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Category: Quiet Details

Small things easily overlooked.

Examples: doors, windows, carvings, milestones, moss, benches, puddles, memorials.

Clusters of ripe black and unripe red blackberries growing among dense green leaves in a hedgerow.
2026-09-102026-09-08 Michael McFarland Campbell

What the Hedgerow Offers

Pink flowers and tall green stems growing beside the flowing Triogue River beneath a bridge in Portlaoise.
2026-09-092026-09-08 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Garden Between

A tiny dark spider crossing the bright yellow lid of a salt box on the platform at Monasterevin railway station.
2026-09-052026-09-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

Already Occupied

Selective-colour photograph of a purple buddleia flower growing between galvanised railings at Stáisiún Mhainistir Eimhín, with the railings and surrounding foliage rendered in black and white.
2026-09-042026-09-06 Michael McFarland Campbell

Through the Railings

A soft-focus yellow flower fills the foreground of a late-summer flower bed, surrounded by green leaves, dried brown seed heads and scattered orange blooms.
2026-08-282026-08-26 Michael McFarland Campbell

When Summer Turns

Close-up of a bramble laden with blackberries ranging from green and red to fully ripe black, surrounded by summer leaves.
2026-08-04 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Slow Work of Ripening

Tall thistles at the edge of a wooded area releasing pale, downy seeds, with loose seed fluff scattered across the dry grass below.
2026-08-03 Michael McFarland Campbell

What the Wind Carries

A meadow brown butterfly rests among purple thistle flowers and tall grasses in a wildlife meadow, feeding in bright summer sunshine.
2026-08-012026-09-07 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Signs We Leave

A single upright cluster of wild arum berries among long grass, with lower berries still green and the upper berries turning yellow, orange, and vivid red.
2026-07-292026-09-07 Michael McFarland Campbell

Hidden Fire

A single small pink wildflower blooms among green woodland leaves, dry seed heads and the leaf litter of the forest floor
2026-07-282026-07-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

Hidden in Plain Sight

Woodland path curving into deep green trees, bordered by sunlit rosebay willowherb glowing pink in the evening light.
2026-07-272026-07-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

Where the Path Turns

Bright pink flower growing from a narrow gap between a concrete kerb and dark pavement, with dry grass above.
2026-07-262026-07-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

No Room, Yet Blooming

Vivid orange-red sunset over summer fields and hedgerows with a dramatic shaft of sunlight stretching across the sky.
2026-07-252026-07-23 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Day’s Last Blessing

Cream-coloured meadowsweet flowers glowing in soft evening light against a blurred background of grasses
2026-07-24 Michael McFarland Campbell

Gathering in the Light

Bright pink campion flowers growing among tall summer grasses with soft evening light in the background.
2026-07-232026-09-08 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Colour That Waited

Single vivid pink rose blooming within a dense hedge shown largely in black and white.
2026-07-202026-07-18 Michael McFarland Campbell

Held in the Hedge

Yellow wildflowers blooming between the slats of a wooden garden bench as a bee feeds among the blossoms in bright summer light.
2026-07-192026-07-18 Michael McFarland Campbell

Where We Make Room

Pale butterfly resting on a pink wildflower amid dense green foliage in bright summer sunlight.
2026-07-18 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Gift That Arrived

Tiny red and yellow wildflowers bloom low among green grass outside the dialysis unit in Port Laoise.
2026-07-16 Michael McFarland Campbell

At Our Feet

2026-07-15 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Feather Left Behind

A single pale grass seed head catches the sunlight among darker wild vegetation in Páirc an Phobail, Port Laoise.
2026-07-14 Michael McFarland Campbell

Among the Grasses

A spray of vivid purple butterfly bush flowers beside the Slí na Trióige path in Port Laoise, standing out against a black-and-white woodland walkway.
2026-07-13 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Way Blossoms

A bank of wildflowers with numerous purple blossoms highlighted against black-and-white foliage, creating a striking contrast across the summer vegetation.
2026-07-08 Michael McFarland Campbell

A Field of Grace

Tall green stems with small pink wildflowers highlighted in colour against a black-and-white background of dense foliage.
2026-07-06 Michael McFarland Campbell

Quiet Bloom

Deep crimson and orange sunset beneath dark blue storm clouds, with silhouetted trees along the horizon in Monasterevin.
2026-07-052026-09-07 Michael McFarland Campbell

The Day’s Last Blessing – Red Sky at Night

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