Blue Sky Blue

Summers over, Autumn is upon us and after 16years of waiting, Dublin win the All Ireland Senior football championship. And against Kerry, sublime champions of last year and many others.
This is Gaelic football. Along with its sister code of Hurling - they form the heart and soul of the Irish psyche.
To understand us as a nation, just look into the games we play. The passion, the determination and physicality. Frienships forged in contest, loyalty to the club which is invariably where you live or were born... And this not forgetting to mention the Irish rugby team the day before ...but I digress.

The game over, I'm driving home. Totally euphoric, but having to remain calm due to the fact I'm driving. I do what I do. I stop to take photographs.
After the images are taken, I'm back in the car and on the radio is an interview with a former member of the band 'Hothouse Flowers'.
Eventually the song 'I can see clearly now' comes on. (Full lyrics at end of Blog.)
Sometimes things just match, 16 years waiting. The song starts off, piano giving a slow almost meloncholic air. Then the lyrics - I can see clearly now the clouds have gone.... I'm taking pictures of the landscape with blue sky starting to break through.  Look all around, there’s nothin? but blue skies.
The tempo in the song builds and Liam O'Maonlai gives it his all.
Ireland gave it all on Saturday
Dublin gave it their all  on Sunday
Dublin: All Ireland champions 2011 !

The picture by the way - is from Skerries Co Dublin. Home of Bryan Cullen, Captain of the All Ireland champions 2011 !


Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

 
 
Full lyrics.;
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,

I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.


I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin?for
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.


Look all around, there’s nothin?but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin?but blue skies


I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.