When Fingers Flaherty got married, his (few) friends sadly shook their heads and whispered that the marriage would never last. As his battered car smoked away into the dusky distance, carrying the slightly happy couple to their new life together, his (few) friends wiped away the tears and prepared themselves for the inevitable catastrophe. Flaherty wiped the…
Wintry watery blues
Life is an ocean, so the philosophers think. Life's an ocean, them dusty philosophers think. Well, the storm's a-brewin', my boat's startin' to sink. Fingers Flaherty There's a light, a certain kind of light, that pours over the landscape on a winter afternoon, enveloping the mountains in a languid melancholy, making the sea contemplate the…
Blue skies, blue eyes
There ain't nothing new to see under God's blue skies. I tell ya, nothing new to see under them blue and shiverin' skies, 'Specially when ya look at them through bloodshot alcoholic eyes. Fingers Flaherty This photo was taken earlier this month in Omeath, County Louth, overlooking the sublime serenity of Carlingford Lough towards the…
Christmas lights
Christmas is comin', the goose is gettin' fat, Christmas is a-comin', baby, that goose is gettin' fat! But Santa won't come near me, kitten. I've been a dirty rat. Fingers Flaherty
Flaherty lookin’ for salvation
(c) Padraig Hanratty 2015 Jesus, lift me up, I feel like I've been cursed! Help me up, Jesus. I feel low down and cursed! Jesus said, "Ya gotta stop hangin' out with the devil first." Fingers Flaherty
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