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Geoff & Jenna in Australia

Happy Birthday, Down Under! Today is the 28th b-day of our son, Geoff. I talked to him via Face Time on my cell phone yesterday as it was 24-JAN in Australia. [They're 17 hours ahead of us.] He said he had to work but had the 25th off. Party time!

The snow has disappeared and it was warmer today. Dad and Tim went shopping.

I've been reading my books. I'm on #3 now. It's title is A Country Irish Girl by Patrick Taylor, The book is part of Taylor's fictional series about Northern Irish country life in the 1960's. So far the book has been interesting. Here's the Amazon blurb for the book:

"Readers of Patrick Taylor's books know Mrs. Kinky Kincaid as the unflappable housekeeper who looks after two frequently frazzled doctors in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. She is a trusted fixture in the lives of those around her, and it often seems as though Kinky has always been there.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Some forty-odd years before and many miles to the south, the girl who would someday be Kinky Kincaid was Maureen O'Hanlon, a farmer's daughter growing up in the emerald hills and glens of County Cork. A precocious girl on the cusp of womanhood, Maureen has a head full of dreams, a heart open to romance, and something more: a gift for seeing beyond the ordinary into the mystic realm of fairies, spirits, and even the dreaded Banshee, whose terrifying wail she first hears on a snowy night in 1922….

As she grows into a young woman, Maureen finds herself torn between love and her fondest aspirations, for the future is a mystery even for one blessed with the sight. Encountering both joy and sorrow, Maureen at last finds herself on the road to Ballybucklebo―and the strong and compassionate woman she was always destined to become.

An Irish Country Girl is another captivating tale by Patrick Taylor, a true Irish storyteller."

Has anyone else read any of Patrick Taylor's books or the Ballybucklebo series?

There is a store called BOOKAHOLIC in Wichita that sells, buys, and trades books. Right inside the door are several sales racks. I got 10 books for $10.00 before I left KS. There is a 50 cents/book rack too. Some of the books are older, but I've found some classics and more popular titles too. Nice if you're looking for a cheap, easy read. I get many of my books there.

I also use ABE BOOKS, http://www.abebooks.com/ to order books. ABE Books offer a wide variety of new and used books from inexpensive to rare. The vendors are from around the world so that really offers a lot of choices you might not have otherwise. I have received books from England and Ireland.

Here are some more pictures of Geoff: