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The Clonard Monastery's rose window is breathtaking. Here are some shots from the inside.

Sen. George Mitchell met with several of the religious leaders involved in the IRA peace talks at Clonard Monastery. We were lucky enough to get to see how beautiful it is.

Our black cab tour of Belfast began at the site of the Polgrom of 1969, the site where the RUC murdered a 9-year-old boy in his bed during the Troubles.

"And a castle, with a moat. How we get across? Boat."

This costume was a hit. It was also a lot to explain.

Is it basic to stop by the Temple Bar as one of the first stops on our first day in Dublin? Most likely.

Backlog - photos of A in January 2016. She had a good month!

"Arithmetic arithmetock, Turn the hands back on the clock..." - Tom Waits, "Alice"

Elf pajamas and raw cookie dough. All signs of a pretty great holiday.

I got a fixed prime lens for Christmas in 2015 - a Canon 50mm f/1.8. I don't use it as often as I would like, but it's a great little lens - that low aperture is great. I took some photo tests of C while he was asleep, because that's really the only time that you could catch him still.

A 6-year-old and a 1-year-old near jet engines; what could go wrong?

If you get a chance to do senior photos of your favorite senior... do it!

I promise I didn't enjoy torturing my child with Santa visits. And I will say, A's look there of pure hidden glee turned out to be pretty prescient.

If you don't like looking at up-close photos of bugs, this is probably not the post for you.

Scooting through the photo backlog, taking a peek at Thanksgiving of 2015.

It's that time of year... Iowa State Fair Photography Salon results for 2025.

Leafy photos both in our old front yard and on campus at our local university.

Lighting photo class was not my favorite class.

C's turn for a birthday

One of our goofiest Halloweens