Dinner at O'Shea's Hotel

Dinner at O'Shea's Hotel with a glass of gentle wine...

Why not visit O'Shea's? Wonderful location (step right out

the front door almost on to the beach)

Comfort and courtesy - wonderful meals.

And a real family welcome to Tramore!

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Please click into the following link for more information

http://www.osheas-hotel.com/

Embroidery of flowers

Tramore wayside

An embroidery of flowers

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Wildflowers carpeted the wayside

Isn't Tramore exquisite?

The wildflowers carpeted the wayside

Bees were buzzing, covered with golden pollen

butterflies fluttered from flower to flower

the sun shone

the wind gently blew

Why not visit?

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

The glorious Sea

The glorious Sea

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Soft midday scene

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Patchwork quilt of colour

A patchwork quilt of colour

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Briar Rose

The sheer joy of a 'briar rose'

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Soft foliage and quiet lanes

Soft foliage and quiet lanes

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Flowers clustered cheerfully around a weathered post

Flowers clustered cheerfully around a weathered post

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

The beauty of old lettering

The beauty of old lettering

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Greeting the morning

Greeting the morning

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Early morning beauty

Early morning beauty

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Soft houses with Anton Pieck colours

Soft  houses with Anton Pieck colours smile at the morning sun while the

pragmatic bird looks out for breakfast

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Luminous grassbanks in Tramore

I watched as the miracle of the sun rising reflected in cool greens and mellow pinks

in the water and on the luminous grassbanks in Tramore.

Gently sleeping houses are softly reflected in the far water.

It was a magic moment, just before the birds awoke and began wheeling

joyously above the water and swooping low for a drink.

Oh, I love Tramore.

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette in Ireland

Glowing horses of the Sun's chariot

The glowing horses of the Sun's chariot begin to sweep into the sky

*Photograph of Tramore sunrise by Catherine Nicolette

The glowing streetlamp and days gone by

The glowing streetlamp evokes memories of lamplighters and days gone by.

I could almost hear the horses hooves striking sparks from the cobblestones

and the murmur of passersby. There is something very evocative in the early

hours of the Tramore morning. 

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette in Ireland

Tramore sunrise

Tramore sunrise

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette in Ireland

Majestic ship near The Creek

Majestic ship near The Creek in Dubai

The amazing lines of this craft show the

power and grace with which the

waters are navigated

The clean brown colour against

the soft eggshell of the sky

glowing against the ochre of the architecture - 

the glowing beauty of Dubai

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

With thanks to the craft builder

The Ship of the Desert

The Ship of the Desert

kneeling in artistic repose

the sculpted image of a

noble animal well suited for

the long journeys through

the sand

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette 

in beautiful Dubai

With thanks to the Sculptor

Fabulous doorway with spike detail

Fabulous doorway with spike detail in Dubai

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Incredible Dubai

Incredible Dubai

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Tracery glowing within a dish

Harmony of pastel colours with the lace-like tracery glowing within the dish.

A poem of artistry in Dubai

*Photograph by Catherine Nicolette

Bronzed Patterns in Dubai

Bronzed Patterns in Dubai

*Photograph by Catherine Nicolette

Small craft dreams in the sun

The small craft dreams in the sun before beautiful ochre walls

the beauty that is Dubai with the beautiful waters of The Creek

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Standing proud guard

Stately sentinels of Aloe flowers stand proud guard with

flourishing palm trees reaching out to greet 

at Bloubergstrand

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Shy pink daisies hold their faces up

Shy pink daisies hold their faces up,

their leaves bedewed with 

drops of soft rain

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

in Cape Town near Bloubergstrand

Jewelled colours of Capetonian stones

Jewelled colours of Capetonian stones -  stones

glow with gold, indigo, salt and rose

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Sand, stiles and white flowers - Table Mountain

The sand, wooden stile posts and sturdy green stems and white flowers

form a still life of tranquillity near the shores of the incomparable

Table Mountain

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Salt softly brushes embossing

Soft splash of pink and green colour - salt softly brushes embossing on

these Capetonian bougainvillea, making their softly fading colours a

patchwork of gentle loveliness

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Shy leaves splash jewelled colours

Shy leaves splash their jewelled colours under a weathered stile near Table Mountain in 

Cape Town. Even the tiny leaves hidden from view under the patina of the salt touched

wood are radiant with beauty

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

With thanks to the Creator Who designed these beautiful forms of life

Serene face, paused in thought

A serene face, paused in thought, enhances the doorway

with her beauty and gace

The mellowed stones of the curved doorway

form a fitting background to this poem of carving.

The beauty of Belfast in the quiet late afternoon

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

With thanks to the sculptor and architect

Drumming of feet across the desert

African art on burnished candles - you can 

almost  hear the drumming of

feet across the desert and the 

jubilation of the dancer

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

With thanks to the wax artist

Balcony - an architectural jewel

Balcony set like an architectural jewel against

 diamond shaped window panes - 

the gentle patina of stones 

embracing the 

Belfast sun

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

With thanks to the artist-architect

Exquisitely crafted statue - the beauty of Belfast

Exquisitely crafted statue standing stately and serene

against gracious architecture - 

the beauty of Belfast

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Exquisite sculpted stone - the beauty of Belfast

Exquisite sculpted stone 

The beauty of Belfast architecture

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

With thanks to the sculptor

Beauteous trees and a quiet evening

Beauteous trees and a quiet evening in Northern Ireland

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette

Wonderful Belfast

The beauty of a gracious spire in the heart of Belfast.

*Photograph taken by Catherine Nicolette