clearly I have not mastered still lifes, yet here is a quickly executed rainy day photo..in part it is also a message to my longtime pbase pal Walter K...in a comment on a post a few days ago Walter expressed an interest in trying Tyrconnell whiskey, and then emailed to ask specifically which one I had referred to in a caption...I had no idea there was more than one, yet an online search revealed a couple of varieties, some aged longer in different casks with flavours like sherry or madeira...so Walter, the one option available here comes in this cardboard tube, distinct in colour compared to the other choices...and I even poured a double shot for each of us, subsequently savoured mine, and since you were not here. I felt obliged to down the second dram too...oh well, it could be worse...and the ensuing glow was well worth the sacrifice.

as for a brief 'tasting note', it will go down even smoother to the accompaniment of this CD 'The Lonesome Touch', by Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, a truly sublime album of Irish fiddle music...cheers Walter