Colette O'Neill… Author, Publisher, photographer. Creator of Goddess Permaculture.
My birthday has passed. It was a wonderful day and here I am in a new year of my life, another journey around the sun! It’s been an extraordinary journey so far and, as usual, it’s been a wonderful time for casting the occasional, cursory glance over my shoulder to the past. To this end, […]
Read MoreDecorating the cottage has been under way over recent days. It began with a thorough clean and dust which inevitably led onto other things…painting and moving furniture, as well as painting furniture! This is what happens when one starts the process…Quentin Crisp once said that it was a never-ending task once undertaken…however, it has come […]
Read MoreAs long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I’m the Earth. I won’t give up until the Earth gives up. Alice Walker I’m writing this between lighting the stove, going in and out to the barn […]
Read MoreVisitors to Bealtaine Cottage have been welcomed in their thousands over the past ten years. Many have become good friends. I have enjoyed sharing Bealtaine Cottage with foot visitors from all over the world, as well as over half a million through the website. Increasing amounts of my time have been spent happily showing visitors […]
Read MoreOften times as I sit down to write this blog, it is evening and the day has come to settle here, in the cottage… the lamp illuminating the darkness, Jack sprawled out in front of the stove, with both cats in residence upon the sofas…I squeeze in somewhere! The stillness of the evening pervades the […]
Read MoreSome friends of mine called the other day. They were off to Sligo to do their Christmas shopping. The list of what they had to buy was long and detailed…three children and lots of family living close by! Whilst here, they collected Holly, Ivy, lots of other greenery, as well as a small Christmas tree, […]
Read MorePassionate and gardening are two words that seem to fit seemlessly together. There were three visitors to Bealtaine this morning and as walking around became enthused to talk of their own gardens! One had brought a photo album to show me…and it was well worth a look, as there were shots taken from just about […]
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