Ireland / Scotland # 13 ~ starting the transition

tub lady ~ Adara / County Donegal, Ireland • click to embiggen

I'm starting my transition to WordPress. I've found a theme / format that I like and I have posted pictures today. Still working out the methodology of making an entry but I'm getting close. See the updates HERE

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perspective 1-3 (Ireland / Scotland # 11-12) ~ to the horizon

pittsburgh alley ~ Pittsburgh, PA •*click to embiggen*

red car ~ Pennan, Scotland • click to embiggen

dumpster with a view ~ Ardara, County Donegal / Ireland • click to embiggen

Been working on a new body of work titled perspectives.

ireland / scotland # 5-10 ~ a dram with the Queen

having a dram with the Queen ~ Dufftown, Scotland • click to embiggensome Irish ~ Ireland •*click to embiggen*sheep with red butts ~ Ireland • click to embiggenWhile we were in Scotland, we stumbled across - as opposed to out of - a bar in Dufftown which has over 250 single malt whiskies on the shelves. We were wandering around Speyside, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland which is home to quite a number of distilleries.

Even though it was just a day trip, I was sorely tempted to get a room in Dufftown so I/we could conduct some serious research regarding single malt whisky, aka: scotch. However, we had a dinner reservation in Pennan (where we were staying) that evening so temperance was the order of the day ....

... oh well, win some, lose some. Next time I'll get a room in Dufftown and spend a week in search of the perfect dram.

FYI, the guy with what appears to be blood on his hand was, in fact, painting his sheep's butts (as a form of branding) with red paint - a method of identifying one's sheep from the other guy's sheep which may be painted blue.

Ireland / Scotland #1-4 ~ an endorsement of sorts

Dunes ~ Ireland • click to embiggen

Barbers ~ Scotland • click to embiggen

Sweeny's ~ Ireland • click to embiggen

Amsterdam airport ~ Amsterdam, Northern Holland • click to embiggen

Back home and my internal clock is just about reset to EST. Catching up on work and processing some pictures. Off to Pittsburgh tomorrow through Monday.

FYI, while over on the other side of the pond, I was able to post pictures to Instagram after some down and dirty processing using the PS Express on my iPad. Actually, the processing was not so dirty. For my intended purpose the program/app worked very well. And, indeed, it was very quick and easy. No crashing or other problems, it just worked as advertised.

So, consider this entry an endorsement of sorts. I will continue to use it under similar circumstances - if you haven't visited my hobsonspictures Instagram page, do so in order to verify my endorsement.