Had a wonderful community apple pressing day here on our farm youtu.be/fGavkmS-SX8?... via @YouTube It was an absolutely perfect day. Weather beautiful, sunny&more people arrived than expected so volunteers were run off their feet. But I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday.

Horses cavort, a gift tree, an alpaca attacks me & peaceful moments youtu.be/9_UexYNDNTQ?... via @YouTube Bear finds a useful old fox den to keep out of the rain while I work in the woods. A stunningly beautiful water lilly. All this over the past few days.

Oops!! Someone’s vehicle might have some damage. This is a corner marker stone that hasn’t been moved in decades. Whoever managed to do this obviously drove off the driveway and hooked this stoney block.

Puppy Lorca and cat Thyme have a special relationship & a stampede youtu.be/HuMnP8eGEWY?... via @YouTube I’ve moved my favourite garden chair into the kitchen which has created a bit of attention competition amongst my canine crew. An interesting bulb about to bloom.

Flock looking well when the sun shines. A walk into the woods youtu.be/m0X5GSVkLyI?... via @YouTube I check on my baby holly trees. The beginning of a colourful autumn is becoming visible as trees are beginning to turn their colours.

We need more rainbows and doves in this world. Rainbows are seen as hope for sunshine after a deluge of rain. Doves are universally emblematic of peace. May you be inspired by nature with hope and that peace be with you

"Europe’s food system is highly interconnected & vulnerable to external shocks. Aside from the pandemic & the war in Ukraine, drought in southern Europe & global shipping disruptions have shown how quickly things can unravel... Finland’s approach offers a roadmap." Much for the UK to learn from! 👇

So this morning I wake up to one of my wellingtons well chewed by his royal puppiness. Not what you want to find at 6am when heading out to feed the chickens. He sees nothing wrong with this and is annoyed I’m taking his new favourite chew toy away to wear what’s left of it🫤

@suzannacrampton.bsky.social Well, Ovenmitt has always been a very gourmet cat. I mean, who's always hanging out around the Aga when they're not picking oregano? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG7Y...

Today’s autumnal wet winds bend last flowers of summer. Then weigh down their slender stems with soggy brown tree leaves. See the wind blow my dear Feel the rain fall See the season change my dear Feel the autumn chill Winter arrives soon

This came up in my photo memories. Irish National Championship Horse Ploughing competition from 2018. They are happening again next week but tickets to get in have become way to expensive, so I sadly won’t be going this year. I think 2018 was the last year I went.

Within dawn’s autumnal gloaming birds began their winter territorial chorus to greet the new day.

They say sheep don’t eat nettles. Nettles&docks are herbivore palatable when no artificial fertiliser is used. Soil biome is healthy for a diversity of plants to grow from it&mycorrhizal life in soil near woodland creates an abundance of easy access to essential micro nutrients

Rams & ram lambs put together & evidence that sheep do eat nettles youtu.be/6youWXcDjB4?... via @YouTube I’m chuffed to bits with how a crab apple I planted last year looks. My dogs beg for fruit, particularly when I’m eating it. Loads of rainfall with dry moments

My dogs love fresh fruit. Their favourite is that from which I have eat. Here Inca demonstrates her love of a pear. The dogs had all been playing a few minutes before I started eating this pear so she has a remnant of Bears tail hair in her mouth.

This evening hundreds of swallows getting a last feed before they go to bed. I’m sure they’re only days away from leaving to fly south.

Weaning time and someone gets caught in the fence, reminds me of Ebony youtu.be/pbDU-5h4ngo?... via @YouTube Lambs now four months old so time for ewes to have a break and dry off. Lambs are all quite quiet so they’re not that bothered and fine grazing without their mother’s milk

Timeline cleanse.

A drive down a lovely wooded Irish country laneway. youtu.be/gZlwi5qHAKM?... via @YouTube I couldn’t resist sharing this beautiful laneway with you. Tall towering trees on either side I travel in dappled light of rain and sun.

Planting hope. @suzannacrampton.bsky.social @aafkevanzwieten.bsky.social youtu.be/yUXdbT0Jiao?...

Dogs romp in this morning’s predawn gloaming, night transfers to day, bats are going to bed as swallows wake up

My Ukrainian flag coloured flowers are thriving. I’m thinking of getting more for other pots to over winter. Both Ukrainians and these pansies are so strong and beautiful, they both will survive such hardship as long as they’re supported

A busy week&wedding weekend with hordes of visitors&sheep escaped youtu.be/ygfoZghSwx8?... via @YouTube We hosted a wedding coffee morning&of course sheep escaped then. So many visitors stayed. I took dogs for walks into woods for moments of peace. Now mountains of laundry to do

Evening feed as swallows cavort amongst tree top for a last evening feed of insects. Soon to migrate south. It’s been a fantastic year for swallows. Hopefully next year we shall have even more nesting and breeding

I'm really obsessed with dead leaves and tiny spindly fungi at the moment #art

A blue grey dawn light before sunrise. Woodland rain patters leaves as birds protest dogs romp amongst the trees. Only a gloaming light as skies grey with rain.

Always good for the soul to spend a few minutes with Suzanna on her farm in Ireland, this time pre-dawn. I so appreciate that she takes us with her. It's what I love about being on Bluesky, all the hard realities and their antidotes. #dogs #cat #outdoors #nature #farmlife #rooster

Dogs at play before sunrise. Cat mustard watches carefully incase their raucous romps approach his casual morning stroll. After a seemingly close call he has a reassuring bath to straighten a few misplaced hairs on his coat

We’ve had a house full of guests for the last week so Miss Magpie has been hiding for last 6 days. None of us have seen her so she gets loads of good morning noses in a welcome back out of hiding

A few swallows and house martins remain. Most likely the second brood fattening themselves for their great migration to South Africa

Thyme posing on a rain water tank

A beautiful misty autumnal morning before sunrise. Territorially bird song is seasonally subdued as fledglings have matured into independence and many others birds have migrated away to warmer winter climes.

Was thinking about you this morning. “ Haven’t seen Suzanna” I was dumping grass clippings and heard rain just now . My phone was playing your vid! Spooky. Nice to see you

A walk into woodland with dogs but get caught out in rain youtu.be/Ji1U32B69FQ?fe… via @YouTube Not complaining as our trees are all very thirsty&I love to hear rain rattle thousands of leaves. Though Inca comes to tell me she is getting to old to get too wet&doesn’t like it much

Unpacking crias! Although nothing has happened yet, I'm already excited. Is your frozen colostrum ready to go? youtube.com/playlist?lis...

abandoned free-range farming. 🐓🐔🦙🦙 Luckily for you. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Two new alpaca boys have arrived on our farm. Next year maybe babies youtu.be/UNnNATgS6gg?... via @YouTube A friend’s cousins needed to rehome for their guardian alpaca. They’re getting out of free range chicken farming. So these 2 beautiful black boys came to live with me.

So many hot days, I water tomatoes after dark in my cool Asian clothing youtu.be/30pnBW_HSIM?... via @YouTube Sorry about lack of videos uploaded. I’ve been very busy and going through a few personal issues. I have been videoing so will up load videos over next few days.

Thanks to @suzannacrampton.bsky.social for the discovery of the brilliant American artist living in Ireland Mary Anne Gelly and her husband Paul Mosse. Mary Anne Gelly's sculptures are the result of her intense exploration of the human body. www.maryanngelly.com

Please, have a look at @suzannacrampton.bsky.social's #Patreon account. There you'll find more about MaryAnne Gelly's use of #Zwartbles wool felted into an androgynous human, 14. Aug. 2022. www.patreon.com/SuzannaCramp...

youtu.be/0s-i8tUWRGo All three of the puppies were adorable and our group was able to hold them, but this little guy- so unique! @suzannacrampton.bsky.social

Satire, art, humor, beauty, pleasure, creativity. These are not luxuries, they are necessities. We need all of these things to keep bringing light and hope to the world, in a dark time.

@suzannacrampton.bsky.social An especially delightful blast from the past: Dear Bear, being inimitably Bear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPW-... (Did I mention that Bear has a beautiful head? I am sure that must be deemed an advantage.)

Focusing on bats and newts is a cynical attempt to reframe nature as nothing more than a triviality But nature is our life support system Conservation isn't just about helping other species - it's also about maintaining the conditions that allow us to thrive

Modern problems: Tail wag damage. Another blast from the past. (2 years ago.) @suzannacrampton.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wELO...

Sometimes you just need a mug of tea with a healthy splash of whiskey with a cut of toast slathered in copious amounts of butter & marinade at midnight

Painted ladies and small tortoiseshell butterflies enjoy my purple valerian

An incredible red sun this morning. I gather from @CarlowWeather this is due to the Canadian wildfires

For decades, the biomedical industry has relied on a compound in horseshoe crab blood to protect medical equipment from contamination, saving untold human lives. But conservationists say modern medicine’s dependence on this bloodletting is upending a globe-spanning ecosystem.

Garden fresh salad picked so fresh it’s all still warm from the sun as I eat it. Cheese came out of fridge so had a tangy coolness