I took almost all of these with the panorama feature on my phone (bahahah that’s so cool), so there are some slightly odd bends and things sometimes, but behind the cut are pictures of the new house in its unaltered form… :)
for deborah :)
For Deborah Blake, a couple more pictures of the Abyssinian hornbill and his lady friend: This is the best picture I got of his body, and mostly I was just taking it to give an idea of how dramatically he was preening and tilting himself around for the admiration of this lovely lady: …who was sitting with her back to him, completely unimpressed. :) I believe I have acquired my annual accidental sunburn today. Fortunately one of my purposes in going out was to get more sunblock, which we ran…
Kitsnaps: Finbarr Gargoyles
Now this gargoyle is definitely at St Finbarr’s Cathedral in Cork, even if I’m not sure about the apse photo from the other day. :) I like gargoyles, as people might guess. :)
silly fun day
So my Walker Papers editor, Matrice, is in Ireland this week. With some crazy last minute planning, we managed to meet up for lunch today in Kilkenny, which is about halfway between where she was and where I am. I hopped on the train and had a lovely ride down, and got off the train grinning like a five year old full of anticipation. Matrice was waiting for me, and we had a little walk through Kilkenny town centre and found our way to the vicinity of the castle there.…
Kitsnaps: Abyssinian Hornbill
This magnificently ugly fellow is Ted’s nemesis at the zoo. Every time they’ve encountered each other, the hornbill defends his territory like crazy. Ted wasn’t with us when I took this, and the hornbill was showing off mightily for his lady friend, so I got some great pictures. :)