#abbey island

[cmarswrites]

Ireland just holds my whole damn heart.

#ireland #travel #travel ireland #emerald isle #irish #cliffs of moher #the long walk #galway girl #blarney castle #ballybunion beach #abbey island #derrynane beach

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Les bons anges sont faillibles - ils pèchent tous les jours et tombent du ciel comme des mouches.

- Anatole France

Mont Saint-Michel. What grace on earth looks like in stone.

According to legend, at the beginning of the 8th century, the Archangel Michael appeared to the bishop Aubert in a dream and instructed him to build a sanctuary on the rocky, inhospitable island in his honour. Understandably, it took two more alleged apparitions before the great bishop was convinced to go along with such a project.

#france #anatole france #quote #french #mont saint-michel #architecture #church #normandy #abbey #christianity #angel #st michael #island #design #legend

[illustratus]

Le Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France

#mont saint michel #normandy #abbey #island #france #europe #european #architecture #photograph #photography #medieval #middle ages #gothic

[ciderjacks]

ok but holy shit the snake imagery in deadloch was so fucking GOOD IT WAS SO GOOD

(Spoilers for Deadloch ahead be warned if ur gonna watch it, I encourage you to scroll bc it’s really really good watching it unfold without spoilers)

Margaret Carruthers being represented as a snake (and as the devil at certain points but that’s less of the focus here) throughout the series was so SO good

Like we hear her say early on that the snakes have “taken over” the island (which is why she claims she won’t let anyone on it), then of course Fay and the kids refer to her and her family as Snakes

then as the story is building, the snakes stay a central theme within that storyline. No one can see the graveyard because it’s “been overrun with snakes”, which are an obvious parallel to her and her family colonizing the town. (It’s impossible to get rid of them, they make breeding with their cousins work, etc)

when Abbey is on the island too far up, she appears behind her and tells her not to go there “or else she’ll get bit”, in a really ominous threatening way, which makes sense because *spoiler warning* she fully killed her brother because he wanted to open up the island to the aboriginal people. It sounds like a threat because it is a threat. She is the snake. AND OF COURSE she then dies while trying to dig up her brothers body, because she (a white colonist) didn’t understand the land of wildlife enough to properly deal with the snakes, and so got bitten.

it’s so poetic and terrifying like there’s other stuff too I couldn’t describe all of it

She was also imo the scariest part of the show by far

#deadloch #colonialism #indigenous #Margaret carruthers #She’s genuinely maybe the scariest character in anything I’ve watched #Idk maybe just bc I’m indigenous myself but #I’ve met people like her #Everything about her is terrifying #The fucking crazed despising look in her eyes when she tries to shoot the aboriginal kids #The way she talks to Tammy #Her trying to sic abbey on Miranda and saying “a visit from police might help straighten her out” over Miranda being on the island #Her burning the letter Miranda gave her #The devil horns the snake imagery #LIKE ITS SO SCARY BECAUSE ITS SO SO REAL #Gaah I love this show too much it’s not good for my health to love a show this much #deadloch spoilers

[arcanetrivia]

It was thirty two years ago today, Monkey Island taught me how to play, It’s been going in and out of style But it’s guaranteed to raise a smile.

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#parody #monkey island #guybrush threepwood #adventure games #lucasarts #beatles #abbey road #terrible toybox #SoMI #LCR #CMI #RtMI

[bitletsanddrabbles]

Finally! The answer to the burning question everyone's been asking since last chapter! XD

#downton abbey #downton abbey fanfiction #thomas barrow #island of the gays #alternate universe #fanfiction of fanfiction

[downtondays]

Get to know me | 1/?

Favorite period drama couples

#downton abbey #anne with an e #a league of their own #marvelous mrs maisel #island at war #bridgerton #newsies #fandom : please call me anne with an e #fandom : come war and peace downton still stands and the crawleys are still in it #fandom : i'm the king of new york #fandom : let's rob the bank #banna #kathony #shirbert #angelique x bernhardt #bates x anna #kate x anthony #anne x gilbert #carson x greta #gretson #jatherine #jack x katherine #matthery #matthew x mary #bash x mary #bary #midgelenny #midge x lenny

[dansnaturepictures]

12 of my favourite photos to take in December 2023 and month summary

The photos are of; Goldcrest at Lakeside Country Park, Blue Tit at Lakeside, Long-tailed Duck at Hayling Island Oysterbeds, mushrooms in Abbey Gardens, Roe Deer at Lakeside, turkey tail mushrooms at Fishlake Meadows, Silver-sided Sector spider at home, winter heliotrope at Lakeside, view at Winnall Moors, view at Southsea, view at Hayling Island and the stark looking rose bush in the garden with a few fading rose hips and yellow leaves.

December was a charming month packed full of wild wonder for me, a month where I had to do things a bit differently led to a huge focus on local areas and a couple of relatively fresh places for me visited and I saw some amazing wildlife to have a fitting end to an incredible year for me. In my birdwatching a final addition to my highest ever year list to bring my 2023 total a neat 220 came in the form of a bird I have a huge bond with and admiration for, the Black Redstart at Southsea Castle. This came a day after being mesmerised by wonderful views of the Long-tailed Duck and other birds at Hayling Island. Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Stonechat, Rock Pipit, Nuthatch, Kingfisher, Jay, Mute Swan, Brent Geese, Red-breasted Merganser and Great White Egret were other key birds of my month. On my Lakeside walks the Goosanders continued to give with more fantastic sightings of them and the Common Gull was another welcome frequently seen winter visitor. Cormorant, fine views of Tufted Ducks, the cheery constant of Great Crested Grebes, Goldcrest, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, marvelous Redwings, Song Thrush, Wren, so many smashing moments seeing Long-tailed Tits, Kingfisher and Ring-necked Parakeet have been other key Lakeside sightings to bring me joy this month.

It has naturally quietened down for insects this month but I did manage a butterfly sightings with a probable Peacock seen quickly flying over at Lakeside and a hoverfly there on Christmas Eve. Grey Silverfish as well as frequent sightings of Long-bodied Cellar spider and the Silver-sided Sector spiders were interesting to see at home. It has been a memorable mammal month ending perhaps my greatest year of watching mammals with magical moments connecting with Roe Deers at Lakeside and Winnall Moors and a fair few Grey Squirrels and Brown Rats seen. Likewise with fungi a quieter month but multiple turkey tail sightings and some splendid candlesnuff fungi among others kept the interest up.

In a wet and relatively mild month a notable thing was how almost bizarre it was to notice things with plants a few weeks/months ahead of where they should be, from the verge at Lakeside bursting with winter heliotrope in flower and a violet to the hazel catkins beginning to adorn the landscape and the forsythia hedge out the front having a few flowers. Wild carrot and white deadnettle were two of a few of the summer/all season flowers I enjoyed in flower in places too. It was a great month of observing seed heads from fleabane to hogweed including gripping old man's beard and in an incredible fruit year bits of fruit still going like rose hips, hawthorn berries and holly berries. Mistletoe a key seasonal sight. Finally I enjoyed many breathtaking moments immersing myself in the outdoors at special sites taking in beautiful landscapes, with great sky scenes including the rainbow and the moon key to this month too. Happy New Year all!

#photography #lakeside country park #fishlake meadows #winnall moors #2023 #december #birdwatching #insects #kingfisher #goosander #earth #outdoors #hayling island #hayling island oysterbeds #winchester #romsey #abbey gardens #southsea #portsmouth #southsea castle #eastleigh #redwing #black redstart #long-tailed duck #stonechat #nuthatch #marsh harrier #mute swan #ring-necked parakeet #jay

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1871 – Birth of poet and playwright, John Millington Synge, in Dublin.

Birth of Irish playwright, poet and author John Millington Synge in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin. Synge was one of the leading lights of what was known as the Irish Literary Revival and along with William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory, founding members of the Abbey Theatre. His most famous work is The Playboy of the Western World, a satirical comedy which exposed some of the flaws at the time not very…

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#Abbey Theatre #Aran Islands #Co. Dublin #culture #John Millington Synge #Molly Allgood #playwright #Poet #Rathfarnham #Sean O’Casey #student of Irish language #William Butler Yeats

[ifoughttime]

PLEAASEEEE LISTEN TO ME!!!!

JUST MAKE ALL JANE AUSTEN MOVIES WITH GAY CHARACTERS…..

#fire island #Jane austen #austenverse #pride and prejudice #sense and sensibility #Mansfield park #Emma #persuasion #northanger abbey #lady Susan #love and friendship #sanditon

[catherine-reznitchenko]

Mont-Saint-Michel au crépuscule par Catherine Reznitchenko Via Flickr : Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche, Normandie, France. www.catherine-reznitchenko.fr

#landscape #sunset #dusk #animal #cows #sunlight #Manche #Normandie #France #Mont Saint-Michel #abbey #abbaye #architecture #patrimoine #Unesco #gothic #XIème siècle #island #patrimoine mondial #classé MH (1862) #nature #coucher de soleil #UNESCO World Heritage Site #merveille #wonder #Catherine Reznitchenko #crépuscule #flickr

[palior]

Awards 2022 : Movies

Second category: Movies that I saw this year.

Best Animated Movie Award - Turning Red

Period.

'Actually This Is Monsanto And You Should be Very Scared' Award - Goliath

Cyberpunk 2022.

Best Soap Commercial Placement Award - Belfast

I'm like Caitriona Balfe character, I like when things are where they are supposed to be.

Goodbye Award - Downton Abbey II : A New Era

Goodbye to the Downton Abbey upstairs/downstairs family, you have been a pleasant, albeit very uneven, plethora of characters to follow.

Misfire (and Character Assassination) Award - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Excited to have Wanda on my screen again, I could only be gutted as to how she's been treated in this movie. Making her evil because a Necronomicon-lite book corrupted her to the point that her actions are not even from her own will. What a wasted opportunity.

Scared of Actually Being Queer Award - Thor : Love & Thunder

I don't understand how can Taika Waititi be in one of the best queer piece of media of this year (Our Flag Means Death) and then turn around and do...this. While claiming that the movie is "so gay". No, two rock dudes grabbing hands does not count as representation. And Valkyrie and Jane should have kissed. And the Gods Butcher arc and the Mighty Thor arc should have been two seperate movies.

Actually Queer Award - Fire Island

Pleasently surprised by what is essentialy 'Pride & Prejudice - The Gay Version'. Not only are the characters are as great as in the Jane Austen novel, it also doesn't shy away from doing social commentary about class and the gay community fuck ups.

Best High School Experience for the 1% - Do Revenge

SMG IS BACK ON MY SCREEN AGAIN§§§ OMG!!!!

Best Marvel New Format Award - Werewolf by Night

I really dig the new 'special' format that Marvel has been trying out this year. This one in particular was really enjoyable as a Halloween must watch.

Best Monster Design Award - Hellraiser

Sashay Away!

Best Mafia Movie (That Never Was) Award - Goncharov (1973)

"You will have to tell them I am sorry, for I have no sorrow left."

Best Movie Award - Everything Everywhere All at Once

The movie that puts to shame all the others that try to do multiverses. Full of earnestness, sorrow, fun, humor, love and with a Michelle Yeoh at the top of her game, this is THE movie to watch this year. Nothing matters :( Nothing matters o:)

#My awards 2022 #movies #Turning Red #Goliath #Belfast #Downton Abbey #Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness #Thor: Love and Thunder #Fire Island #Do Revenge #Werewolf by Night #Hellraiser #Goncharov #Everything Everywhere All At Once

[kajaono]

Can they make Northanger as a gay adapatation next please?

#northanger abbey #jane austen #fire island

[pilgrimjim]

Walking St. Cuthbert's Way

Photos, video and reflections from a beautiful 100 kilometer pilgrimage walk along the Scottish-English border.

St. Cuthbert, by local sculptor Tom Fiddes (2017), blesses the wayworn traveler. The saint stands opposite a country house offering shade and water to weary pilgrims. They confessed their sins, confided in him about their temptations, and laid open to him the common troubles of humanity they were laboring under … Spirits that were chilled with sadness he could warm back to hope again … Those…

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#Camino de Santiago #Dryburgh Abbey #Genesis 5:24 #Holy Island #Jedburgh Abbey #John of the Cross #Melrose Abbey #Northumbria #pilgrimage #Rebecca Solnit #Scottish Borders #St. Aidan #St. Cuthbert&039;s Cave #St. Cuthbert&039;s Way #Venerable Bede #William Wordsworth

[maltrunners]

Highland Park 17 Year (1999), Abbey Whisky “Anon Batch 2”

Review by: Whiskery Turnip Highland Park week at the Whiskery Turnip household comes to an end with one more delightful review. While many bottlers opt to identity the unnamed Orkney distillery through cheeky references or vague handwaving, “A Distillery on Orkney,” there are a few that use specific codes, or in this case, coordinates, to identify it. Check the coordinates on this bottle and you…

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#Abbey Whisky #Highland Park #Independent Bottling #Island #Islands #Rated 80-84 #Scotch Review #Single Malt #Whiskery Turnip #Whisky Review

[dlyarchitecture]

#Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey #Normandy. Started in the 10th century #the Benedictine abbey was built upon and modified in West Roman empire #Romanesque and Gothic styles. Surrounded by water or quicksand #the island was never taken by force [1920x1080]