I've just published a new page on my website documenting the last 3 months on an art residency exploring fire through the plant aiteann (gorse) and its relationship to sitka spruce: https://shanefinan.org/VAP/15_aiteann.html
This was part of the international research project investigating wildfires called FIRECULT. For the project, I created charcoal and made new drawings, made work with fire, and created two new video artworks.
Gorse is flowering. Wafts of coconut. Honey bees already looking into it.
Take
A
Minute
Yellow
Gorse
Coconut
Aroma
Blue
Sky
Woodpecker
Drumming
Bird
Song
Bees
Humming
What
It
Could
Be
If…
#BeesNotBillionaires
#gorse #birdsong
#woodpecker #wildlife
#earth #wild #bees
Here’s a
#MondayMorningMinute
with #nature here on
The Bee Sanctuary of Ireland.
Take a moment.
Go do some #good.
Have the best week you can.
If you’re not having a good week - tell someone.
And if someone tells you -
Listen.
Really #listen.
#mentalhealth
#wellbeing
A former Invercargill councillor has a large gorse farm on a section she owns. She's been ordered to remedy the problem but she's intent on fighting the Council. Lord knows why.
Regardless of her motives, this is an awful thing to do to your neighbours and the greater neighbourhood.
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/former-councillor-dispute-over-gorse
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Linnet
RSPB Labrador Bay Nature Reserve #Exeter
#bird #gorse #nature #RSPB #LabradorBay #Exeter #avian #birdphotography #nikonphotography #nikonz8 #z8 #400f45
#linnet #commonlinnet #devon #visitdevon #coast #naturereserve
Linnet
RSPB Labrador Bay Nature Reserve #Exeter
#bird #gorse #nature #RSPB #LabradorBay #Exeter #avian #birdphotography #nikonphotography #nikonz8 #z8 #400f45
#linnet #commonlinnet #devon #visitdevon #coast #naturereserve
Until you join a #path or #bridleway, you have to negotiate #gorse which, if you’re not careful, could easily mean a twisted ankle. However, the wild #flowers are very colourful. You can also see part of #FernworthyForest in the background, which is where we were headed.
The village of Lochcarron, lined up along the north-western shore of Loch Carron in Wester Ross. It offers a number of shops, cafes and restaurants and the largest selection of accommodation between Kyle of Lochalsh and Gairloch. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochcarron/lochcarron/index.html
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs, Balloch, Scotland.
My first time encountering gorse flowers. They are amazing -- they smell just like coconut or sun tan lotion!