Revisit the old tomb...wipe the dust off!

A rat scurries to the left as I brush the cobwebs off my right hand, trying to work out where that dripping water sound comes from.

The air is fetid...old..unused. Like what I thought the Great Pyramid might smell like.

Bruce did this! Thanks mate!

A simple shot of books. On a shelf, in a bookcase.

Got me thinking...we've all seen us in earlier years, well some of us have, but what do we read?

Me ...I like the book...not the I-pod or Iphone or I- anyotherbloodything! I like me book!

Simple rule...2 shots..any lens...show me ya literature!




Helios shot..then this month's lens:




We think we know each other...but maybe not! Just some fun to break the monotony..for anyone interested.

Cheers Paddy

Neat challenge Paddy, I'll take you up - I'll have to collect all the "Level 1" readers up so they fit in a single frame

Here are my two mate. Bit of a dog's breakfast at present but you'll get the gist.





Not shown - one of my favourites: John O'Grady's "Gone Fishing". This and Bill Bryson are my first ports of call these days when there's a need to read. Cheers.

I'm amazed that so far Both yourself and Bruce have very similar books to meeself...The Cap'n Cook and Kokoda (not in my shots) to mention just 2. Like the whiskypedia though!

We have a great pile awaiting the grand bookcases I have yet to build! Sorry Deb...one day!

Thanks Rod!

Cheers Paddy

Paddy, give me a bit of time, I've got a small NYC apt (think slightly bigger than a 1962 DeSoto's trunk) but 4 major bookshelves. I actually had to get an e-reader as I got to the point where if I bought a book I had to get rid of one and letting go of books is painful. I come by this honestly, when my parents retired and moved to a much smaller home they donated 10,000 books to the local library.

NaCl(I won't be able to fit it all in 2 shots but I'll give you the two largest cases)H2O

I will also contribute something to this theme but I have three tall and three small bookcases to chose from and of late I have also taken to carrying a mini library on an e-reader so I'll have to figure out what to share!

It wasn't meant to be be this complicated!

Just books ...any books..that are on your shelf! A little bit of you..that's all!

Forget the masses, the e-books, or the clutter..just books..like they should be, worn and thumbed through.

Just what you would like to read on a cold winter's night.

Cheers Paddy

My bookshelf is in the basement. Its a collection of books I could not let go of after Uni, and some other books I've picked up along the way. There is a fair representation of my hobbies from gardening to flytying and fishing, home maintenance and politics. I see one or two of my wifes in the pile too. Sad thing is I've barely cracked the spine on many since my job change in '06 and the arrival of kids. Now i read the classics by electronic media. I've been through Treasure Island, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes (most of the stories) I'm working on Peter Pan off and on now. I read pocket books like made when I'm in the mood. I've been through about half of the sharps series from Cromwell, and I've read all the Shannara fare, and of course Tolkien and the Belgariad and the Wheel of Time. My wife put her foot down and made me take a few apple boxes to the Benevolence Fund - our second hand outlet.

Here you go at any rate..