Connected again, daily photos and the forgotten cottage

Finally back to broadband again, I want to thank the engineer who arrived today to help, but not to BT who left us without any internet for NINE DAYS – thank heavens for iphones and our friendly neighbour at our cottage.

I’ve resolved to try again with Project 365/366 and am using both my Canon 500D and my iphone.

Here are my DSLR pics from the last few days.

On 2 January we awoke to some flurries of snow

Before leaving the cottage at the north coast to return to Lisburn I persuaded my family to let me have 5 minutes to photograph this cottage which we drive past almost daily outside Bushmills.

As you can see it is in a very neglected and dilapidated state and with a tree now fallen on it, I was fearful it would be totally demolished before I got to photograph it.  Just using my kit lens, and taking photos from a muddy bank at the side of the road, here is what I captured.

Do you find the images grim and gloomy or fascinating and intriguing?

I wonder who lived here, and what became of them. Maybe I will try to investigate further.

My son started back to school today, but it was such a wild and stormy night, it would have been lovely to have been able to stay inside all day.

I created a few new items for Janmary Designs

As previously mentioned we got our internet back

And this evening we packed away our Christmas decorations.

Are yours away yet?

What have you been up to today?

And I would love your thoughts on the old cottage!