"Enough Blue to Make a Sailor's Britches"

Gavin Murphy working hard in his studio, having found a bit of blue sky.

The rains came today, here at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. In between, a bit of sky showed itself. Apparently, according to Gavin, a visual artist from Dublin, watching for the inkling of blue in the sky is a well developed ancient Irish past-time.

When I asked Dinah Molloy, an artistic scientist from Cavan (and elsewhere), about this phenomenon, she referred to the Irish sky as possessing "enough blue to make a sailor's britches." Dinah should know about natural phenomena as she is engaged on a historical study of the climate in the Arctic. In addition to a picture of Dinah, you will also see two pictures of the sky taken today from opposite sides of the same door. If you look closely at one of them, you may also see me in the reflection.