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kristiedegaris

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#Photographer // #Writer // Drystone Waller // Keeper of bees // #Scotland

My first book (an unconventional memoir about rebuilding, connection to the land, the past and to oneself) should be out next year!

#Neurodiverse // #Covidisnotover // Pronouns She/Her

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kristiedegaris, to Flowers
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We don't deserve flowers but I am so very grateful for them.

kristiedegaris, to Scotland
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This didn't make it into the book but it sums up very well how I feel about things like the aurora (and drystone).

kristiedegaris, to Scotland
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Last night in Perthshire, Scotland.

A colour photograph of an aurora directly overhead. The pillars of light are visible and the colours are blue, purple and pink.
A colour photograph of an aurora. Like a close up on a rainbow, yellow on the right of the frame to bright purple and deep blue on the left.
A colour photograph of an aurora. Silhouettes of trees border the image like lace, and the sky is on fire with a glowing rainbow of colour.

kristiedegaris,
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@CatHerder It felt the same way in person. And my kids were with me!

kristiedegaris,
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@hopeward right over our house!! How lucky! Could see it even with the light pollution

kristiedegaris,
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@Alikat747 definitely! But this geomagnetic storm was so powerful that the aurora was seen as far south as Florida and the Bahamas!

kristiedegaris, (edited ) to random
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Well, if this isn't one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen...

This stone isn't finished yet, but it felt particularly important to see it as it was being carved.

Urdu, the language of my grandfather, memorialised in Scottish sandstone. And somehow, within the words, within the stone his presence and his experiences memorialised too.

kristiedegaris,
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@theappletree it's part of a public art project called Remembering Together. I came up with the concept but found a stone mason to do the lettering which requires so much skill. Just beautiful work.

kristiedegaris, to Scotland
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First of the memory stones for Remembering Together Kinross has been completed by Douglas Stevens Stone. Here it is looking beautiful by evening window light.

'mindin, mair strang nor stane' is the Scots translation of 'memory, stronger than stone'.

Thanks to Ashley Douglas for the translation.

#PublicArt #Scotland #Stone #Art

kristiedegaris, to photography
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The season of the bees is upon us.

Quick portrait of my eldest daughter this evening as she checked on our hives.

#Photography #Portrait #Bees #Beekeeping #Scotland #Perthshire

kristiedegaris,
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@NormanDunbar Ah I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, it's a risk all beekeepers take. It's just our second year, so hopefully able to take some honey.

kristiedegaris,
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@Mactonex it's pretty manky close up 🤣

kristiedegaris,
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@jonasvautherin It's the insulation we keep on the hives over winter. Temperature just got consistently high enough in Scotland to remove it.

hugoboia, to random
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@kristiedegaris
amazing!

kristiedegaris,
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@hugoboia thank you!

kristiedegaris, (edited ) to photography
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Wild
Medium Format Film

kristiedegaris,
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@shom Yes ektar!

kristiedegaris,
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@paulathevalley How kind! Thank you! I'm thinking about getting it printed for my bedroom.

kristiedegaris,
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@SomeAnoTooter thank you for the kind words ❤️

kristiedegaris,
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@kristinHenry Thanks so much x

kristiedegaris, to random
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Very few things are more beautiful than a planted up drystone wall.

#drystone #TraditionalCraft #Sustainable #Stone #Garden

kristiedegaris,
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@NorCal_Lynne They are indeed!

kristiedegaris, to random
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From the Garden 2023
35mm Film

xylophilist, to Scotland
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Craignavar Deserted Township, Glen Almond

Comprising the stone ruins of at least 22 rectangular buildings and a corn-drying kiln with associated stone-walled enclosures and fields, Craignavar was deserted in around 1820. It's unknown whether it was part of the forced Highland Clearances or just a voluntary departure due to economic reasons.

Prints, cards etc via the website: https://shiny.photo/photo/Craignavar-Deserted-Township--Glen-Almond-fe9cbc8eec03195d00819070de1f9cd6

kristiedegaris,
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@xylophilist I'm also seeing on the image some signs of enclosures and possible structures I've never noticed on the ground.

kristiedegaris,
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@xylophilist I've never used blender but hear good things. My daughter uses it for entirely different purposes (around 3D modelling for games) but this is a very cool image.

kristiedegaris,
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@xylophilist In another lifetime I would love to be able to do this stuff. Will be on the lookout for those other structures next time I'm up there. We're up there all the time tbh, can't keep away. Some lovely pebbles along the river too, if you're into that kind of thing.

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