@breathingfire.bsky.social
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Heritage/history and Medieval stuff, Accidental advocate. Mother. She/her. An American in Galway. Rights are not pie.
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Will figurehead carving classes include enchantments and how to make the figureheads into homes for magical guardian spirits?
Fancy a career change and saving a critically endangered craft or heritage skill from extinction? Have a look at these. I'm currently undecided, but glass eye making and clay pipe making are top of my list! 👁️
I would love that ❤️Lemme see if the calendar says yes!
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Apparently wearing a raspberry beret (the kind you find in a second hand store), this cheeky red-crested, tiny-tongued tessellated serpent features on a mid 4th century #Roman mosaic from Dorchester

Found in Durngate Street in 1905, it's now in @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social

📷 Sept 2024

#MosaicMonday
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He had me at 'serious gourmet shit'.😆
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Please check on your disabled friends and neighbours in the path of the tsunami.

Many can’t evacuate without help.

Many are critically dependent on electricity to power wheelchairs, breathing equipment & more.

They can’t flee easily and don’t deserve to be left behind.
Thank you! Every bit of foreknowledge as regards where the most troublesome ♿ points lie makes the whole journey so much easier to plan. Enjoy your own journey!!
This will be fun then follow along. I would love to know if any of the legs of this journey would be accessible for a wheelchair user. Our family has been thinking about Europe by rail from Ireland's West coast 🤔
Dublin to Munich by ferry and train. A live thread 🧵. The journey begins by taking a Dublin bike to the Point. There is a bus that goes to the terminal but I decide to walk along the new Dublin Port Greenway as I have extra time. Walk takes about an hour but it's beautiful.
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Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town
When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods
www.theguardian.com
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Medieval emoji culture is real.
I give you the itchiest inhabitants of the Book of Kells, because even in a Gospel, there’s room for a joke.

I'm revisiting Donncha MacGabhann's chapter in 'Medieval Humour: Expressions, Receptions and Functions' and I am having great fun.

#medievalsky #BookofKells
... the work aims to inspire and connect people to nature and place ensuring natural and cultural heritage, biodiversity, native woodlands and natural ecosystems thrive and flourish for current and future generations! 4/4
At CELT, the mission is to protect and restore the natural and cultural heritage, a mission that is made possible by tutors, supporters, funders and community partners. From cultural heritage, traditional crafts, biodiversity education to nature restoration... - 3/4
There is a wonderful schedule and line up of inspiring walks and talks... alongside a showcase of amazing Craft Tutors from Weekend In The Hills, Festival of Traditional Crafts. 2/4
Everyone is very welcome to join the CELT Open Day Celebrating Biodiversity Week and our Ancient and Native Woodlands. At the Slieve Aughty Centre on the 24th of May. 1/4
www.celtnet.org/events/celt-...
CELT Open Day | CELT
Celebrating our Ancient Woodlands & Nature Restoration for National Biodiversity Week
www.celtnet.org
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It's the first working week of May, and of course that means I'm going back to work! My work days vary, but if anyone is thinking of visiting, just let me know. I can always pop in to be your guide 😁
#TourGuide #Workhouse #IrishTourism
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