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Post author By Miriam
Post date December 14, 2011
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Walking in the rain today so mostly my head was do

Walking in the rain today so mostly my head was down, which meant I saw this beauty.

#thesimplethings #winter_in_leitrim #LifeOnTheHill #SimplePleasures #EnjoyTheMoment

Trying to maintain balance whilst listening to the

Trying to maintain balance whilst listening to the pundits on Sunday morning radio as we approach #GE2020 📻

The importance of play should not be underrated.

#LifeOnTheHill #SimplePleasures #EnjoyTheMoment #JustShowUp #SimplicityIsUnderRated

#CreatorsCreate #MakersMake #CreativeCalling #handmade #Imadethis #IrishHandMade

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Happy Bridget's Day, welcome Imbolg #imbolc #brid

Happy Bridget's Day, welcome Imbolg

#imbolc #bridgetsday #thesimplethings #itsthelittlethings

We got a wee bit of the white stuff, I think Knock

We got a wee bit of the white stuff, I think Knock airport for what we should have 🤔😁 Usually our photo worthy snow arrives in February so watch this space.
Still, it did keep the canvasers from the door. When it turns this cold it's hard to think that there are record numbers of homeless people in our country, despite the fact that "they" tell us we are doing so well, that the country is recovered from the slump.
#GE2020 #timeforachange

Roses Point in Co Sligo on Thursday. We watched a

Roses Point in Co Sligo on Thursday. We watched a large flock of gannets diving powerfully and gracefully into the ocean, fishing like nothing else can.

The flock moved east and west, following the fish, we followed every movement for over an hour, sitting in the car, chatting with old friend by the Rosses Point sailing club.

We eventually did go for our promised walk, however not until after the gannets had eaten their fill and moved away. This is a spectacle that we don't see very often any more and we all wanted to nourish our souls by admiring wild nature.

The chat also nourished our souls, slow and true, watching the birds gave it a timeless feel. Afterwards we walked the length of the beach and time stretched out for us.

#daytrip #ExploreNewPlaces #TourismIreland #ExploreAtHome #ExploreIreland #OpenTheDoorStepOutside

#LifeOnTheHill #SimplePleasures #EnjoyTheMoment #JustShowUp #SimplicityIsUnderRated

#RossesPoint #sligo #wildatlanticway #catchingup #nofilterneeded #nofilter

A small, easily overlooked detail from earlier in

A small, easily overlooked detail from earlier in the week when we had beautifully frosty winter mornings.

These days are starting off with soft misty foggy mornings, also very beautiful however it's difficult to photograph the details in the distance that make these mornings special.

#LifeOnTheHill #SimplePleasures #EnjoyTheMoment #JustShowUp #SimplicityIsUnderRated

#offgridliving #offgrid #offgridinIreland #livingoffgrid

Starting of the New Year with some tastes of the p

Starting of the New Year with some tastes of the past year, some adventures in mind, some new friends in the making and feeling grateful for the many blessings in my life.

This is a delicious Almond Tart, tarta de almendras, brought back from my Camino journey last spring. We broke it open today to eat with a wee coffee for himself and a cup of tea for me.

Happy new year everyone, wishing you all health and harmony for the future decade.

When you arrive at Connolly Train Station you migh

When you arrive at Connolly Train Station you might be forgiven for falling for the illusion that Dublin's fair city is looking and feeling festive.

Then you walk outside, wander aimlessly along the river and quickly run out of change, having nothing left but words to share with the homeless who people our capital city.

Last night our politicians voted on a vote of "No Confidence" ❎ in our Housing minister, he scraped by with 3 votes to keep him in office.

Obviously those voters don't walk the streets of our capital city because you cannot fail to see how many people are in dire straits, and they are only the top of the iceberg. We do not see half of the real situation.

And they tell us we are doing well, recovering from the most recent recession, unemployment at all all time low, record spending expected this Christmas... #shameonourgovernment #shameonus #homelesscrisisireland #homelesscrisis

The sky reappeared, we've had beautiful sunrises f

The sky reappeared, we've had beautiful sunrises for the last few days.

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It's been a very foggy day up here on the hill, we

It's been a very foggy day up here on the hill, we have not seen the sky in a while.
It's still there, isn't it?

#winter_in_leitrim #LifeOnTheHill

Lovely wee 2m turbine finished at the Ballinamore

Lovely wee 2m turbine finished at the Ballinamore BYOWT Course being held in the Vocational school.
One of the great benefits of holding the course in this old school is that the people who built the turbine week now get to paint it, balance the blades and prepare it for installation.

Next on the course is building and installing a 6m mast, setting out the stays and installing the turbine.

We are teaching a Build Your Own Wind Turbine workshop in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim. Ask your local ETB to get in touch with our Education Training Board for info on how this could happen in your area too.

#byowt #RenewableEnergy #hughpiggottturbine #DIYwindturbine #DIYrenewableEnergy #EmpowerYourself #GreeningIreland #SharingKnowledge #WindTurbine

#drawknife #spokeshave #woodplane #vintagehandtools #vintagedrawknife #vintagewoodplane #vintsgespokeshave

#CreatorsCreate #MakersMake #CreativeCalling #handmade #Imadethis #IrishHandMade #CoolThingsInLeitrim
#winter_in_leitrim

It's a grey, grey day outside, a day for the fire

It's a grey, grey day outside, a day for the fire and inside jobs, like catching up with the dishwashing.
We have a dishwasher now, and it has changed our household chores for the better. We are not the best at tidying up in the kitchen after a hard day's work, especially when we finish up late in the day.
There are some things that don't go in the dishwasher, like our pre-loved cast iron pots with lovely wooden handles. The wee brown saucepan is one of a pair of cast iron pots that I bought for @eirbyte as the first Christmas present I gave him. The red ones were a clearing out gift from @trailblazersoutdoorleitrim and @amlynchva 😍

We chose a Miele dishwasher because it was the only one we could find that would allow a hot water feed. When our home systems are all finished we will be able to feed hot water from our hot water cylinder to the dishwasher. This will reduce the need for the machine to fully heat the water it uses, reducing the electrical load on the offgrid electricity system.

The hot water cylinder will be heated by a back boiler fitted to the stove and also by excess electricity from the offgrid solar PV system and wind turbine. We may build a solar water heating system, we havn't decided yet. We may have built enough things by then 🙄 🤔

#LifeOnTheHill #SimplePleasures #EnjoyTheMoment #JustShowUp #SimplicityIsUnderRated

#byowt #RenewableEnergy #hughpiggottturbine #DIYwindturbine #DIYrenewableEnergy #EmpowerYourself #GreeningIreland #SharingKnowledge #WindTurbine

#offgridliving #offgrid #offgridinIreland #livingoffgrid

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Inspection time, everyone was keen to have a look

Inspection time, everyone was keen to have a look at the stator and rotors when they emerged from the casting moulds last week.

The casting went very well and work continues to finish the frame build.

#byowt #byowtBallinamore #teachingrenewables #offgridinIreland #offgrid #learningnewstuff #RenewableEnergy

Solar powered sewing! I turned a retired cotton d

Solar powered sewing!

I turned a retired cotton duvet cover into two matching cushion covers for an old pre-loved arm chair.

It was so much easier than anticipated given that the duvet cover had poppers which I utilised for the openings in the covers. #winwin #notcheatingjustclever

#offgridliving #solarpoweredliving #winter_in_leitrim #reuse #sewingproject #husqvarnaemerald118

I have been thinking about slow fashion lately. I

I have been thinking about slow fashion lately. I have this hat for about 30 years, some people who were gifted this hat that same winter season may have discarded it at the end of the wintry weather.

Slow fashion is not simply the clothing, it's about the wearer too and the wearer's way of thinking. I was raised by two people who had very few material goods when they were young, that affected our family lifestyle.

I guess we could have reacted differently when we grew up however we all use things well, we think about how an item is made and try to buy the best we can do that it will last, possibly even get passed along. ⚠ warning! Having a sewing machine in your life may cause new thoughts #husqvarnaemerald118 #slowfashion #reuse #keepusing #donotthrowaway #MakersMake #CreatorsCreate
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I visited Flying Eagles, the raptor centre in Ball

I visited Flying Eagles, the raptor centre in Ballymote, Co Sligo. This bird is a White Tailed Eagle, also called the Sea Eagle, one of the largest living birds of prey. ⁠
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It is quite an experience to be so close to such a creature as this, to watch it fly overhead and feel the wind from it's wings. These birds can reach speeds of up to 70km per hour. ⁠
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I'd highly recommend a visit to this sanctuary which in the countryside outside the town of Ballymote.⁠
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#daytrip #ExploreNewPlaces #TourismIreland #ExploreAtHome #ExploreIreland #OpenTheDoorStepOutside #FlyingEagles ⁠
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I came home from an inspirational 4 day weekend wi

I came home from an inspirational 4 day weekend with amazing people from Ireland and beyond.

We were hanging out, listening, talking and working hard at the Boghill Center, which feels like it's in the middle of nowhere but of course it's in the beautiful Co Clare.

The weather could not have cooperated with us any better than it did, bright sunny days and incredible starry nights.

We listened, were quiet, laughed and shed tears, created new friendships and looked after some old ones. We shared nourishment for the soul and the belly.

We welcomed the New Moon's arrival over a late breakfast on Monday before departure and we began the journey into Samhain. It is, after all, the old new year.
Happy new year!
I came home to find an enticing package awaiting me last night however I waited for the morning to open it, savouring the moment 📦

I have set the intention to be much more creative this year, to intentionally make space for creative thought and creative doings. It's easy for me to let go of these sorts of intentions so I treated myself to the Makers Yearbook to help keep me on track.

Watch this space... #makersyearbook #makersgonnamake #CreatorsCreate #MakersMake

#offgridliving #offgrid #offgridinIreland #boghill #boghillcentre

#Samhain #happycelticnewyear #newyear

Who doesn't love to play with magnets? On BYOWT T

Who doesn't love to play with magnets?
On BYOWT Tues we were working with ferrite magnets, placing them on the rotors using a magnet jig.

First the magnet rotor moulds and the jig were carefully cut out. There was some last bits of soldering done and of course some blade carving.
#byowt #RenewableEnergy #hughpiggottturbine #DIYwindturbine #DIYrenewableEnergy #EmpowerYourself #GreeningIreland #SharingKnowledge #WindTurbine

#offgridliving #offgrid #offgridinIreland #livingoffgrid
We are teaching a Build Your Own Wind Turbine workshop in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim. Ask your local ETB to get in touch with our Education Training Board for info on how this could happen in your area too.

The Whitethorn (hawthorn) is heavy with berries, t

The Whitethorn (hawthorn) is heavy with berries, thanks to the incredible flowering in late spring.

Behind the Whitethorn is an Ash tree, branches sadly bare too early. We nearly called our place "Cnoic na Fhuinseog" because of the number of native wild Ash trees about us here.

I say wild to differentiate between these trees and those bought in a tree nursery. The hills around us up here are clothed in native Ash, at least for the moment.

The land around us is losing a lot of trees, Ash dieback is very evident here, there's no escaping it. Especially now in early autumn when Ash would have been still heavy with leaf. Usually the last tree to leaf up in the spring and the last tree tohold onto it's leaf in autumn.

#ashdieback #autumn_in_leitrim
#offgridliving #offgrid #offgridinIreland #livingoffgrid

#ReuseEverything #BeTheChangeYouWantToSee

Quite a few of the course participants are express

Quite a few of the course participants are expressing how much they are enjoying the pace of working with the old grand tools.

Perhaps the carving of the wind turbine blades will open up other ways of working with wood for these people when the turbine workshop is finished. It certainly did for me.
I often forget how much fun I enjoy this work, it's great to have the opportunity to be doing what I enjoy.

We are teaching a Build Your Own Wind Turbine workshop in Ballinamore, Co Leitrim. Ask your local ETB to get in touch with our Education Training Board for info on how this could happen in your area too.

#drawknife #spokeshave #woodplane #vintagehandtools #vintagedrawknife #vintagewoodplane #vintsgespokeshave

#byowt #RenewableEnergy #hughpiggottturbine #DIYwindturbine #DIYrenewableEnergy #EmpowerYourself #GreeningIreland #SharingKnowledge #WindTurbine

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