A Garda car speeds past with lights flashing outside Trinity in Dublin a few weeks back. Rain made the evening miserable, but I had an umbrella and there were still loads of people about.

Spider webs covered in a thick frost this morning in my back garden. It is cold outside!

The “Nollaig Shona Duit” signs at both ends of St. Patrick’s Street in Cork are all lit up again this year.

Walking by the sea front in Youghal on a freezing Sunday afternoon.

The Ferris wheel on Grand Parade in Cork on a freezing December evening. The whole scene is twisted upside down in a small crystal ball. Thanks Henry for all the help, and the crystal ball!

Teenage boys sit on a block on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork in 2017.

An angel hung up their wings when they got home. Madrid, 2017.

I saw this morning that Kirstie Alley passed away last night at the age of 71. She was great in Cheers, but I barely remember Veronica’s Closet and I’m not familiar with her roles in other shows. In 2005, my wife and I were in Chicago, and we happened to go into a Borders bookshop…

The Elysian, reflected in a car window a few weeks ago

The shell of the R&H Hall office in Cork Docklands today. It went up in flames on November 23rd, following a fire in the main R&H Hall building on November 10th. It’s not the first time this block has been damaged by fire. In 2006, grain silos that stood next to this office were damaged…

Hoppy, one of our cats, loves the luxury of having multiple beds she can lie in around the house. Actually, all our animals can do that. Diego, our chihuahua, certainly takes advantage of that, laying himself down near whomever he wants to be with at any one time. Animals in this house are spoiled? Whatever…

Cars passing over the Michael Collins Bridge in Cork produce light trails in the fog.