Gillian Bailey
@gdbailey.bsky.social
Nature Geek • Hiker • Backpacker • Amateur Photographer • Map Nerd • Book Nerd • Dysgwr Cymraeg 🏴 • Awenydd yn yr Urdd Derwyddon Môn /|\
…When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.”
—T.S. Eliot
2/2
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.”
—T.S. Eliot
2/2
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
…When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.”
—T.S. Eliot
2/2
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.”
—T.S. Eliot
2/2
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate…
1/2
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate…
1/2
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate…
1/2
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate…
1/2
“Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without.”
— Thomas de Quincey
— Thomas de Quincey
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters closed, curtains flowing in ample draperies to the floor, whilst the wind and rain are raging audibly without.”
— Thomas de Quincey
— Thomas de Quincey
Saturday wanderings in Rydal.
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Saturday wanderings in Rydal.
“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day!
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree…”
— Emily Brontë
Lengthen night and shorten day!
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree…”
— Emily Brontë
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day!
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree…”
— Emily Brontë
Lengthen night and shorten day!
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree…”
— Emily Brontë
Mood:
“Then summer fades and passes, and October comes. Will smell smoke then, and feel an unsuspected sharpness, a thrill of nervous, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure.”
— Thomas Wolfe
“Then summer fades and passes, and October comes. Will smell smoke then, and feel an unsuspected sharpness, a thrill of nervous, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure.”
— Thomas Wolfe
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Mood:
“Then summer fades and passes, and October comes. Will smell smoke then, and feel an unsuspected sharpness, a thrill of nervous, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure.”
— Thomas Wolfe
“Then summer fades and passes, and October comes. Will smell smoke then, and feel an unsuspected sharpness, a thrill of nervous, swift elation, a sense of sadness and departure.”
— Thomas Wolfe
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A library heals with stories, soothing restless thought.
Its shelves prescribe wisdom that can’t be bought.
Each book a remedy, gentle or bold,
A hospital for the mind, where spirits unfold.
Its shelves prescribe wisdom that can’t be bought.
Each book a remedy, gentle or bold,
A hospital for the mind, where spirits unfold.
September 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A library heals with stories, soothing restless thought.
Its shelves prescribe wisdom that can’t be bought.
Each book a remedy, gentle or bold,
A hospital for the mind, where spirits unfold.
Its shelves prescribe wisdom that can’t be bought.
Each book a remedy, gentle or bold,
A hospital for the mind, where spirits unfold.
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.”
— George Gordon Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
#forreadingaddicts
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.”
— George Gordon Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
#forreadingaddicts
May 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.”
— George Gordon Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
#forreadingaddicts
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more.”
— George Gordon Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
#forreadingaddicts
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
April 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
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I'm thinking about how tonight was probably the first time Kilmar Abrego Garcia learned that millions of people care about him - the first time he learned that the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring him home. I'm thinking what it must mean for him to know, right now, that he isn't alone.
April 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I'm thinking about how tonight was probably the first time Kilmar Abrego Garcia learned that millions of people care about him - the first time he learned that the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring him home. I'm thinking what it must mean for him to know, right now, that he isn't alone.
The video I didn’t know I needed today. ❤️ Frogzwilliam Darcy! 🐸
51K views · 4K reactions | Get ready with Frog - Pride & Prejudice edition! 🐸❤️ I'm pleased to introduce you to Frogzwilliam Darcy ✨ I'm giddily delighted with how this outfit turned out, there's just...
Get ready with Frog - Pride & Prejudice edition! 🐸❤️ I'm pleased to introduce you to Frogzwilliam Darcy ✨ I'm giddily delighted with how this outfit turned out, there's just something about Frog's...
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April 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The video I didn’t know I needed today. ❤️ Frogzwilliam Darcy! 🐸
Even Doctor Who wants to go to the Lake District! “We can eat scones”. 😋
April 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Even Doctor Who wants to go to the Lake District! “We can eat scones”. 😋
Brilliant!
University of Cumbria hosts Wordsworth Way walking trail launch | University of Cumbria News
In time for the Easter weekend, the new Wordsworth Way walking trail launch took place on the University of Cumbria Ambleside campus on Monday 7 April 2025.
news.cumbria.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brilliant!
…”The rest of us must make it clear — to our fellow Americans, as to the remainder of the free world — that we believe in democracy, that we appreciate Zelensky’s courage and tenacity, and that Trump and Vance do not speak for us”
Today's disgusting scene
Friends,
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March 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
…”The rest of us must make it clear — to our fellow Americans, as to the remainder of the free world — that we believe in democracy, that we appreciate Zelensky’s courage and tenacity, and that Trump and Vance do not speak for us”
Reposted by Gillian Bailey
I think the Army Choir had a message for the Trumpists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...
Les Misérables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army Chorus
YouTube video by The DailyFAFO
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February 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I think the Army Choir had a message for the Trumpists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...
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Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.
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February 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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California: Tell Gov. Newsom now ys NOT the tyme to cut fundinge from the UC and CSU public higher ed communityes. Yn a tyme when higher ed ys at risk, California kan be a beacon and an ynspiration. Public higher ed ys hope for a bettir worlde and a bettir future. Governor Newsom: invest yn hope.
February 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
California: Tell Gov. Newsom now ys NOT the tyme to cut fundinge from the UC and CSU public higher ed communityes. Yn a tyme when higher ed ys at risk, California kan be a beacon and an ynspiration. Public higher ed ys hope for a bettir worlde and a bettir future. Governor Newsom: invest yn hope.
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Turning away from empathy and curiosity makes the world into a grim, thin place populated by strangers, objects, and adversaries.
It's akin to demanding the biggest seat in the theater, even though it doesn't face the stage. It's trading a window for a mirror. It's a theft from others and the self.
It's akin to demanding the biggest seat in the theater, even though it doesn't face the stage. It's trading a window for a mirror. It's a theft from others and the self.
February 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Turning away from empathy and curiosity makes the world into a grim, thin place populated by strangers, objects, and adversaries.
It's akin to demanding the biggest seat in the theater, even though it doesn't face the stage. It's trading a window for a mirror. It's a theft from others and the self.
It's akin to demanding the biggest seat in the theater, even though it doesn't face the stage. It's trading a window for a mirror. It's a theft from others and the self.
Reposted by Gillian Bailey
