Eoghan Healy

The inside of a church looking towards the East end. Light is bursting from a stained glass window behind the altar, and illuminating colourfully the walls upon which it falls. The church is otherwise empty.

Delighted to have been in St Michael’s Blackrock this morning for their 8.30 Patronal H.C. , great to have these early services available for my “away” Sundays. The rector pointed out the light remnant of Incense from the Orthodox Church that uses the place.

We are doing Algebraic Fractions at the moment in 5th Year. Today I wrote “Our’s is not to reason why, just invert and multiply” on the board. Delighted that an S requested some proof of this. The plan sort of fell into place. #MathsToday

So how are we pronouncing it? F for Filip, or φ for File? I once witnessed a reader being lightly chastised during the sermon for getting it wrong. The priest knew what he was doing, both men laughed. A risky business that paid off. The lack of a private education was found to be the root cause.

Thank you Father.

Goodness me, The School has changed over to “Word for the Web”, rather than good old fashioned 1’s and 0’s on the machine itself. So many features missing that I really want. I do love a printed address label.

Of course they may go spreading next week, in which case I shall be cross with them!

2100hrs here, farmers have just begun harvesting the big fields behind us. It never ceases to amaze me how much beyond a job farming is. Goes beyond a livelihood to being their life.

A red blushed apple with some scarring.

A Lord Lambourne on the ground, probably about a week too early, but I’ll give it a go.

First day of New Term. Eeek, only 50% of my Jobs that I had lined up completed over the summer. Is this the mark of a good summer? Perhaps.

My small first aid kit

Just washed the puppy. I think she may be 10% cat.

Swearing is forbidden

No, special service for VJ 80, it is based apparently on the service used in 1945 at the St Paul’s.

A picture of prayer book, and some religious stuff on a screen.

Settling into a boozy evensong here a la 2021, Pernod sorbet, G&T, and the good folk in St Bartholomew’s London

Some sheep looking at the photographer

I live next to some sheep, they come and go depending on season etc, with the latest batch every time I return home and get out of my car to open the gates they run over, probably expecting food. I always feel so sorry for them, I have nothing to give them. A “Feed my sheep” reminder.

Peter and Garfunkle

An excavated rectangular hole, the walls of which are stratified, some layers are black and the base of the hole has black objects therein.

A zoomed in version of the previous picture showing two black layers.

The old railway line between Youghal and Midleton has been turned into a footpath/cyclepath, some holes have been dug to the side of it. I noticed some black layers in these. Oil, Soot, Cinders perhaps? Oddly there seems to be two layers of black, Did the line cease operating for a number of years?

An electric kettle showing no gauge when the handle is on the left side

The same electric kettle showing a level gauge when the handle is on the right hand side.

Another example of this wrong handed world in which I love. #SinisterMeansWinister

A tree having been heavily pruned, but now showing new shoots of growth.

Back in June I cleared some of the garden, A young pear tree had to go. It never bore, and this was the first year I had seen its blossom. I felt bad killing it so I had a go at replanting it in a temporary bed until I have a place for it. I was worried I killed it. Today I noticed new growth.

A handsome chap for sure.

Fantastic Church, layers of history/movements quietly on display.

I really ought to have known this, the northward view from the Dean’s Chapel (Does it take the apostrophe?)

Now there’s some angels!

A splendid depiction of the chariot of fire. Never noticed it before.

I did choose Kings, for I possess not the apocrypha in mine Authorised Version.

#PutClothesinaSongorMovie

Skort by Skortvest

Drombeg Stone Circle

Prayer Books atop a stone of Drombeg Stone Circle.

Evening Prayer from Drombeg Stone Circle. I’m a big fan of the collects, but this business about grafting and hearts… The heart is not the place to do grafting, the fragile, thin, and easily damaged cambium is what you want. The layer that nourishes.

#PutBallGamesInASongOrMovie

Good Will Hurling

The steeple at St Anne’s Shandon, covered in scaffolding.

Delighted to be at @stanneshandon.bsky.social for the Pride Service this evening. If any of you need scaffolding, best of luck, it’s all up here!

An old analogue oscilloscope in a cardboard box

The same scope in a bin of other electronics.

My old oscilloscope was brought to the recycling centre this morning. I never really used it for anything g more than a voltmeter, except maybe when looking at the output my turntable.

2 prayer books. One open ready to begin EveningPrayer, the other open on the page with the appropriate collect.

I recently bought a 2nd BCP in case someone should ever wish to pray the office with me. I ought to have done it years ago. Luxury untold. I might get a third for the psalms!