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kristiedegaris

@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot

#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

(Banner image is of a person with their back to the camera, looking out over mountains on a sunny day.

Profile picture is of a woman with short brown hair, wearing a brown jumper & standing in front of a field of wheat.)

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kristiedegaris, to music
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I got my Spotify wrapped recently and it was almost identical to 2022 (a year of lazy listening) and completely lacking some of my most favourite genres.

So, if you have the time, I'd love some suggestions of Classical music to listen to. Old, new, opera, just anything you enjoy. Playlists welcome too.

Thank you in advance.

kristiedegaris, to Flowers
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I've been so busy/overwhelmed by the state of the world. Hard to balance just getting on with life with the horrors and injustice I see everywhere. I'm sure so many of you are feeling the same thing.

So, here's an image that makes me feel very calm and peaceful. I hope it does the same for you.

#MediumFormat #FilmIsNotDead #Portra160 #Flowers

kristiedegaris, to random
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Being a woman within the male dominated world of drystone is hard. How wonderful it is to see my good friend (although we have never met) & fellow female drystone waller in this huge ad for McVities (10s in)

So proud of Tara for putting herself out there, way outside of her comfort zone.

Go follow Tara on Instagram for the most wholesome, happy making content, including stone walls, a pet chicken named Bhuna, and many cow pals.

www.instagram.com/stonewallergirl

https://youtu.be/o0UaAGy9tNc?si=2rzK-itN1y2yGCjd

kristiedegaris, to random
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I have a playlist of my all time favourite songs.
Thought I'd share some of these beauties with you...

Johnny Flynn - The Wrote & The Writ
I Know It's Over - Jeff Buckley
Barriers - Aereogramme
Eko Ile - Fela Kuti
Love Kills - Freddie Mercury
Monument - The Inevitable End - Royksopp
Rivers Run - Karine Polwart
I Know The End - Pheobe Bridgers
Fever to the Form - Nick Mulvey
Caledonia - Dougie MacLean
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Melanie Safka
Bats In The Attic - King Creosote

kristiedegaris, to wholesome
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Went out for a while, came back, and asked my eight year old what she had been doing.

'Circling fruits I like,' she said.

A photograph of a page from a fruit catalogue. This page shows apples and one entry is circled in black pen.

kristiedegaris, (edited ) to random
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Just a thought...

I don't know why a 16 year old would fell the Sycamore Gap tree, but I do know that all children have ever witnessed is nature treated as a commodity, everything else prioritised above the natural environment. The blame for this act doesn't really lie with one child.

It is sad. I was sad too, but trees are felled all the time, the natural environment around us plundered and spoiled. Get that sad/angry every day! And not with children, get angry on behalf of the children.

kristiedegaris,
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@mckennas Yep, I would be very surprised if a teenager did it. I've just seen so much hate and anger towards a kid, I was trying to offer a different perspective.

kristiedegaris,
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@MyKomment I'm definitely watching with interest....very odd as you say

kristiedegaris, to random
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When I say, 'I don't really like other people' that's less a comment on 'other people' and more a comment on how I feel when I'm around them.

My mum was telling me yesterday that she has a strong affinity with trees. I love trees, but my strongest affinity is with rocks. In a world I find so incredibly overwhelming, rocks seem to absorb so much of that unwanted, chaotic energy and create a grounded and calming space.

Black and white photograph of a cracked Rick face. Small sections of barnacles punctuate the image, and in the top right corner is some textured seaweed and an area of barnacles

kristiedegaris,
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@Scatterseed I also love that. A different feeling to what rocks provide, though. Was in the sea yesterday for the first time in ages, and it was pretty blissful. Had Colin Hay's Beautiful World in my head,

'My, my, my, it's a beautiful world.
I like swimming in the sea.
I like to go on beyond the white breakers,
where a man can still be free.
Or a woman if you are one.
I like swimming in the sea'

kristiedegaris, to sustainability
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It's wonderful to be able to 'recycle' stone. On this job, we were able to reinstate this small entrance wall using stone from the original mill building that once stood next to the river.

We added a flat cope to the wall, and as I was building, a group of walkers came down the hill, stopped to chat, and posed for photos sitting on this little seat. How lovely!

A drystone wall runs from a tall copper beech tree towards the roof of a cottage. The scene is quaint.
A drystone wall with a break in the cope stones. The stones are tightly stacked and behind the wall are trees.

kristiedegaris,
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@axwax who doesn't love a sun-warmed stone against their bum?

kristiedegaris,
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@janjonesauthor Thank you!

kristiedegaris,
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@introversion I love it too!

kristiedegaris, to books
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People always ask me what's happening in the chapter I'm currently working on...

Well, this chapter is about the realisations/events that led to me moving in with my two ex-husbands. Oh, also, my experiences of a global pandemic and its parallels with my experiences in sobriety.

Also, some drystone, and working in a male-dominated, traditional craft with very untraditonal ideas.

#books #writing #writer #author #writingcommunity

kristiedegaris, to music
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What do you listen to when you want to feel strong/connected/creative?

Hit me up with your most inspiring songs/music.

#music #recommendations

I'll start...

Alanis Morissette - All I Really Want

MUNA - Kind of Girl

kristiedegaris,
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@Elizabeth3 Thank you!

kristiedegaris,
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@wcbdata Thank you!

kristiedegaris,
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@Workshopshed Godammit 🤣🤣🤣
I got Rickrolled at my wedding. My best friend read NGGYU as a poem. It worked surprisingly well

kristiedegaris, to Bloomscrolling
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SUNday

#BloomScrolling #Garden #Gardening #Flowers #Florespondence

kristiedegaris, to Bloomscrolling
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A Single Rose

#FilmIsNotDead #BloomScrolling #Garden #Roses #MediumFormat #FilmPhotography

kristiedegaris,
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@ckhrulev Thank you!

kristiedegaris, to Bloomscrolling
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Today's flowers

#BloomScrolling #Flowers #Garden #Gardening

kristiedegaris,
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@mothninja I'm so happy to hear that ❤️

kristiedegaris,
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@arratoon Oh wow! Thank you so much

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