I’m busy painting today so I will make this quick: I’ve put up a public album on Facebook of the house in progress. So much greenery has popped up this summer it looks lush. Yes, a lot of it is weeds, but pretty weeds. The semester started with a bang and an almost 12 hour…
Tag: nature
Glasnevin Cemetery & National Botanical Gardens, Dublin
I’ve put up a bunch of photos on a (public) Facebook album. I’ll catch up on con news when I get back stateside. Just to let you know that WorldCon is the kind of place where you can be chatting with Liz Hand over a cuppa and mention Corey Doctorow, only to have him walk…
Dundee Spring
Hanging out in the Howff on a sunny day 🙂 Always a delight.
Playing in the Mud
Spring may have slipped in while we were all looking at the snow that fell east of us (sorry, Connecticut). Our little spring is flowing great guns but we’re going to be digging it out a little to form a grotto. I visualise something like a Brigit well. I have new wellies and everything. We…
Orkney: Ring of Brodgar
There’s nothing quite like these amazing old monuments, is there? Mary and Amy brought me by here the night I arrived in Orkney. I tried to take a picture in the moonlight but my camera wasn’t really up to it. But it was magical to be sure.
Orkney: Maeshowe & John Rae
More on John Rae Maeshowe Official Site Be sure to drop by A Knife & A Quill to read my Allan’s latest review
Orkney: Birsay
Only accessible at low tide, the island of Birsay was a viking stronghold offering safety and seclusion and gorgeous views. It’s also John Peel Day: share the music by keeping it Peel!
Orkney Bound
It was hard tearing myself away from Dundee, as I had just got back from NY (or so it seemed) and Allan had just built me a brick wall that spelled out “Angry Birds” in Minecraft 🙂 But I had a great opportunity to go stay with friends Mary and Amy, while the latter takes…
Finland: Heading South
Finally, a little time to finish my Finland odyssey! I just typed “the end” on the doc for White Rabbit, my supernatural crime novel. It’s taken a bit longer to complete it (over a year) because it didn’t have a deadline, so anything with a deadline cut ahead of it in line. As I was…
Caird Park
Just a ten minute walk from our city street, abundant nature and history: