Bad Faery

Sunday, September 07, 2008

All the pretty birds

Look who I met! Isn’t he beautiful?

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Summer’s last breath

Some flowers to mark the end of summer...

Sunday, July 20, 2008

An update

Some of the things that have kept me from blogging these past few weeks:

Senzazione - A theatrical funfair with a low carbon footprint (in other words all the rides are human powered!)

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Sæglópur

My soundtrack for the coming solstice:

There is something about Sigur Ros’ music that’s makes it very fitting for watching the sun rising on cold languid mornings...maybe because it’s composed in lands of midnight suns…

Today I am listening to their lovely new album ‘Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust’ and wishing I knew someone Icelandic to teach me how to say the name properly:)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

1000 naked Irish people

How a whole bunch of Irish people (but not me) spent their morning…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7460005.stm

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0617/tunicks.html

all in the name of art

Sunday, June 01, 2008

In love with endless summer days:)

It’s June already. Can you believe it?

Here in my little corner of the world May was a spectacular month which saw the early arrival of summer. We have had weeks of near unbroken sunshine, a thing almost unheard of in Ireland. It’s as if the northern half of the British Isles has swapped weather systems with the southern half, they are getting our rain and us their sunshine:)

Normal service does seem to be about to resume - as I type grey clouds are rolling in and rain is forecast for tomorrow. Which is just as well as my lawn is starting to suffer;)

For my part I have made the most of the sunshine, enjoying long walks as well as evenings spent reading in the garden, laid out on a blanket, propped up on red velvet cushions:) Oh, and eating large quantities of rhubarb!  I stew it in vanilla and demerara sugar, then serve with lashings of fresh cream, poured not whipped. It is beyond delicious!

As a consequence of delighting in all this unexpected and lovely weather, studying and indeed all activities involving being indoors have been severely neglected. I’m at the point where I really need the weather to be bad if only to encourage me to stay indoors and do some work! And would you believe I have gone through May without going to see one theatre show, or comedy gig, or trip to the cinema (not even for Indy!)...very unusual for me!

No, it has been long walks, and art books, and Victorian novels (Jane Austen and Wilkie Collins) for me this past month. And making the most of the glorious weather! And taking time to smell the flowers, and watch the butterflies and well, just savouring it all.

We are fast approaching midsummer now and the days are stretching and stretching. It’s staying light until after 10pm, with sunrise by 5am.  A shame to waste so much light:)

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See a dragon come to life
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

One very ill lil faery

I am sick! And have been so ALL BLOODY WEEK! After nursing what was a low grade head cold all of last week, at the weekend it decided to evolve in to a much more serious and painful chest/throat infection and there is no sign of it shifting as yet. Consequently I have been laid up all week and I think I’m beginning to suffer from cabin fever.

I have coughed so much that the muscles at the very base of my abdomen hurt! It’s all very annoying and has left me very behind in my OU studies as along with the chest infection and the sore throat, I’ve also been having blinding headaches. To cap it all I had my second assignment for my course due this week. I got it done eventually but it’s pretty rubbish. I waffled on for the requisite number of words but I’ve failed to address certain parts of the question which should lose me a stack of marks. Still, at least I’ve managed to hand something in as it was touch and go for a while as to whether I would have managed to get anything written. I’ve put enough of an effort in to pass it (I think! I hope!) but have not had the energy to do anymore than that.

I rather stupidly made the effort to go into work yesterday and as a result I have been ordered to stay home for the rest of the week and even take Monday off to make sure I’m properly recovered.

Also can I just point out that if one of your work colleagues comes into work looking a bit under the weather mention it gently. Do not, as one my co-workers did, look at them in horror and tell that they look absolutely terrible. Honestly, I wanted to wear a paper bag over my head on my way home I felt so self-conscious!

Anyway back to the coughing...sigh, I hate being sick :(

Oh and I’ve turned comments off on this post as trust me! I’m feeling sorry enough for myself without needing any extra sympathy from elsewhere ;) I shall be back tomorrow to show off another gorgeous Etsy purchase I made recently.

Friday, April 04, 2008

Look what came in the mail today!

It’s my first ever Etsy purchase!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

More snow leopard love!

Congratulations to fellow Snow Leopard enthusiast Jackie Morris! Her book The Snow Leopard has been shortlisted for the Highland Schools Book Awards!

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A Grisly Desktop

This is my new desktop graphic. What do you think? It’s a little gruesome, I’ll grant you, but I love it!

It’s for Neil Gaiman’s new novel, The Graveyard Book, due out this October.

This is how the author describes it:

Lots of scary. Some funny (some of the funniest stuff is also the scariest, though). A fair amount of action. Some drama. No kissing. Late nights. Fish and chips. A werewolf, a vampire, an Assyrian mummy and a small pig. A knife in the dark.

And here’s where Neil blogs about Dave McKean’s great bookslip design