"One eye sees, the other feels."
Welcome to Foxglove Lane, the online home of Catherine Drea.
Catherine has been observing the beauty and decline of one small patch of the planet since February 2011. The Foxglove Lane Blog has won a number of Irish Blog Awards, including Best Photography 2018.
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Latest posts
10 years of blogging
So it’s ten years since I posted my very first blog. Over the years the writing part has increased but the photography has always been the starting point. […]
A watery uncertain place
It’s a watery uncertain place, this unfathomable universe. No need to plan or have too many expectations. Time instead to observe and go with the flow. At […]
Winter creeps in
Only two weeks more of this, our second lockdown. First time around, Spring was in the air and there was some novelty to it. This time, winter creeps […]
October
“To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime’s experience.” Patrick Kavanagh Today we began our second lockdown. It will be another challenge […]
The lake
The lake is a permanent feature of life here. It has a unique ecosystem but it’s not a popular place unless the sun shines. To us it has a […]
Coming out of lockdown
I’m trying to unfurl from lockdown. It seems to be a slow process. Like how coming out of hibernation might be for a chubby lazy bear. One of […]
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