Training ship Grace O’Malley docked in Cork recently.

The Three Sisters on the Dingle Peninsula just as the sun sets.

Mist and fog (the same thing?) gather in the hollows of an early morning last week near Blarney.

Hank Wedel and Ray Barron in Charlies Bar last night. There wasn’t a huge crowd but the music was oh so good. So good to hear Hank and Ray play again as we haven’t been in Charlies since before the pandemic started.

Waves crash off shore at Owenahincha Beach.

Fans of Cork band, Fred, enjoying a concert in The Spiegeltent, in June 2006.

Walking across a bridge in Chicago I noticed all the bikes that were thrown up on the railing next to the river. As good a place as any if there’s no decent bike parking to be had nearby.

Look straight up from the centre of the Pantheon to see the magnificent ceiling above you.

The tall ship Windy is the official flagship of the City of Chicago. Appropriately named.

Outside the Sin é pub in Cork on Saturday evening as we went to the Everyman Theatre to see Des Bishop perform.

Tourists enjoying a nice July afternoon on a boat in Chicago.

Kilcrea Friary, standing under light clouds as the sun set on an August evening in 2018.