[1] Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Earth From Above" photos: I have been mesmerized by these ever since I borrowed his book from an Atlanta public library few years ago, for the man seems to hover around the planet like some migrating bird capturing these stunning painterly vistas

[2] Bldg Blog: possibly the best literary architecture blog there is. The latest post over there happens to be on photographs of ruins of a castle on an island - very interesting in the light of the architectural work, Vito Acconci's Mur Island, which J presented at Booknight at Y's house, incidentally on another isle, that of Brooklyn, last evening.