Il Blu Depinto di Blu, in the blue painted in blue, in the Burren National Park at the turning of the year 2020. Air temperature was no more than 4 degrees Celsius. A north wind is blowing Arctic air down on us - a phenomenon known locally as 'The Black Wind'.

The location is Creehaun (Killinaboy), one of 64,000 plus townlands in Ireland. Creehaun measures almost 270 hectares and it does not have a single inhabitant. The place name is a mangling of Crítheán , a bushy place

The big water body is a dramatic winter merger of three lakes - Loch Sceach Ard (high bush lake), Loch Trá Bhán (white strand lake) and Loch Cúil Úrta (damp wood lake).

The three most easterly peaks beyond the water make up the Turloughmore range - a seldom-trod part of the National Park. The heights are 200m, 224m and 267m.

Stone, water, uplands... but the star of the show is the 'candy floss' - cumulus fractus.

Fractus clouds have this jagged, shredded appearance as they are seared by strong winds. They are indicators of fair weather and do not contain precipitation. (Thanks to Nick Geh for the identification).

Il Blu Depinto di Blu is the title of a song more commonly known as 'Volare' written by Domenico Modugno and released in 1958. Domenico died in 1994 but his song has not ended. A presto!