Trees

But today I looked up and now I feel better, so I’m passing it on like a breeze through the leaves of a sycamore tree…

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A friend died last Sunday, a past neighbour, someone who was kind to us when we were impossibly young and new to married life. He’d been ill and wasn’t going to get better, but still, the human brain finds death difficult to compute. No matter the age or circumstance, it always feels too soon. Sorrow cuts through the heart like a flesh wound. We watched his coffin, with its effervescent floral haul, as it was lowered into the earth. The …

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Photograph of the Day – Aeroplanes at the Waterworks(amongst other things)

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The Waterworks Park in North Belfast (off the Antrim Rd) was taken over by Belfast Children's Festival. Community groups, Youth clubs and Volunteers were there from 6am to help decorate the park with all manner of streamers and created 'mobiles'. Activities ranged from the usual face painting and craft activities to roaming performers,stilt walkers, jugglers and the like. Not forgetting the 30 second movie theatre (only 2 people at a time), a BMX/Skateboard demonstration ramp. The was also a live music stage where the best of up and coming musicians showcased their music. I heard one child ask her Mum if the park was going to be like this every weekend over the summer. A great event and one that'd i'd heartily recommend for next year.

The Waterworks Park in North Belfast (off the Antrim Rd) was taken over by Belfast Children’s Festival. Community groups, Youth clubs and Volunteers were there from 6am to help decorate the park with all manner of streamers and created ‘mobiles’. Activities ranged from the usual face painting and craft activities to roaming performers,stilt walkers, jugglers and the like. Not forgetting the 30 second movie theatre (only 2 people at a time), a BMX/Skateboard demonstration ramp. The was also a live …

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Photograph of the Day – Belfast Sewers Project snagging

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Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual shows and has been shown in North America and i had my first solo international exhibition in New Zealand. I have been the recipient of a number of grants from the …

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