Sunday, 26 October 2014

Spooky (ish)

As we're coming up to Halloween i thought i'd post some spooky (ish) photos. When we were out for a little jaunt recently, we came across the ruins of Affane Church and graveyard, just outside Cappaquin in Waterford.


It was built in 1819 with a loan of £500 from the Board of First Fruits, which was a Church of Ireland body established in  1711 to improve churches in Ireland. 


There was quite a few gravestones that were damaged and opened slightly, like the one in the bottom right hand corner.


One of the tombs had a small gap that was just big enough to take some photos of the inside. The coffins looked like they were made of lead.  


I suppose Yvette Fielding (Most Haunted) would say these were orbs, but i think it's dust on the lens. If anyone else knows what they are please do let me know.





I'll leave you with one of our cats Taz, who reminds me of a witches cat and who also knows she's not allowed on the table, so she's just tip-toeing around the edge. Sneaky eh!




Happy Halloween and thanks for visiting.








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23 comments:

  1. Jacqueline @ HOME26 October 2014 at 09:53

    Spooky indeed but beautiful at the same time ! XXXX

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  2. Deb26 October 2014 at 10:02

    Hi Jackie, thanks for dropping by. xx

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  3. Teresa Ashby26 October 2014 at 11:10

    That is a seriously scary post, Deb!
    You should send that orbs photo in to a spooky magazine. It's made my neck go all tingly.
    Taz is beautiful - I love black cats :-) x

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    1. Deb26 October 2014 at 12:52

      That's an idea. I'll have a look at the paranormal ones next time i'm in town.
      We do love our black cats don't we. :-) xx

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  4. northsider 26 October 2014 at 11:35

    Very Gothic and interesting.

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  5. A Heron's View26 October 2014 at 11:54

    Hello Debs! Interesting subject though rather grave (pun intended).

    You are quite right those spheres are indeed orbs. Some people think that they are spirit energy and others that they are dust particles - I find them interesting because you can actually detect them using a EMF detector similar to what an electrician uses to determine wether a cable is live or not.

    Hallowe'en is an odd time in our house because my wife thinks everyone is dressing up to celebrate her birthday :)

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    1. Deb26 October 2014 at 13:05

      My BH said they were orbs but i thought it was just his over active imagination, though as he pointed out that if it was dust the other photo would be the same.

      Happy birthday to your wife. My BH's was today. :-)

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  6. Jane of Levant27 October 2014 at 07:19

    A good choice for your halloween blog - love Taz - what gorgeous green eyes - I think your pictures are really good - in this blog and previous blogs- We have been to Ireland two times and really enjoyed it

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  7. Deb27 October 2014 at 10:11

    Thank you Jane. Whereabouts in Ireland did you go?

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    1. Jane of Levant28 October 2014 at 05:47

      It is a while ago - the first time was a long weekend in Dublin - and the second time was a visit again to Dublin - visiting Avoca and the Wicklow mountains - both enjoyable trips

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    2. Deb28 October 2014 at 10:42

      The Wicklow mountains are lovely. Dublin is the one place we haven't visited, we keep meaning to but never seem to get up there. I expect we will one day. :-)

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  8. Algodão Tão Doce28 October 2014 at 10:18

    Olá amiga,vim retribuir sua carinhosa visita ao meu cantinho.
    Fiquei feliz por seguir-me!!!
    Obrigada,volte sempre e pegue o meu selinho de agradecimento!

    Beijos Marie.

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    1. Deb28 October 2014 at 10:48

      Hi Marie, thanks for visiting and commenting. :-)

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  9. Deb2 November 2014 at 01:56

    That's lovely Marie, thank you. :-)

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  10. Chickpea6 November 2014 at 06:05

    Lovely spooky post, you were very brave to peak into the tomb!

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  11. Deb6 November 2014 at 06:39

    Thanks Chickpea. Luckily it was really quiet and still - if there had been the slightest noise, i'd have been off like a rocket!

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  12. Millymollymandy7 November 2014 at 01:01

    You live in a beautiful place! Love the spooky shots and the orbs - I've never seen them with trails like that in photos - maybe they really were ghosts.... :-) I love your little witch's cat - she's very cute.

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  13. Deb7 November 2014 at 08:28

    Thanks Mandy. I haven't seen orbs like that either (not that i've seen many orbs). I think i'll just keep an open mind. :-)

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  14. Gillian12 November 2014 at 08:05

    Great photos - especially the canny cat. Reminds me of my brother's cat.

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    1. Deb12 November 2014 at 08:09

      Hi Gillian, thanks and thanks for following and dropping by. :-)

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  15. Scriptor Senex16 November 2014 at 21:09

    I've often had orbs but never with trails like that - they are certainly interesting. But they shouldn't detract from me commenting how good your other photos are and how enjoyable the post. Sadly, our black cat (Taz's twin) went off on a wander and never came back. I think she found a new home. She too used to stay on the edge of the table. I think it was so that when she got shouted at she could quickly jump down!

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  16. Deb17 November 2014 at 08:40

    Thanks Scriptor and welcome. I'm sorry to hear that your black cat wandered off. One of our cats left home too when we had a stray male hanging around. She was never happy when he was about and i think the last straw was when he stared coming in the cat flap and sleeping on her bed!

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