Béaldath

A collection of my blogs, poetry, photos and other stuff I accumulate along my way. Writing, nature, birds, Gaeilge and Gàidhlig, art and music are usually the order of the day!

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[naturespiritheart]

“I am the forest, I am ancient. I treasure the stag, I treasure the deer. I shelter you from storm, I shelter you from snow. I resist the frost, I keep the source. I nurse the earth, I am always there. I build your house, I kindle your hearth. Therefore, you people, hold me dear.”

— Inscription found in a 17th century forester’s house in Lower Saxony, Germany (via inatt)

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“Kópakonan/Selkie” by Esbern Christiansen

The selkie or seal woman from the legend depicted at Mikladalur, Faroe Islands by artist Hans Pauli Olsen. She holds her sealskin or “hood” in her hand and emerges as a beautiful woman, who entices lonely farmers to fall in love with her. ( X )

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[iheartmyart]

John Gerrard, ‘Western Flag’, Installation at Desert X, 2019

LOCATION: 2901 N. Palm, Canyon Drive, Palm Springs 33.859118, -116.559933

Western Flag depicts the site of the ‘Lucas Gusher’ - the world’s first major oil find - in Spindletop, Texas in 1901, now barren and exhausted. The site is recreated as a digital simulation the center of which is marked by a flagpole spewing and endless stream of black smoke. The computer generated Spindletop runs in exact parallel with the real site in Texas throughout the year: the sun rising at the appropriate times and the days getting longer and shorter according to the seasons. The simulation is non-durational (having no beginning or end) and is run live by software that is calculating each frame of the animation in real-time as it is needed. Situated at the very gateway to the Coachella Valley and the city of Palm Springs Western flag acts a stark reminder not just of the willful exploitation and depletion of resources that millions of years ago covered this former sea floor with an abundance of life, but of the energy taken to return the deserted land to its current state of artificial habitation. The invisible gas responsible for climate change is here made visible. Flying the flag of our own self-destruction we are asked to consider our role in the warming of the planet and simultaneous desertification of once fertile lands.

- Desert X

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[michaelnordeman]

A quiet moment. Värmland, Sweden.

[michaelnordeman]

Long-tailed tit/stjärtmes.

[lilacblossom]

green cottage aesthetic

[bealdath-blog]

I want to live here!

[dublin-streets]

Ha'penny reflections⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #discoverdublin #visitireland #visitdublin #documentdublin #dublin #dublinstreets #visitireland #visitdublin #lovedublin #lovindublin #loveireland #cityscape #streetsofdublin #streetphotography #city #citylife #urban #street #wearestreet

[perks-of-being-chinese]

adults: record numbers of teens are depressed, we must find out why

teens: school is more stressful than ever, our parents screwed over the economy, the earth is on a path to total environmental destruction, and now we have to deal with actual fuckin nazis

adults: it’s the iphones isn’t it

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Sruth na Maoile

It’s quite funny to find myself returning to Sruth na Maoile (Sea of Moyle), that stretch of water between Ireland and Scotland, which in my imagination is the gentle, fluid border between Irish and Scottish Gaelic. I return to this liminal space in my mind from the other side this time, from Scotland, and Scottish Gaelic. I am looking back towards the shores of my native land and Gaeilge— my…

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Cute!

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Autumnal Nature Pass Ah! That familiar feeling that fills your heart with love, when you breathe deeply into your lungs the cool air of autumn!

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THE GAELTACHT AND IRISH: Dying, or in need of an emergency operation?

THE GAELTACHT AND IRISH: Dying, or in need of an emergency operation?

Is alt den chéad scoth é seo! Ba mhithid do dhuine éigin sin a rá! Caithfear an cheist a chur, áfach, cad chuige a lig stáit na hÉireann don chur chuige chomh naimhdeach sin i leith na Gaeilge? Is maith liom an phointe ag Diarmuid, gur tharla seo i stáit “neamhspleách”. Céard is neamhspleáchas ann? Ní hé neamhspleáchas aigne atá i gceist le stáit na hÉireann. Tá sé ar nós Stockholm Syndrome, an…

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[philopenshaw]

lane (edit)

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An adventurous path!

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[pekdavid]

Fairy Glen ‘Castle’, Isle of Skye by KennethVerburg.nl on Flickr.