Ellen McCarthy

A sphinx for a winter's evening:

Love this 😍

A pen-and-ink sketch of Elizabeth Siddal (1829-1862) sitting in an armchair, reading a book. Siddal was an artist and poet herself, as well as Rossetti's model and, eventually, his wife.

"Elizabeth Siddal Reading" by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). #SomethingBeautiful

Gracie has gone walkabout for the last 30+ hours. Saw her in some very thick ivy on a neighbour's back wall. Ignoring my constant calling. Worried.

Beautiful, devastating and raw, 'May All Your Skies Be Blue' by Fíona Scarlett is OUT NOW!

An unforgettable story of love and loss and how the ones we love never really leave us.
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I love this place ❤ #castles

Waterfall and the first of the Sgilloge Lakes, Nire Valley, Co. Waterford

Waterfall and the first of the Sgilloge Lakes, Nire Valley, Co. Waterford

I kept changing my mind which Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

I feel Mr Tumnus should walk by any minute... #trees #beauty #mystical #narnia

The death of a star taken by the Hubble telescope.

So beautiful...

Yes. Somebody, take this book away from me. #writing #editing 🥺🥺

Sunrise ☀️ from the Causeway, Abbeyside, Co Waterford. #GoldenSky #SpéirGhorm

Wow...just a little pencil. And a big dollop of genius. #drawing #Art

Have I read all the books I own? No. Will I continue to buy more while also re-reading my favs? Absolutely. I live in a lawless land. #booksky #books #reading

Co-written by the Go-Go's and Fun Boy Three. Both brought out their own versions. This one upbeat, the other not so much. Both excellent. #pophistory #music #80's

As a youngster, this old rainforest oak may well have lived alongside wolves as ecosystem partners.

It's almost impossible to conceive just how much ecological richness, abundance, + functionality we've lost in Ireland.

But a lot could return: it's OUR choice. #Rewilding 🌍

in the company of a good book

I'm claustrophobic just thinking about it... #travel #trains

A Christmas gathering right up there with Last Christmas. 😂

A book with a view, into Keith's honeymoon. I hope they are as happy today. #memories #Time

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Now that sounds like an Edward G Robinson movie!

Sometimes, it's the details you leave out of your story that make the most impact. #wherearetheynow. #woodywoodpecker

painting of cityscape at twilight. there is a full moon surrounded by clouds in a gray night sky tinted with green. the moon and the orange light from gas lamps illuminate a cobblestone street, burnishing it with a green-and-gold glow. in the distance, you can see dark silhouettes of carriages and people. we see the left side of the street head on, so details of buildings are scant except for a wood awning. to the right, though, the exteriors of Victorian buildings are detailed - the one closest to us looks like it's made of brick. at the very end of the street is a ghostly building - probably a church tower with a spire.

John Atkinson Grimshaw's Park Row, Leeds, oil on canvas, 1882

The beautiful energy between Dick Van Dyke and Chris Martin. So uplifting. #Dickvandyke #Allmylove

I will put The Big Heat, on my to see list.