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Okay so I planned to do some work on the yarden this weekend, if the weather was good. And it was good but I didn’t do anything at all in the back; I did go for a walk in the Phoenix Park

I was absolutely thrilled last night to learn I was one of the five finalists for best photoblog at next week’s Irish Blog Awards. I am seriously chuffed and looking forward to the awards which are in Galway this weekend. The awards weekend is mighty craic, generally with lots of different things happening, some of the things I hope to make it too include the Ladies Lunch and the photowalk. If you haven’t been to any of the previous awards and fancy coming along, do you’ll have a ball.

Lasty I want to thank Damien and the judges for all their hard work, as well as our category sponsor Pix.ie. Do check out the other finalists in Best Photoblog Nathalie Marquez Courtney, Ronan Palliser, North Atlantic Skyline and Day516.com. You should also check out all the other finalists in all the different categories, you will find some new interesting blogs.

Taken as our train left Limerick Junction on the way back to Dublin.

This is a pal’s niece, Emily Rose, singing her own song Wide Eyes and Butterflies. Her dad apparently decided that he would send the demo to Radio Ulster and they played it.  She has an amazing voice and this is well worth taking two minutes to check out. (Apologies  if you already saw this on my twitter or facebook.)

I meant to post before now about a very important auction happening now with some Pixie photo buddies. Ronan and a couple of others, horrified by the earthquake in Haiti and the devastation in its wake, have decided to auction off some of their images to raise money for Haiti.

You can find out more from Ronan on his blog where he explains how the auction will work. The auction will conclude on Jan 31st, so you don’t have much time to get bidding.

You can see all the pics up for auction on Pixie.

(Alternatively you can donate money to the charity directly.  The account details for the Gena Heraty Haiti Fund at AIB Westport are:

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