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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Welcome to the Cottage Podcast! This is Saturday morning at Bealtaine Cottage, Ireland. Beauty is here on the bed as you can see…she’ll be here all day! After some adjustments, I’ve managed to sort the Podcast in terms of volume. Here it is, complete with the photos I promised to take this morning. There’s an […]
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Each morning I arise and embark on a series of rituals, that culminate with a hot cup of tea in one hand, my camera in the other and faithful Jack by my side. It is then that I step out… This has been my ritual, though not always with Jack, for the past twelve years. […]
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This portal to the Otherworld: a place of being for the Celts, where life existed, but not as we know it! The portal is the Old Fairy House, which was once the gateway to Kilronan castle. This ethereal looking gatehouse was created many years ago, when only horses and carriages travelled the roads of […]
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Autumn is a time of early shadows as the season of summer passes over. And cobwebs everywhere! And here, in the Northern Hemisphere, one can easily notice the later dawns and earlier sunsets,as Spring is ushered in south of the Equator. Equinox is all about balance…the balance of equal day and night, of dark and light. […]
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It’s a wet evening. It’s a cool evening too. I’ve lit the stove and the kettle begins to sing on the top. It’s a tea and toast kind of evening. I was thinking about Fairies today as I walked through the Fairy Wood. It lies below the cottage, in a natural dell and is a […]
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Just published over on Bealtaine Cottage Good Life… “The Cairn” bealtainecottage.org To subscribe to this website, visit https://bealtainecottage.com/bealtaine-cottage-good-life/
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An ancient land, old superstitions and human burial are all part of this intriguing story of love and rejection. Join me as I recount the story of The Fairy Tree and what lies beneath…
Read MoreThe Stone Circle here at Bealtaine Cottage is infused with early morning light. A wild wind blows in from the West carrying energy and a sense of renewal as it blows Hawthorn flowers in front of it. The morning is defined by change and renewal. Stillness pervades the air at the back of the cottage […]
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