Anthony Peyper Photography

Ah..the joys of spring and sunshine. These brighter days and sunny spells sure are appreciated in Ireland. I remember the days of living in South Africa when we’d talk about wet or rainy spells. Here in Ireland, even the weather reports “sunny spells”

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I (eye) have been pretty busy lately updating and reorgansing my webistes, so have really neglected my blog and uploading any photography. FINALLY, here is a picture I took a few weeks ago while we out and about looking for surf – which we never found. Instead we found some beautiful horses which we were fortunate enough to spend a few minutes photographing and experiencing their true beauty! What magnificent creatures they are!

I’ll dedicate this picture my my sister who just turned 30 today! Happy birthday, Charlene! May it be a year filled with blessing and good adventures…and may it only be the start of a wonderful life ahead and many more birthdays to come!

This past weekend we took a drive to Tollymore Forest Park in the hope of a little bit of sun and some time out of the house after what has been a LONG dreary winter. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t as good as we had hoped for, but we did see many signs of spring in the air – such as these lambs! The cutest little balls of wool bouncing around as carefree as we wish we could be…until we got too close, that is! Amazing how the mothers call them and they go running after her.

This was also a good oppertunity to test my new Sigma 150-500mm lens, and I must say I am pretty impressed. Definitely a good buy, though not cheap, but value for money! I can’t wait to get it to the ocean for some surf snaps!

But for now I am just happy that spring is on the way and soon it will be time for BBQs and even a little bit of sunshine if we’re lucky! Bring on the summer!

Sunday was quite an intersting day….well I’d like to refer to it as interesting – it makes me feel a little less stupid for ending up in the ditch. Let me explain: we went for a drive through the Wicklow Mountains with the aim of taking Jessie running and taking a few photos. Well seems like every hiker got out early as well so we couldn’t find a place to park on the winding narrow mountain roads as all the shoulders along the way had been parked in.

After turning around and heading back the way we came, I saw a place that looked good to stop at – just off the road. But in my indecision I drove further past it than what I thought I had. So when reversing to park, I turned “into the shoulder” sooner than I should’ve and ending up with the back wheels in a ditch…well I call it a ditch, but in fact it was closer to a river bank! Driving a 4X4 I didn’t think it would be problem until I noticed that one of the front wheels was on very slippery wet icy grass and the other completely lifted from the ground, and the back of the car sinking deeper into the river bank….

To make a long story short, we collected some rocks and logs to get in under the wheels (amongst the echoes of “you MUST call the AA”). Some very friendly couples stopped to help – who then waved down some other helpful folk in a BMW X5 with some very impressive “pulling power”. Thanks to my trusty rope, the X5 and some very helpful strangers we managed to get out of a very “tight spot” without the help of the AA. Unfortunately by this stage Barbara had some very cold toes as she didn’t believe me that we were “stuck in a river” before she climbed out of the car and ending up shin-deep in “2cms of water”.

Well we lived to tell the tale and manged to get Jessie out for a run afterall. The picture is of Barbara, her wet foot and Jessie enjoying a walk/run in the snow!

I’d just like to say thank you again to everybody who stopped and helped. Sometime strangers really are just friends whom we do not know! There is hope for humanity – we just need to believe, love and do unto others as we’d have done unto ourselves. Offer a helping hand where ever you can. You just don’t know when you might need a helping hand extended in your direction!

Congratulations to Amandine moving into her new home! To celebrate she threw a “Wigs ‘n Glasses Party” and we were there to photograph the action. A strange but very fun event! It was exciting photographing this colourful night! Enjoy the pics!

Amandine – may you have a nothing but good times in your new home!