Moonrise at the edge of suburbia — it was perfectly clear yesterday evening, so I could spot the full #Moon rising right at the horizon and snap this shot while waiting for the green light in the cycle lane.

Someone has placed a beautifully painted stone on the poignant famine memorial at Pike Bride along the #RoyalCanal opposite the main entrance to Carton House east of #Maynooth.

Recorded and assembled from my hospital bed, with help from @[email protected] @spsheridan.bsky.social and @bartb.ie, we bring you the NosillaCast without interruption! www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/03... #20YearsOfPodcasting

The first flush of flower is washing over the very prickly Gorse/Furze/Whin bushes in the Irish hedge rows. #Bloomscrolling

We'll have a solo Security Bits from @bartb.ie on this week's show — here's his shownotes if you want the sneak peek with all the links: www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02... #CyberSecurity

Purple crocuses in the spring sunshine! #Bloomscrolling

This little (European) Robin sat still just long enough for me to snap one shot — I love having the iPhone 17 Pro's 8x telephoto with me at all times, and without the efficiency of the dedicated camera control I'd probably have just missed too!

This spectacular cluster of dwarf Daffodils really brightened up my walk to work this morning! #Bloomscrolling #Maynooth

A single perfect little snowdrop peeping up through the decaying remains of last summer's oak leaves in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Last week I din’t see any daffodils, this week they’re everywhere! These cute little dwarf ones are lining the pedestrian entrance to @maynoothuniversity.ie opposite Aldi. #Bloomscrolling #Maynooth

A leisurely evening commute — an #IrishRail #train likely filled with students returning to their digs for another busy week of study coasts into #Maynooth along the banks of the #RoyalCanal as Sunday dusk falls.

I met my first daffodils of the year today, brightening up a random rural Kildare roadside near Prosperous. As a little bonus, the first bee I've seen this year was feeding on it. #Bloomscrolling

Let's Talk Photo 149 "Sliders go Both Ways!" with @bartb.ie is out: lets-talk.ie/ltp149 In this solo show Bart reminds you that the sliders in your editing app go both ways, even those you reflexively always slide in the same direction!

Spring in St. Patrick's — a wide deep view of the little snowdrops hiding under the big trees lining the grand avenues in St. Patrick's College #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Want to really understand this AI stuff? No one explains it more simply or more clearly than Geoffrey Hinton — to explain something clearly and simply you need to understand it deeply, since he helped found the entire, I doubt anyone has a deeper understanding! overcast.fm/+AAzXlUXzblo

The hunter through the trees — the very recognisable shape of Orion, the hunter, framed by the bare branches of the big Lime trees on Carton Avenue in #Maynooth. #astrophotography

Snowdrops on 'the Graph' in St. Patrick's College #Maynooth, add in a splash of brightness between the many many splashes of rain. #Bloomscrolling

If every sign is a history, what does this one say about the students I share my building with 😳

An #IrishRail InterCity reflected in the #RoyalCanal as it accelerates away from #Maynooth on a dull but tranquil February afternoon.

Spring in the cemetery — Snowdrops between the old headstones around the ruined church at Laraghbryan cemetery in #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Snowdrops in the old part of Laraghbryan Cemetery in #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Winter — a flooded path in Carton House near #Maynooth.

The daffodils are coming soon! The first buds are appearing under the trees on the grounds of St. Patrick's College #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Spring! These purple Crocuses bathing in the January sun really lifted my spirits 🙂 #Bloomscrolling

A perfect January afternoon along the #RoyalCanal near #Maynooth. You rarely see the canal this smooth!

Approaching #Maynooth along a mirror-smooth #RoyalCanal during a break in the recent waves of winter rain. I love that with the trees bare the college spire is visible between the trees.

Through Pike Bridge — a view down the #RoyalCanal towards #Maynooth on a perfectly calm winter day as an #IrishRail InterCity #train starts into the last leg of it's cross-country trek from Sligo to Dublin.

A golden hint of spring in suburbia as the first of the yellow crocuses peep their heads up in St.Mary's park in #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Nice ripe ivy berries nestles between ivy leaves, a rare splash of green in our winter hedgerows.

"Glimpsing the Tree Under the Road" — A little bit more abstract than my usual style, but the disjointed reflection just grabbed my eye on my afternoon walk today.

After days and days of relentless wind and rain, the #RoyalCanal was so peaceful this morning in #Maynooth.

The full Moon rising over Ladychapel church near #Maynooth. This and the last few photos I shared were all shot on the same evening cycle within that half hour as the sky darkens. So rare to get such a clear horizon for so long around here 🙂

The full Moon rising over my road home as I left Prosperous headed towards Maynooth.

The full Moon rising over Ballynafagh bog. (The iPhone 17 Pro Max 8x telephoto at it's finest)

A full Moon rises over a very bleak Ballynafagh bog as dusk sets in.

It's the kitty express 🙂 This cat was happy to balance along the top of the rail for a few hundred yards.

The hazel catkins are are at their best, adding some interest to the bare trees (and some tree pollen for me to start sneezing at 😕)

In Security Bits this week, @bartb.ie deep dives into the kerfuffle about Microsoft’s BitLocker Key (there’s no there there). Another nothing burger we briefly discuss is this whole Moltbot nonsense, where people are convinced we now have Skynet. www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02... #CyberSecurity

I didn’t know you hadn’t been hearing the cha-ching jingle before I asked for donations! Mystery solved on why. We’ve got three great CES interviews and then Security Bits with @bartb.ie www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02... #20YearsOfPodcasting

The 2nd half of Programming By Stealth Tidbit 17 is up with Helma van der Linden teaching @bartb.ie about #Docker. Helma teaches how to reuse the Docker image. Both audio files are available at the post now. pbs.bartificer.net/tidbit17#reu... #Programming #Developers

LTA 149 for with @bartb.ie for January 2026 is out: lets-talk.ie/lta149 A rare editorial critiquing Apple's responses to recent events, and three regular stories; the new Creator Studio subscription bundle, Apple's AI deal with Google, and Apple's Q1 2026 earnings call.

The first little purple crocuses of the year peeping up along the Royal Canal towpath as it backs onto some gardens in #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

Irish satire at its finest.

A bleak, but dry and calm, afternoon along the #RoyalCanal as an #IrishRail Commuter train starts it's journey from #Maynooth towards Dublin.

This shot of some rare winter sun on the nose of an #IrishRail Commuter train approaching #Maynooth along the #RoyalCanal has been sitting in my camera roll for a few days — I forgot I snapped it on one of my few recent umbrella-free walks!

A real American artist — standing up for American values and speaking truth to power in defence of the oppressed ❤️ brucespringsteen.net/news/202...

Tidbit 17 is written/taught by Helma van der Linden. @bartb.ie wanted to understand Docker better, & Helma has great use cases for how to use it for developer setups, so it was a good opportunity for Bart to learn from Helma. 2-part podcast; this is Tidbit 17a. pbs.bartificer.net/tidbit17 #Docker

This whole essay is insightful, but it doesn't make for happy reading — this line from the conclusion nails it, devastatingly: "You don't need to convince people the fake is real. You only need to convince them the real might be fake." om.co/2026/01/26/does-evidenc...

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