Except where quotations are used and noted all writing in this blog is my own.

All images used in this blog are my own except where detailed here and elsewhere in the blog.

All rights due are fully and freely acknowledged, gratefully.

1) The image of a girl fishing, (painting), is by Samantha Kelly, funkygoddess.ie

2) The image of a cat (drawing) is by Eimear Connelly

3) The image of a chess game (diagram) is from The Irish Times, daily chess puzzle

4) The image of “The Village and I” (painting) is by Marc Chagall and is from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum, New York

5) The image of the “Emperor’s New Clothes” (painting) is by Iris Meade