Kate O’Neill

@katefoneill.bsky.social

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Former librarian, still disputatious, still banging on about open research. Obsessive sports watcher and inveterate wanderer.

Small waterfalls cascading over rocks. There are trees surrounding the waterfalls.
A statue of a man in robes, holding a large book. He is raising a finger in the air like he is going to cast a spell
A black and white shot of a path between a Roman aqueduct and stone houses
A road sign where the street name is “Toni Bleri”
A Mountain View, with blue skies, pine trees and the mountains in the distance are snow capped
An effigy of a man, wearing a hat and a Mayan top. There is a cigarette in his mouth and candles in front of the shrine
A short tubby middle aged man is jumping over a small gap between two rocks. He has his hands in the air like he is performing a death defying leap, even though the gap is 30cm at most.
A large waterfall (massive, really) cascading down. The sky is blue with clouds and there are trees in the foreground
A sunset over a wide river. The sun is orange and low in the sky
An elephant, very close to the camera. You can see her eyelashes
A dead tree in the desert. The sand is ripples from the wind and dunes are visible in the background
A blue sky, darker blue sea with a turquoise part just at the shore. The photo is taken from high on the headland, showing the edge of the continent
A large gold statue of Buddha in seated pose, with ornate wall paintings on the cave walls surrounding him
A fast flowing clear blue river flowing over large rocks. There are trees lining the river banks.
The sun coming over the horizon in an orange sky. The view is from above the rainforest canopy
Clear blue skies, a very blue lake and two volcanoes on the far side of the lake
A darkening sky with hints of orange at the bottom over a wide, still river. There are dark branches in the top right foreground.
A photo of me, wearing green trousers and a grey vest top, in front of a large sign saying ‘Tropical of Capricorn’. It is in the desert and there are no other people or cars in sight.
A photo of a largeish truck taken from the back. It is stuck in sand and you can’t see its wheels. There is a cloudless bright blue sky and several men standing around the truck looking confused as to what to do.
A sunrise of orange and red is low on the horizon, fading into a pale blue sky over a wide river. There are dark trees and reeds in the foreground
A view of a vineyard with a clear blue sky and mountains in the background
A small sign on a glass door of a monkey in a yellow diamond with a small red padlock in the top left of the sign.
A selfie of me in a dark top smiling, with a man in his late 60s wearing glasses
A picture of me aged about 3, wearing a pink dress and white shoes and socks. I have short curls and am looking very unhappy.
A screenshot from Spotify wrapped showing my top 5 genres listened to as: 1 yacht rock, 2 singer-songwriter, 3 indie rock, 4 new wave and 5 indie
A view of the harbour in Tauranga, with hill in the background
A view of the cricket pitch at Eden Park with both teams warming up on the pitch. It is a large stadium with a capacity of 50000
A 4 slice black toaster labelled as ‘gluten free bread only due to allergies’
The large screen at Hagley Oval saying ‘rain delay’
Hagley oval cricket ground with grey skies overhead
A person high in a tree rescuing a mannequin that’s been dangled up there
An old fashioned tram
A screenshot saying my flight from Sydney to Christchurch has been cancelled
A selfie at an airport departure gate. I’m wearing noise cancelling headphones and look tired yet also quite manic.
A selfie. I am smiling, glasses pushed on my head. We suspect this level of positivity may not last.
A screenshot of my phone stop watch saying 8:00.86
The giant’s causeway. Photo taken standing on the rocks, looking out to the Atlantic. No people are in the picture
A chalkboard with all the differences between Catholics and Protestants from Derry Girls
A crocheted toy whippet sat behind two platters of food. One is full of triangle sandwiches and the other is almost empty, save for two sausage rolls
A child aged about 6 holding a vanilla ice cream and she has ice cream all over her face
A photo of me grinning like a lunatic wearing a black oversized hoody with white skulls over it.
A label in a black and white jumper. The brand is ‘cupcakes and cashmere’ and in small writing at the bottom of the label it says ‘ce textile ne contient pas de cachemire’.
A bunch of red roses
A toy moose sitting on top of a crocheted alpaca
A crochet whippet laid out on a table like a corpse next to a can of beer
My hands with ‘Fair’ written across one set of knuckles in black and sharpie and ‘care’ written on the other knuckles
The Chicago skyline taken from a boat on Lake Michigan. The sun is starting to set just to the right of the John Hancock centre.
A picture of my feet wearing green flat shoes with a lighter green triangular fringing around them, like Kermit the frog has around his neck.
A crocheted whippet sitting on a railing in an auditorium. Behind him is a large screen saying ‘Minute Madness’
A picture of a crocheted whippet wearing a flat cap and waistcoat hugging a bright red plastic lobster.
A crocheted toy whippet wearing a flat cap and waistcoat is sat on a bench in an auditorium
Two what I think are probably koi carp in a pond. One is pale gold, the other a more vibrant orange.