The beauty in everyday Ireland

On a wander today as the power is off here and ones mind tends to wonder when wandering :D The worlds such a contradiction so much beauty and so much ugliness trying to ruin that beauty .who needs captilaism and the one percent not the planet anyways :D

A little look around south east Ireland area Wexford home of the ancient Kinsella family .Also known as menapi/Coriondai ,Loch Garman (irsh lake of garman/carman) .Where many ancient 'mythological' ie prechristian figures first landed in Ireland that are writtn in the great book of invasions- the Lebor gabal erenn .Home then to some of the great Fir Bolg(Slainge from whom the river Slaney gets its name)Cessairs navigator and uncle Ladra was buried here his mound is in riverchapel ) ,the Nemedians and Tuatha Dé Danann kings and later where the land and the great batle between Erimon and Eber takes place .Arklow is the site of great Viking activities aswell as prechristian and christian history .neighbouring Wicklow alike also where the TV show VIkings was filmed where I was a shieldmaiden for 5yrs and spent most winters running around those mountains with Ragnar (Travis) n co. chopping heads off :D The fun we had but boy was it cold sometimes great times and experiences and learned exactly how historically inaccurate the show could be :D

Why so many wildflowers are so important for our pollinators for food ,yet somehow weve been braintrained by Pharma to pour poison on them .Dandelions are not only food for bees(Bech) but medicine for Humans too .Dandelion has two names in irish Buidgen(little yellow/yellow born ) and Caisserban(devil) Cas(curly ) serbán(oats/) or 'wild oats' or Casar-Bán(white lighnting) Bees and hives were very important food and medicinal source for ancient Irish most monasteries had them long into antiquity and you also see many bird and bee 'houses' in ancient times too.they were even known to pollinate them on 'toxic' plants and make what was known as 'mad honey'

So every morning i feed my little birds that hang round my house but looks like we had a visitor this morning ,i think the sparrowhawk had a big breakfast this morning poor pidgey

Beautiful morning walk in the sun shining on emerald Irish lands .Days like this i love because i love the golden light of the morning and the way it casts it shadows and makes everything beautiful .The views where I live really make me appreciate nature and i just wanted to share it with anyone who may feel down in themselves or maybe stuck in a city or an office and help their mind escape the hustle n bustle for a moment because it sure helps me .This area of Ireland is known as the Kavanagh family region .Arklow a Viking town to the left Tara Hill (Torkell a Viking name also ) and The irish Sea in the background .The Kavanaghs were a prominent irish tribe said to be descended from the Monk Caomhán(Caomhanach-Kavanagh) personally i think it was Cae Manach (this was a monk skilled in law and judgements ) Cae Cainbreathnach was figure who was said to have created the Brehon laws(Cains laws) of Ireland and given the first 'judgements'(Breathnach )ie he was a judge (Breithem-this is the root of the word Brehon and 'Britain' ie Prytain/Brydain(Welsh Brehons_ or Brig Dan/Thann -Brigantes/Brega/Breogain/Braga/Breg/Breac/Brec/Bricc all refering to woven tartan fabrics and 'speckled' woolen clothes made by weaving .Brig =Bryg/Phryg-ian where i believe these people may have originated from perhaps before settling in the west .This area was said throughout history to have been occupied by the Fir Bolgs(hellenic greek/anatolians ) the Tuatha dé Dánann(Norse /germanic /arctic tribes (whom i believe the Inbher Dea name arose from them and they were responsible for temple dagon here too as they were 'pagan fire worshippers ', they were Clan Deagad in the whole south of ireland and later the Milesians(Scythians) Eber and Erimon descendants of the famous Fenius Farsaid the creator of Colleges in Europe its said and sculptor of the Irish (Gael )language Berla Féine(phoenician tongue and exclusive language of judges ) and berla teibeide(theban),They land here too and battle at Ard Ladrann for the ownership of ireland a little further to the right of Tara Hill down the coast to Courtown .this territory was the Menapia(which i think came from Menath-ia/Menad a bore or drill used for mining stone and ore for metallurgy) P in old english was often originally a Th or Thorn symbol , and Coriondii territories who were ultimately ruled by the Úí Ceinnselaig(Kinsella family ) Síol Ela(Ely/Elagh/Ella/Eala/Elio) (seed of Ela the swan )

This is in South East Ireland on the Irish Sea(muir na h'Eireann) coast facing East sunrise in a place called Castletown .This area is the Uí Ceinseallach domain or known as the Kinsella and Uí Ceallaigh(Kelly) families territories .In Ptolemy's map of Ireland its known as Manapia/Menapia (I believe this to be from the presence of a germanic tribe here named the Manapi who came from the Rhine Valley (Mag Réin/ConMacRein)and why the area is actually called Loch Garmán(lake of Garman/Gearmain-a german) its is said to be called Loch Garman from a Tuatha Dé Danann King ,TDD= people or Teuta of the Goddess Di'ana/D'anu/D'anae ie Venus or Ene the Moon, he was named Garman who drowned in the river Slaney(the river named from Sláinge a Fir Bolg king(whom i believe are hellenic Greeks/Anatolians(Síol Eala the swans) i believe this figure was Garbán a son of a 'norse' man .I personally believe the TDD came from the Siberian regions to the Palestine /Asian/Black Sea/caucasus regions then via the Danube river valley and Don to Scandanavia and then to Ireland .Wexford or Wasefjord means white fjord in old norse also the neighbouring town to my left was also named by Vikings (they say in the later raids around 800AD but i think thought there was most definitely relations with them far before this time as there is so much norse and icelandic in the land and languages here and there was most definitely travel between Ireland and the North (Boreans),also Arnkell lág (Arnkells meadow or Arklow )and from Torkell/Thorkill(which Tara Hill(Tor Choill morphed over the years to mean- stone woodwhich is funnily enough on the same geological bet of greenstone that the Preselli stones were Mined from this site is across the irish Sea in Wales straight over the ocean ,this stone is notoriously diffficult to mine due to its extreme hardness ,Preselli is where the quarried the stones from Stone henge the ones mythologically said to have been moved by Merlin from a place in ireland to Salisbury) the hill in the background was renamed after being originally the seat of a high King Crimthann Nia Nar) and much later named after Torkell n Arnkell two Vikings who took power here .Originally known as Inbher Dea/Inbher Mór-inlet/Glen of the Gods/great inlet/harbour with a temple dedicated to Dagan -Akkadian deity on it)and further up the coast Vikingaló(Wicklow )where we filmed all six seasons of the TV show Vikings on which i was a shieldmaiden,fun times :) ) and DubhLinn(Dublin or Black pool) also known as Baile Átha Cliath( Bollya aw-ha clee-ah)Town of the Great cliath means several things but mainly wooden poles tied together that were used for various things like beds ,fences ,pallisades .defensive walls ) also a variation of the the word Cliu meaning a territory and an area also found in Scotland too of the Dal Riada(Reddy/Reidy/Reid families )

lol ever see a bee having a wee ,well now you have 006seconds in

Kestrel flying over the horses paddock one day caught my eye ,theyre quick little buggers

This cutie was hanging around last spring and he got quite friendly so i tried and succeeded in gettin it to eat from my hand ,im ready for my next level druidess cloak now ,it was one of those Aurora moments .I was remarkably happy for days for such a small victory .An Spideóg(spid-ogue like brogue sound ) in irish or gaelige(gaidheal/Gael) ,they were considered very spiritual in irish folklore .Some believe when a loved passes they return to you s a Robin to watc over you.It is said If you harm a robin's nest, you will be struck by lightning. There is also an old saying "Kill a robin or a wren, never prosper, boy or man." A robin entering the house foretells of a death to come. If a robin stays close to the house in autumn, a harsh winter can be expected.Robins are thought to be helpful to humans, occasionally granting favours. Robins are a sure sign of spring and if you make a wish on the first robin of spring before it flies off, you'll have luck throughout the following year

let nature be your friend lol the little birds i feed decide to do me and themselves a favour by debugging the potplants for us ,who says nature doesnt help us out ,Mother Gaia at her finest

A mothers work is never over :D this cute but hungry lil mite had its poor mother on its toes

Blackbird has a scrub a dub in the outdoor tub

Bino Taddy me little tadpole buddy who survived the winter and finally got his legs, will he make it till this winter ?only time will tell

I absolutely love Thunder and lightning storms so much ,im obsessed with them ,they dont frighten me but im fascinated, i was upstairs at the window shooting this video In Ireland we really dont get extreme weather so some may be meh thats no lightning storm but to us it was a good one ,lol right at the end of this video a huge fork lightning goes off right over the house and lets off this amazingly loud cracking sound ,at the time i got a fright because it was so loud and accidently hit the video off when i kinda half fell and jumped back from the window .Ive never heard aything so loud in my life and i was also amazed at how long low and rumbling the subsequent thunder was ,its seemed to roll for a long time post lighnting flash .In Ireland our god of thunder and lightning was name Tuireann Briccreo (he was a Tuatha Dé Danann ruler )I believe personally that the affiliation of thunder and lightning gods was a metaphor in some ways for the metalurgists forge ,Lightning -flash of sparks from hammering metal ,fire,glowing embers etc ,Thunder(Tuireann/Toireann or Thor )-the sound of metal being hammered and shaped(Daelbaeth=Fire shaper) There was definite worship of Vulcan present in Ireland in the past as him name is in many places particularily in the Cork and Kerry regions for eg Trabolgan the famous kids resort here is named so from him Bolgáns Strand/beach and i can vouch that this area is full of volcanic rock too. Vulcan was known here as Ulcáin/Úlcán/Bolcain/Bolga/Volga(like in Russia the river )Here it is said the Fir Bolg worshipped a Goddess Bolga ,i cannot find record of this goddess so far im thinking she may be Gaulish perhaps ,only a 'roman' god Bolgos but i feel she may have been one of those female pagan figures who got written out by later christianisation .Her equivalents may be Dian mú/Astrape and Bronte .there has definitely been a great female figure who ruled in the 'WEST' meaning west of europe and she was known as a 'queen of winter/North or Boir(Borea)) round these parts she was called Cailleach Beara and in Scotland Bera queen of winter shes quiye an elusive figure but the hints of her are all over the lands here .I believe this figure was related to the HyperBoreans( Huí Borea/Boir/Boireannn)Boir=the north wind aka Aquilo(Achaill-hawk) and also Boreas the son of Astraeus son of Astraeus son of Ouranos(Anú) and a Titan

This little cutie lives in the garden by this pond and came dwn on a hot day to have a wee dip in the pond lol

Rescuing a starving bee I came across with a little emergency use sugar syrup 2-10-21

This is Bino Taddy, who lives in our pond, he's survived two seasons now .IHard as nails ,I lost sight of him earlier n the Spring and he had grown legs then ,he made it against all the odds and even through my dads calamitous pond cleaning in the following winter , twice :D 29-9-21

Swallows playing in the evening sunshine

Calm and peaceful Irsh Sea(Muir na h'Eireann) lapping at the shores of Castletown Wexford (named so from the Danes -Waesfjord-Whiteford)Loch Carmen/Garman so named from either a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann Garm-án who drowned in the floodtides of the Slaney river in the harbour of Wexford or a Spanish pirate queen named Carmen and her three sons who ravaged Ireland and were banished by the TDD .Carmen was held captive in a tower at Wexford where it is said she died of a broken heart from the loss of never seeing her sons again .She is buried beneath the great Oak (Dair)wood of Wexford .Carmen later becoming a fair like Tailtenn where poeple from all over ireland gathered for racing,selling their wares and matchmaking ,ships even came to port from Spain and many foreign lands to to attend this fair .This region in the distance is also where the famous Ladra of Cessairs invasion from the Book of Invasions landed for the first time and the late batlle of Erimon and Eber the Milesian kings of the Gaels/Scythian descendants took place in Ard Ladrann.Where Ladras mound can be found to this day .

Most days i see this when im out doing my nature photography ,the clear blue sky turning to low overcast cloud and rain and usually always the same companies doing it over and over

Lar Gibbon calling at Fota wildlife park Cork Ireland .This loud lil fella had all the kids laughing .

A Comma butterfly feeding on the Ivy .In old irish the name was Dalán Dé(fire of the gods)much like the progenitor god -Dagdae of the tuatha Dé Danann/Domnann(people of the goddess Danae/Danoe/Dana/Diana -venus -fir domnann or Dumnonii).Many say Dagda meant good god but it actually means God of Fire ,one who was also known as a god of fire here was - Úlcáin/Bolgan(Vulcan/Volga Fir Volg/Bolg-men of the goddess Bolga/Volga or commonly know as 'men of bags/bellows ie -smiths and miners/iron workers .who i be/ieve are the Belgic and Steppe tribes from the Caucasus mts that came here via Hellenic Greece/Anatolia(R1B1).Also people believed the butterfly was the soul of a dead loved one transitioning from the body to the spirit realm or otherworld.The fire of Bél/Bal, Beal-taine a festival on May 1st that marked the beginning of the summer and harvest season and ended with Halloween(31st of Oct) or known here as Samhain-1st of Nov (pronounced - Sah-wen/Sow(like a pig sow ) -wen) from the root word Sám meaning the sun(Samradh-Sow-rah-summer,Sam-Ar=summer ploughing/food rent) Sam-ain-summer end/sun is departed ,This denoted the end of the harvesting season and preparation for the long winter when the fires of bél were lit at Uisneach the central district of the 5 provinces in Ireland at the time and then the druids lit all the subsequent fires across the country from this one flame .It was prohibited for many yrs to harm white butterflies as they were seen as the souls of children who had passed on .

These are Birch Boletes(Boletus comes form the greek word Bolos for lump of clay ), I found them growing in a fairy ring around the base of ,you guessed it a Birch tree (Leccinum scabrum)for eating you must know your mushroom well as some are edible and some are slightly toxic .In Irish mythology the Birch tree is a sacred tree and is one of the trees that begin the Ogham Alphabet an ancient irish form of secret writing with multiple meanings Beithe(beh) Birch ,Luis(lish) (rowan tree(Caorthann in modern irish ) but originally meaning a healing herb(Lus) and Nion(Nin) - derived from Nin (a fork/forked one/lofty one)The Ash tree or the forked branch of the Ash (also referred to as part of a weavers beam ) Many dont know that there were different types of Ogham writing this was Tree Ogham only .

Buzzard perching and feeding

Lord Buteo Asthorsson on is fav morning perch (he has a family of 4 now too one each year since they released him ).