On the Mountain - Sliabh An Iarainn

life in an off-grid cabin

Mountains and water

by Ilkka Janatuinen

O, MY MY!

Ben Bulben? Knocknarea? Does anyone know?

O, MY MY!

(Source: vaacuum)

Mountains

(Source: vivasaigon)

milenachka:

The llamas of Machu Picchu!

Yes, it’s that lovely time of year again, the in-between season of small sprouts, increasingly-warmer breezes, a little more sunshine than before, and lots - yes, LOTS - of Irish music!  For those of us (ahem.. like me) who’ve been drawn to Ireland since birth, listening to Irish music is not something we save for the month of March.  However, it is a time when the rest of the world doesn’t seem to mind the repetitive folky tunes that tell stories through each intricacy and lilt of a fiddle or bodhran (say, “BOW-rahn” - the “BOW” being something in between “BOW” like the action after a performance, and the “BOW” that you’d do on a fiddle).

Banishing Pagans from Ireland aside : ) , I adore St. Patrick’s Day.  To me, it’s always been a time to remember one’s revolutionary history, the proud (though not egotistical) perseverance and strength that has allowed the Irish to survive plight after plight (including one of the longest histories of colonization on the planet!). 

This is a day for celebration, great joy and triumph, and certainly a day for many, MANY tunes!

O, MY MY!

{all photos from various sources - all from Connemara, Ireland}

dance/movement

Ireland

Ball jars

watercolours

rubber cement

sea

mountains

Upstate lakes

tea

silence

stars

improvisation

Montréal

l’heure bleue

compassion - justice - peace (usually arising in that order)

ginger

Vermont

letter-writing

earrings

awareness

mindfulness

gallivanting

photography

late-night gallivanting photography with a kindred spirit

ragas

Stan (Getz) Meets Chet (Baker)

Jazz at Oberlin (and other Dave Brubeck)

Seamus Heaney

pears

W.S. Merwin

Rilke

trying again