat or two as well?
Sending Paratroopers into a city to police Civilians?
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
October 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sending Paratroopers into a city to police Civilians?
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Yesterday, I had to dispose of a half chewed and slashed mouse from the CatRoom floor. My prime suspect, pictured below. His kills are always visceral.
#Caturday
#Caturday
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Yesterday, I had to dispose of a half chewed and slashed mouse from the CatRoom floor. My prime suspect, pictured below. His kills are always visceral.
#Caturday
#Caturday
Quote with your reaction to getting left behind in the rapture
( Did some wood cutting today instead: so, in my case, more rupture than rapture…)
( Did some wood cutting today instead: so, in my case, more rupture than rapture…)
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Quote with your reaction to getting left behind in the rapture
( Did some wood cutting today instead: so, in my case, more rupture than rapture…)
( Did some wood cutting today instead: so, in my case, more rupture than rapture…)
Alan, my daughter’s cat
September 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Alan, my daughter’s cat
Girl children ( we have 3) accumulate small hairy animals, then go and live elsewhere, leaving Dad to look after said menagerie.
In fairness we added to that: we now have 2 cats, 2 dogs.
In fairness we added to that: we now have 2 cats, 2 dogs.
September 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Girl children ( we have 3) accumulate small hairy animals, then go and live elsewhere, leaving Dad to look after said menagerie.
In fairness we added to that: we now have 2 cats, 2 dogs.
In fairness we added to that: we now have 2 cats, 2 dogs.
