The gift of water. Photos and thoughts after my trip to Ireland’s sunny South-East: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/06/i... #water #Ireland #conservation #pollution #waterways

A seedling, blown to this location by a zephyr & accompanied by a little bit of water (from the sky), plus an abundance of sunshine produced this. So yeah, I believe in magic/miracles. Botany, biology, & science too. I’m weird like that.🙂 #photography #PhonePhoto #wildflower🌻 #bloomscrolling

I just asked the European Commission whether they would ask for the €50,000 back in this case, as it has clearly been used to develop a military product now contracted to be supplied to the IDF, in breach of Horizon rules. No comment on the specific case "have to look into it", spokesman says.

Art in times of grief. Ten years on, here is my reflection: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/10/03/v... #visualart #poetry #writing #artisticprocess #symbolism #neuroarts 🧪 🎨 🖋️

Jane Goodall. What a woman, and what a meaningful life lived! Here's an obituary: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Over 150 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in September 2025. Please share & best of luck! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...

Thanks very much to the Poetry Book Society for recommending The Hare's Corner- illustrated poetry & prose inspired by individuals & groups all over Ireland making space for nature. @newislandbooks.bsky.social & @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the...

Oh yes, we open for submissions on Oct 1 with our new (rolling) publication schedule. Looking forward to seeing new odd time stories and getting to know folks though their works. #fiction #micro #prose #poetry indeed. Check the lines that guide here: dogthroat.com/guidelines

See 🧵☝️ The maximum fine that can be handed down for getting rich by pouring shit into rivers is £20,000. Last year, in occupied Northern Ireland, there were more than 4,000 spills, but just 63 fines. Just six of those fines were over £5,000 - most were closer to £200. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An update about my Foinse project. It's all about water, and upcycling packaging that would otherwise cause more plastic to enter the sea. Here's a short blog post: kathrynmcrowley.com/2025/09/30/u... #microplastics #oceans #water #conservation #upcycling #visualart #Ireland #environment 🌊🐟 ♻️

Sunset bliss on the Blackwater. Such beauty in Fermoy! I enjoyed the sights and sounds all around before taking a photo. Rivulets of sadness and anger also moved through me. In August, a chemical spill killed up to 32,000 fish. Who poisoned the river? #Blackwater #Fermoy #righsofnature

A mandala for Autumn Equinox. #natureart #Ireland #balance #equinox

No A.I. or digital drawing tools here. I painted the page, now it's time to add a whale. This one will be an orca, aka killer whale. The orca is actually a dolphin. What fecker decided to call it a killer just for having a big appetite? Sure thousands of sea creatures kill to feed. #whales 🌊🐋 #art

Three poems for Palestine (and oppressed people everywhere) : kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/09/p... #poetry #stopgenocide #stopallwars #hope #children

Fergal the frog. Or is it Finola? Here's a new blog post: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/09/10/f... #gardening #frogs #biodiversity #nature #Ireland #photography

Fair play to the academics. They're under pressure to accept A.I. but refuse. "We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent." Thanks Clare for sharing the open letter.

Walk in memory of the children of Gaza. Keeping Palestine in our hearts and minds. With all respect to the person who designed the flyer, the children of Gaza were murdered, not killed. Obliterated. Victims of genocide. #Palestine #Tralee #Kerry

Good signs, upcycling, and the winners of my August art raffle. A new blog post (no ads): kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/27/p...

Clamps are making things much easier! 🐟🦭Read about my Foinse art (painting and upcycling) project here: kathryncrowley.eu/foinse/ #upcycling #artprocess 🎨 #recycle #oceans #sea

Make a donation to UNICEF for Gaza and bring home a piece of art. www.theewe.com?fbclid=IwY2x... #Gaza #Palestine

HOPE. It's possible to feel horror and upset while also appreciating beauty and taking action. I took this photo in Tralee, Ireland.

'WAITING' is a peace poem. I don't use AI to generate poems or images. You can read the poem here: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/08/08/w... #Palestine #Gaza #genocide #deathtotheIDF #poetry

It's been an enjoyable Lughnasadh; writing in good company, time on the beach, and a willow workshop. I love the little fish that I made. PS: no genius weaving here: the basket in the photo is one that I bought years ago! #willow #Lughnasadh #naturalmaterils #fish #Ireland

A poem about a mother and baby in Gaza, plus August events happening in Ireland, the UK, and beyond: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/28/p... #genocide #famine

The 'Writing for Peace' project was online for one month as promised, and it has now been removed. See August events happening all over Ireland and beyond, here: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/28/p... #Palestine #famine #genocide #oetry

Thanks to everyone who has posted me nets for my art project. Let's keep this stuff out of the sea, and out of landfill. I'm sharing art gifts in exchange through monthly raffles, and will collect nets until May 2026. Read more: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/07/08/a... #upcycling #oceans #plastic 🐬 🌊 🎨

Pencil sketch on paper. I'm planning who to add to a painting. 👙🏊🌊🐚🐟🧜🦭#swimmers #drawing #visualart

Painting over one of my creations from 20 years ago. I've been having fun, and it's at the final stage now. The easel is outside: I love days like this, painting in the sun. ☀️ ✍️ 🎨

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Anyone know where I could get an “end over end” butter churn repaired? Ideally in north Cork.

What a surprise. I was watching two beautiful hares this morning. It's my first time ever seeing two together. I had to go to work eventually, and they dashed out the gate and across the fields. #hares ☘️

How much water do Britain's data centres use? Bafflingly, there is no official figure. So here's my best estimate after weeks of reporting: circa 10 billion litres of water a year. And that's before any big UK AI boom. Story in @thetimes.com 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Hundreds of beautiful moon jellyfish were on the beach at high tide. I'm researching ocean creatures and sea mythology for my 'Foinse' series. If you've read any good books on these topics, please let me know. Read about Foinse here: kathryncrowley.eu/visual-art/ 🌊🎐🐠🦈🐟🦀🐚🦭

PhD scholarship available in modelling water quality NbS measures. info here earthandplanetary.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/p...

On the road! Adventure, beauty, and history. ☘️ See more: kathryncrowley.eu/blog/ #Ireland #WestCork

I've whales on my mind, but here's something lovely to for #writers in Wales! 📢 CALLING ASPIRING WRITERS Lights, Camera, Cymru are looking for three aspiring writers based in Wales to join their writers’ room /contribute to the creation of a script: www.screenalliancewales.com/vacancies ✍️

As a break from my main project, I've been painting some cats. Oils on canvas. A slow process, and a fun one too. I also wrote a blog post about their whiskers, and what it means to describe something as 'the cat's whiskers', here: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/05/23/t... 🎨 🐈 #cats #oilpainting

Israel exports a lot. The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) website states that "The Israeli barcode starts with the numbers 729. However, it doesn’t necessarily appear on all Israeli products." Be vigilant. My new blog post: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/05/11/a... #solidarity #peace #art 🎨🕊️

Inclusive dance. So much fun! Here's my new blog post: kathryncrowley.eu/2025/04/17/d... #movement #brainhealth #disability #inclusivedance #neuroscience #sportscience #Cork 💃 👯🩰🧪

My oil painting is 80% complete now. Another interesting fact: seahorses have no stomach! Their long snouts make eating easy, but they are slow to consume food. They've to eat constantly to stay alive. Source: Woods, C. (2002). 'Natural diet of the seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis'. 🌊🧪🐟

The idea for this painting arrived after I had a vivid dream about a whale 🐋. A few weeks later, a whale visited the Shannon estuary. This work (in progress) is 40cm X 80 cm. 🎨 See more art / request a creativity and wellbeing workshop, at www.KathrynCrowley.eu #oceans 🐟🦀🦞🦐🐚✍️☘️

This will be a great evening. I'll bring poetry to add to the beautiful music. Enjoy a buffet, songs, and creativity galore with us in West Cork. Get tickets here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/an-evening... #WestCork #Cork #poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social #Cork #l🎶🎵🎹🎸🎷✍️📝🇵🇸

My weekend mandala art in the last of the melting snow. See more here:https://kathryncrowley.eu/nature-art #art #nature #mandala 🍂🪵🌿 🌱🖌️🐍

Relentless mining for uranium ore at Red Butte near the Grand Canyon, home to the The Havasupai Tribe. How can water contamination and a disregard for human health be permitted in the quest for nuclear power? In 20 years, cancer rates in the area doubled. Excellent piece from Dawn Attride.

It was very peaceful at Ballybunion beach the other day. See more here: kathryncrowley.eu/2024/12/04/m... #landart #ecoart #mandala #mindfulness 🐚⛰️ 🐋🌊🎨

This year's Birdwatch Ireland survey starts on 25 November 2024 - track the birds that visit your garden each week over the winter. More details here: birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/sur... #BirdwatchIreland #IrishGardenBirdSurvey