Orla

@somebogwitch.bsky.social

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Irish environmentalist with a day job in make believe, fantasy fiction and speculative stories. Lesbian on main talking ecology, mental health, queer politics, audiobooks, ttrpgs and Gaeilge sí/iad she/they orlanidhuill.com

Wild orchids in a grassland under a blue sky
Flowers in glass bottles decorate a window, creating a rainbow
Thrift flowers growing from the crack in tidal pool rocks
Thrift flowers shaking in the wind with the sea behind them
Orla holds up increasing amounts of fishing industry waste found on an Achill beach like men hold fish on tinder in an attempt to laugh in the face of extinction
Finn the dog sitting and smiling on front of a terrifying pile of nets, rope and other fishing industry waste
Wild primrose in a old stone wall
A wheelbarrow and mattock on a new earth and grass path beside a babble stream
Yeah of the evening sun on a garden and the sea from a window seat with legs and a mug of tea in the foreground
Purple dog violets in an Achill dry stone wall
Red and green borealis with stars over a black hillside in silhouette
Video of Orla pulling litter out of the mud and losing her mind
Honey coloured bracket fungi on an upright trunk among lush green undergrowth
Chopping white ocean crashing into rocky shore, looking out across the bay of Dooega, Achill
cover of the game The Valley showing an artwork of a village by a lake, the pier stretching out into the water that shows the reflection of the mountain above as blood stains the water
A deep ditch full of water and vegetation but no sign of frogs
A copy of Pat Ingoldsbys collection of poems 'I thought you died years ago' held in front of some yellow tulips
A series of video clips of frogs and frogspawn in a wildlife pond
Bright teal plastic rope tangled in dark seaweed on a sandy beach.
Orla taking yet another selfie covered I mud and only realising afterwards that there's a stick stuck in her hat.
Seasonal pond among rushes in a wet field
A new st Bridget's Cross held in front of a burning wood stove with three other crosses on the floor below
A poorly lit photograph of a toasting fork for toasting bread through the stove glass of a lit wood burning stove, made from a wooden spoon, a fork and some painters tape
Lots of steam coming off a cup of tea in a candlelit room because of bloody blackouts
Andrew Garfield in Angels in America saying "I'm going blind, as prophets do, right?"
Screenshot of a tweet sharing a Belfast Live article about the NI Exec not releasing the evidence they based their puberty blocker ban decision on that's flagged as hateful conduct for using the word cis
a word cloud generated from the text of the Programme for Government with the largest words being "support "government" "will" "ensure" and "continue"
A paragraph from the current Programme for Government reading "This government will deliver actions to achieve a 51% reduction in emissions from 2018 to 2030 and net-zero emissions no later than 2050."
A tree-lined rural Irish field with a layer of mist, clouds halfway across a blue sky
A stone wall over the Royal Canal in Dublin covered in chopped tomatoes
A sapling of rhododendron ponticum growing out of heather and bramble in a rough ditch side
Winter pasty fingers poking a jelly ear fungus on a piece of broken timber
Two figures in wet suits running into a steely sea containing some distant swimmers and one dog running alongside them
Meme of Mrs Doyle from Father Ted saying "maybe I like the misery"
A sitting with a wood burning stove lit, fairy lights and a glass of white wine