Alice Pleasance

Amazing that birds that big can be so graceful in flight. 10/10 choreography, too.

I missed my calling to be someone with a calling.

As close as I get to swimming in the sea. Maybe someday?

When a soft autumn breeze feels like the trees exhaling 🍃

Love discovering ephemeral rock art

Monday mornings are my favorite time for beach walks

A bumble bee on a sunflower

Low morning sun over a harbour with boats and swans

Two mature and two juvenile swans

Rocks spelling out “CAGE NEAR”

Recent morning walk sights, featuring a late season pollinator, harbour views, juvenile swans, and strategically placed inscrutable rock art.

Old girl loves sweater weather

Three crochet octopuses

Kind of obsessed with crocheting octopuses 🐙 🧶

Raven on a fence with statue and mountain in the background

Made a raven friend

Rock archway

Japanese Maples

Trees along path

Japanese garden

Walking the grounds of Powerscourt Gardens, captured in film

Front facade of Powerscourt House, Ireland

Rose garden and greenhouses along the back wall of Powerscourt Estate, Ireland

Stairs and path leading to fountain in pond at Powerscourt, Ireland

Stairs leading to the side of Powerscourt House, Ireland

A few photos from Powerscourt Estate, which is apparently my favorite place to use my film camera

A worn-out looking banana with droopy googly-eye stickers giving it a tired appearance

Me, lately.

Beautiful!

The pattern of windy ripples on the water is both hypnotic and healing

Sitting on a rocky beach with an iced latte, looking out at the Irish Sea under dark clouds

Summer break is in full swing, and our precious beloved kiddo never stops talking 🫠 I needed this quiet moment alone on the beach more than I’ve ever needed anything

Crochet balloon dog

This was a fun project 🥳🧶

I’ve purchased countless planners & apps over the years trying to get my scattered self organized, only to find that what works better than anything else is a simple ongoing brain-dump to do list. No dates, no categories for work/home/etc, no color-coding, just a single infinite running list. 🤷‍♀️

A heron wading on a rocky low-tide harbour bed

Film photo of the resident harbour heron my kiddo calls Steve

Beach with wet reflective sand and blue sky and white clouds above

Beach on a hazy day, looking toward cliffs and coastline in the distance

Sunlight reflecting on rippling wet sand on a beach

Sand and green algae-covered rocks on a low tide beach with blue sky and white clouds above and cliffs/coastline in the background.

Secret Beach on film 📷

A cloudy sky over the sea with green seaweed-covered rocks in the foreground

I love the ceiling of clouds before it starts to rain. Just as gorgeous as a clear blue sky IMO

One thing about my kid is that she will laugh uncontrollably at every mention of the names Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci

It’s truly astounding how much a walk outside can turn your mood around

An open sketchbook with a watercolour painting of a beach, sea, mountain, and a banana on the sand

Inspired by the bananas on the beach last week 🍌

A painting of a mountain and pasture

Two abstract watercolours - orange & fiery and blue & cloudy

Tonight’s watercolour practice 🖌️

Watercolour paintings of mushrooms and flowers

Watercolour painting of a rocky beach and sea

Watercolour and pen doodle

Some recent watercolours. Safe to say my hyper-fixation has shifted away from crochet for the time being. It was cramping my hands!