FOXGLOVE LANE BLOG
As a conscious act, we document our inner and outer selves, meticulously curating the facets of our existence, both the painful and the triumphant, that we wish to leave behind in the world.
Holly Marie Armishaw
The lake
The lake is a permanent feature of life here. It has a unique ecosystem but it’s not a popular place unless the sun shines. To us it has a special charm all of its own. I don’t remember swimming in it at all until my two nephews, who live in Sweden, came for a […]
Coming out of lockdown
I’m trying to unfurl from lockdown. It seems to be a slow process. Like how coming out of hibernation might be for a chubby lazy bear. One of my childhood pets was a tortoise. I think they were popular in those days. It was supposed to go to sleep for the winter. But […]
A sketchbook from the Covid 19 lockdown.
I’m suffering from a kind of lockdown brain fog. I think it’s curable, but I’m not altogether sure. One of the bright spots of my pandemic days has been making these watercolour sketches that I have been doodling away on through out the last few weeks. They are mostly very small, very abstract and […]
Such a wonderful Spring!
Spring has been a difficult time. It’s not just the social isolating, or the threat the pandemic poses. Our family lost our beloved Step Mother to the Covid 19 virus on April 18th. I’ve written 4 pieces for the Waterford News and Star since the lockdown. They meander through the last few weeks […]
When all will be well again
Times are strange for sure. While Spring is trying it’s best to break through we are also struggling with what Covid -19 has brought us. Anxiety and isolation mostly. Saint Patrick’s Day has been cancelled. We all have to have private parades and parties. We wash our hands and cross our fingers. I’ve developed […]
Well Girl Walk, Waterford Women’s Centre 1995-2020
In 1995 a group of us in Waterford, accessed EU funding to set up two women’s projects in the South East of Ireland. One became Access 2000 in Wexford and the other became the Waterford Women’s Centre. The Irish Government was the mainstream funder of the two projects in time. Through creative thinking and […]
Finding more pazzazz for 2020
With the time you’ve got, choose to make your life bigger. Opt for expression over observation, action instead of passivity, risk over safety, the unknown over the familiar. Be deliberate, act with intention. Chase the sublime and the absurd. Make each day one where you emerge, unlock, excite, and discover. Twyla […]
In the bleak mid-winter
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago. Christina Rossetti I hope you have a wonderful cosy mid winter celebration. Love Catherine
Making a home for birds
I know pheasants are mostly bred in captivity and therefore can almost be regarded as predators in our wildlife sanctuaries. But somehow, I can’t discriminate and here they are, still living in our patch. Charlie is the big fella and he arrived last year. His offspring, a young cock, has long gone or […]
