A few more pics of the rut... #wildlife #dublin #deer #deerweek #rut #livinghistory

"Stuck in a rut" Phoenix park really is alive with deer right now. This time of year is known as "the rut". The male deer are all full of testosterone and are competing for the right to mate with the females. It is almost eerie to be walking in the woods and hearing the loud and deep bellows of the bucks calling for a doe. I visiting the deer a few weeks ago when every buck seemed to be without a harem. They were equally spread out on their own defending their right to c

A young buck... #deer #deerweek #dublin #park #wildlife #sunrise

Phoenix Park in Dublin is really a special place. I have loved getting to know this amazing city park. At 1752 acres it is one of the largest city parks in all of Europe. Believe me - it feels massive. There are lakes, a zoo, the president's home, the US ambassador's residence, polo grounds, football pitches, and tons of wooded areas. In fact, about 30% of the park is wooded. The best part, in my opinion, are the 400+ fallow deer that call the park home. It is such a s

#wildlife #deer #dublin #wild #autumn #beautiful #shadow

I have fallen in love with the wild deer in Phoenix Park. I have been out several times just to watch and photograph them.... so I have decided that I'm going to be posting pics of them each day this week! I hope you enjoy! #deer #wildlife #landscape #dublin #deerweek

#sunrise #mountains #skyline #sky #clouds #beautiful #kerry #dingle #winter #weather #landscape #seascape #skyscape

It isn’t a secret that 2016 has been a rough year for us. The first half of the year saw a lot of big life changes and sickness. Dee and I made a major change with our work which meant that we had to leave our home in Connemara and move to the heart of Dublin. We agonized over the choice to uproot and start over. We had made the West our home for most of our twenties and all of our thirties. All of our friends and community mean the world to us, and it was truly heart-b

#family #fun #dingle #kerry

Beyond a doubt - the most famous resident of Dingle is a bottle nosed dolphin named Fungie. He came here with his mother back in the early 1980's and has resided in and around the natural harbor ever since. This incredibly friendly but completely wild dolphin is a 'must see' when visiting Dingle. Over the years I have seen him countless times... but I have never seen him this close up. On this trip to Dingle we did something that have never done before. We paid for a boa