Elizabeth Rose Dunne
@erdunne.bsky.social
Writing and scrabbling around early 19th-century 🇨🇦 + 🇮🇪. Interested in churches, kitchen gardens, language, rebellions. N'hésitez pas à dire bonjour.
Just finished "Ripeness", the latest by Sarah Moss. It's a novel about many things; the depictions of female friendship in late middle-age will stay with me in particular.
July 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just finished "Ripeness", the latest by Sarah Moss. It's a novel about many things; the depictions of female friendship in late middle-age will stay with me in particular.
Mid-summer blackberry ripening in London.
July 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mid-summer blackberry ripening in London.
Our Lady of the Wayside - Connemara.
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our Lady of the Wayside - Connemara.
Some medieval summer joy for your delectation.
June 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Some medieval summer joy for your delectation.
Pure joy to find this wee fella lolling about under the seat in front of me. (I'd been on the train 15 mins before even noticing him!)
May 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pure joy to find this wee fella lolling about under the seat in front of me. (I'd been on the train 15 mins before even noticing him!)
A fanned fig-tree seen this weekend in a gorgeous walled garden in Berkshire. Just about to burst into leaf.
May 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A fanned fig-tree seen this weekend in a gorgeous walled garden in Berkshire. Just about to burst into leaf.
I've installed a "maison des insectes" for May Day
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've installed a "maison des insectes" for May Day
London dusk (yesterday).
April 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
London dusk (yesterday).
Sunset on the Serpentine (yesterday).
April 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Sunset on the Serpentine (yesterday).
Some lovely looking blossom at night
March 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Some lovely looking blossom at night
Grey, grey December felt like being entombed. So how lucky was I to begin the year with some dazzling Dorset sunshine (all 2 days of it...).
January 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Grey, grey December felt like being entombed. So how lucky was I to begin the year with some dazzling Dorset sunshine (all 2 days of it...).
There she is !
December 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM
There she is !
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Just covers.
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December 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Just covers.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Just covers.
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December 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Just covers.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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May as well participate in this because why not.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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December 11, 2024 at 10:39 AM
May as well participate in this because why not.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
1/20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Oh fab they've updated the Transport for London website to show the funky new Overground names
November 26, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Oh fab they've updated the Transport for London website to show the funky new Overground names
Devon right now - on the northern edge of Dartmoor.
November 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Devon right now - on the northern edge of Dartmoor.
The National Library of Ireland recently digitised this English-Irish spelling-book, used in schools in 1823. Little fingers tracing the beautiful Irish script. The famine, another blow to the native language, still two decades away. Worth a look, if it's your thing catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...
November 13, 2024 at 10:10 PM
The National Library of Ireland recently digitised this English-Irish spelling-book, used in schools in 1823. Little fingers tracing the beautiful Irish script. The famine, another blow to the native language, still two decades away. Worth a look, if it's your thing catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...