FOTO FINISH- FARM FIELDS

Well this is (are...) my entry (ies) for the Foto Finish this week about farm fields.

I took these photos about 2 weeks ago when the sunset was giving this beautiful light. They cut the hay not long ago and now they piled it all up . The fence was open... the field is just across... we couldn't resist to have a run, great fun! The hill at the back is part of The Burren

Aquesta es (o son) la meva foto(s) per al Foto Finish d'aquesta setmana sobre camps. 

Vaig fer aquesta foto fa unes dues setmanes, quan la posta de sol ens regalava aquesta llum. Tenim aquest camp just al davant de casa i la tanca estava oberta... 

La muntanya de pedra que es veu al fons s'anomena The Burren.

hide and seek

fet i amagar

Sooty, patron saint of patience...

Santa Sooty,  la patrona de la paciencia

cliqueu aqui per veure mes camps

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FOTO FINISH - summer fun - diversio estiuenca

There are a lot of festivals going on in the summer here. This is a really nice one in the village next to where we live, it's called the Cruinniu na mBad, the Meeting of the Boats. It's on every August, depending on the tide it will fall on the second or third weekend. People wait at the pier for the Curraghs to come from Connemara, on the other side of Galway Bay, to deliver the turf.

There are plenty of stalls with food, crafts and live music on the pier. This is last year, Hana had great fun with the bouncing balls that a man had for sale. She got her own one at the end, of course!

Hi ha molts festivals aqui a l'estiu. Aquest es diu Cruinniu na mBad, la trobada dels vaixells. Es fa cada Agost, depenent de la marea cau en el segon o tercer cap de setmana. La gent s'espera al moll per l'arribada dels Curraghs, els vaixells tipics de Galway, que venen des de Connemara, a l'altra banda de la badia de Galway, llestos per descarregar la torba. Hi ha moltes paradetes al moll, de menjar, artesania i musica en viu. La Hana s'ho va passar molt be amb aquestes pilotes. Al final va aconseguir la seva!

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FOTO FINISH: something old - alguna cosa vella

This is my entry for Foto Finish. Something old. There were so many things I was thinking of... the old thatched cottage next door, the castle in the village...
but I wanted something that I own (proudly own) and here it is, my fiddle.

Aqui teniu la meva entrada del Foto Finish: alguna cosa vella. Tenia unes quantes coses velles al cap, un cottage que hi ha aqui al costat, o el castell que hi ha al poble... pero volia alguna cosa que fos meva, i aqui esta, el meu violi. 

this photo is too blue...I know... but I kind of like the "blue mood" it has...

el blau d'aquesta foto es massa fort, ja ho se, pero m'agrada el toc que li dona...

It was my grandfather's, although he didn't play. It was badly damaged and I took it to a luthier who did a great job and I started learning how to play Irish trad. I think it is the oldest thing I have at home, it's from the 1880-90's, and I love it! its sound is beautiful (except when I'm playing it!)
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Era del meu avi, pero ell no el tocava. Estava forc,a atrotinat i el vaig portar a un luthier perque l'arregles. El va deixar fantastic i vaig comenc,ar a aprendre a tocar musica irlandesa. Crec que es la cosa mes vella que tinc a casa, es d'entre el 1880 i 1890 i pico... i m'encanta, m'agrda el seu so (menys quan soc jo la que el toca!)
voleu veure mes coses velles? cliqueu aqui

FOTO FINISH: DRAMA IN THE SKY

The entry for this week's foto finish is "drama in the sky". Every evening starlings and rooks gather up on the telephone lines and are the noisiest on the island. They do create a big drama! I thought these 3 first rooks that arrived looked funny, as if those 2 were chatting about the other one...

Aquesta es la entrada per al Foto Finish d'aquesta setmana. El tema es "drama al cel". Cada tarda els estornells i els corbs es concentren als cables de telefon i aleshores si que munten un gran drama! Em va fer gracia els 3 priemrs en arrivar, com si aquest parell parlessin sobre l'altre...

Would you like to see more beautiful pictures? 

go and visit Cat Patches!

Voleu veure mes fotos? visiteu Cat Patches!

FOTO FINISH: WHAT IS IT? / QUE ES?

This is my entry for Foto Finish this week. The theme is "What is it?"

It just started raining 5 minutes ago. These are rain drops racing each other on my window.

You can click on the image to enlarge.

Aquesta es la meva foto de la setmana pel Foto Finish. El tema es "Que es?"

Fa cinc minuts que ha comec,at a ploure i aixo son gotes de pluja fent carreres a la finestra.

Cliqueu a la imatge per fer-la mes gran.

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FOTO FINISH: MACRO

This is my entry for Foto Finish. The theme is "macro" and I thought it would be good to try and catch a closer look of Lola's feathers. It probably would have been easier to take a photo of something static, like a flower, but I wanted something more challenging, and this little red hen is a busy character, especially when she's hanging around with her fellow hen Matilda...
you can click on the image and zoom in for a much closer look

Aquesta es la meva aportacio a Foto Finish. El tema es "macro" i vaig pensar que estaria be tenir una vista mes propera de les plomes de la Lola. Hagues sigut mes facil fer una foto d'alguna cosa mes estatica, com una flor, pero volia alguna cosa mes dificil i aquesta gallina no para quieta, sobretot quan segueix a la seva companya Matilda...
podeu clicar a la imatge i clicar al zoom per veure-ho de mes a prop

FOTO FINISH: WEATHER

I couldn't miss this week's entry for Foto Finish... weather! the Irish can't stop talking about it (or complain about it)!!! I could have taken a photo every day this week and I could assure you that you would have seen ALL KINDS of weather... 

My inerpretation of weather: the tides

I took this photo last summer, just when I moved into the area. There is a Martello Tower at the edge of the island with a lake on one side and the shore at the other. The tide was out and it hadn't rained for a few days (yes, it does happen in Ireland sometimes, giving plenty more to talk about), the soil dried up looking like this. You can see oyster shells attached to rocks and all the seagulls, herons, egrets, curlews, oystercatchers, etc. wondering around feeding on what the sea has left behind.

It's really beautiful.

No podia deixar passar l'entrada de Foto Finsih aquesta setmana: el temps (meteorologic). Els irlnadesos no paren de parlar del temps (ode queixar-s'hi)! Podria haver fet fotos cada dia de la setmana i us asseguro que haurieu vist temps de tot...

La meva interpretacio del tema: la marea

Aquesta foto la vaig fer l'estiu passat tot just despres d'haver vingut a viure a aquesta area. Hi ha una torre Martello a un extrem de l'illa, esta tocant a la platja i a l'altre costat hi ha un llac que s'omple amb la marea. La marea estava a fora i feia dies que no havia plogut (tambe tenim dies sense pluja a Irlanda, costa de creure, oi?) i el terra havia quedat aixi. Es podien veure ostres i petxines incrustades a les roques i les gavines, Bernat Pescaires, i mes ocells que no se anomenar en catala (vaig interessar-me per l'ornitologia uncop aqui) van menjant tot el que el mar els ha deixat.

Es un lloc fantastic.

I wanted to show you this too... an oystershell embedded to a rock

Us vull ensenyar aixo tambe, la closca d'una ostra incrustada a la roca

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FOTO FINISH: LOVE

This is my pick for this week's theme. I love this photo, daddy and daughter. Her face and his silhouette... they're great. She was 2 months old then, she's nearly 2 now!
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Aquesta es la foto que he escollit pel tema d'aquesta setmana. Pare i filla. M'encanta la cara d'ella i el perfil d'ell. Aleshores tenia 2 mesos, ara ja te quasi 2 anys!
Voleu veure les fotos d'altres participants? cliqueu aqui.

FOTO FINISH - GREEN

Here's a photo I'd like to share with you. It's part of the Foto Finish theme from Cat Patches.
I like taking photos, I'm an amateur, and I think it's a good way to keep practicing if I join events like this one. So here's my green photo: the sprouts we ate at Christmas...

Hi ha una photo que us vull ensenyar. Es part de Foto Finish a Cat Patches. Cada setmana proposa un tema diferent. M'agrada fer fotos, soc amateur, i trobo que es una bona manera de practicar si participo en propostes com aquesta. Aixi que aqui teniu la foto: les cols de Brusel.les que vam menjar per Nadal!