during the cold wet days of winter am spending even more time tucked up with a cup of tea and a good book...in recent weeks have revisited Tom Kelly's marvelous book Literary Ireland, and am currently almost through Legendary Ireland for the second or third time...what a superb photographer Kelly is, catching well fashioned images of Ireland, usually in stormy weather

of course an astute bibliophile like Walter might think this is well and good, but what about Kelly's third photo volume, Ireland the Living Landscape...ahhh, an elusive book to say the least...finally have a copy of that secured though, thanks to dear friend Sam from Arizona...the only catch is the rendezvous/pickup point will be in New Mexico...have to dig out the passport soon