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

https://www.fogolf.com/1157589/kpmg-womens-irish-open-voted-let-tournament-of-the-year-again/ KPMG Women’s Irish Open voted LET Tournament of the Year again #CartonHouse #Golf #GolfNews #KClub #KPMGWomen'sIrishOpen #LadiesEuropeanTour #LeonaMaguire

These winter flowering Pansies are really breaking up the January gloom in the various flower pots decorating the grounds around #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling

My photographic challenge for 2026 is to shoot more portrait-oriented shots of places, so I’m getting some practice in with this view of the #CartonHouse boathouse near #Maynooth on a pretty gloomy winter day.

The very first signs of spring I’ve seen in #Maynooth this year are these little Snowdrops just starting to flower under the trees in #CartonHouse. #Bloomscrolling

The big bare-branched old oak trees in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth make for impressive silhouettes in the winter months.

These fiery-orange bare willow branches really brighten up the winter landscape in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.

Bare trees don’t have to be dull and boring — just look at these ruby red tree branches in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth!

The pathway to enlightenment? Crepuscular rays seen through the trees in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.

Crepuscular rays over Co. Kildare as seen from the big hill in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.