Photos from my days off work

 It's that bonkers crazy time of year at work again and we still have weeks of it to go, so yet again I thought I'd post some moments of pure peace and tranquility from my days off.

At this time of the season I try to make a conscious decision to make the very most of my days off work and then by capturing the essence of it all in photographs so that I don't forget!

 I had a day down on the beach -- and look what I saw! the first ones I've seen in ages - this was a pod of common dolphins swimming (more like zooming around) in Ballinskelligs Bay - it just lifted my heart so much to see them! I am so grateful for the excellent zoom on my new camera though, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to have taken a photograph at all.

 Then the next day Peter and I went to Killarney, to see 'The Song of the Sea' in the cinema - I think it is my favourite film in a long time, I can't wait to get it on DVD so I can watch it over and over again. We went there via Bealach Oisín, the road that goes over the mountains - it's my favourite route :)

 ..and then these ones below are from my last days off (I actually had a weekend off work - my next one isn't til the middle of September) -- I got up at the crack of dawn on the Saturday so that I could go beachcombing and catch the low tide over at Portmagee.

 This was the early morning mist over the River Inny on the way out of Waterville - often when I've been rushing to go to work in the morning I've noticed how still the river is and thought how lovely it would look as a photograph.

 These are taken from the beach just outside of Portmagee - it's my go-to place for finding the tiny shells for my Etsy shop :)

 The tide was right out so I went walking along the strand further than I would have done normally - it was so so peaceful, I was the only person down there.

 The rock pools were full of gorgeous sea anemones!

 From Reencaheragh I headed over the mountains to St. Finan's Bay and did a quick scout about on the beach there --

 and then from there I headed to the Black Strand (over the water, just outside Cahirciveen)before finally heading back home!