Colette O'Neill… Author, Publisher, photographer. Creator of Goddess Permaculture.
It has been some time… “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ~ Henry James Just as the rosebuds are swelling, early Summer makes an appearance. It has been a long cold Winter and Spring. Euphorbia has brightened the veranda with its vivid lime […]
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As the thousand and more trees and thousands of plants of the Bealtaine Project grow taller and more dense, so it is the once barren land seems more and more as it is…an Ark for Earth, set into a monoculture landscape of Cash-Crop-Forestry and animal grazing fields. This summer witnessed the most Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators […]
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I visited Knockvicar Organic Garden today in search of flowering plants for the new Garden…and here’s what I got…
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And here it is, the very first flight of the baby Bluetits! As you can see, one of the parents is feeding the nestlings. I was lucky to get this shot as the birds are so very fast! This is the first one to put it’s head out of the box. The parents will feed […]
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Listen to the first podcast from the gardens at Bealtaine Cottage…birdsong is free!
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It is a rare thing…to be lost for words. A day in Autumn that changes one perspective on life and the meaning of it all. Where shall I begin? Perhaps where I started, this morning, camera in my dressing gown pocket and mug of hot coffee in my hand, traipsing out in rubber clogs onto […]
Read MoreMorning in the west of Ireland on a perfect day in late June. The back door of the cottage is open; wood pigeons call softly to one another as blackbirds swoop noisily in and out of the blackcurrant bushes, feasting on the heavily laden stems. Morning…full of stillness and promise, the prelude to a hot, dry day of […]
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Farewell Bealtaine! Rising on the last morning of Bealtaine and looking out the window of the lodge to be greeted by mist and sunshine. The heat of yesterday rose in a mist over the valley and mountains beyond. Rising towards Midsummer is a most magical time in the west of Ireland. Between the rain and […]
Read MoreSmall birds have taken up residence in one of the many bird boxes placed around the cottage and permaculture gardens. As they spend the day darting to and fro I watch them from the window or as I walk back to the cottage from the vegetable garden. Today, I managed to film them. I think […]
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