Nicola Tobias
@nicolatobias
Librarian, sometime writer and storyteller. Fair & foul weather dog walker. Taphophile, interested in Irish literature,history & discovering my Irish ancestry.
I love all the Lavender around at the moment. Here's a scene of vibrant pinks and purples I saw on my walk this morning #cemetery #SummerVibes #MindfulPalettes
Frida Kahlo painted her anguish, her lovers, her miscarriages, and her politics onto canvas. Her relationship with Diego Rivera was chaotic and consuming. “I hope the exit is joyful,” she once wrote, “and I hope never to return.” #FolkloreSunday
PASSIONATE VAMPIRE CLARIMONDE Gautier, Paris, 1836. From La Morte Amoureuse ‘If thou wilt be mine the angels themselves will be jealous of thee. Tear off that funeral shroud. I am beauty. I am youth. I am life. Come to me. Our lives will flow on like a dream in one eternal…
Sunday crow going for his afternoon cemetery stroll! #crow #sundayvibes
Sinéad O'Connor (8 Dec 1966 #Dublin-26 July 2023 Herne Hill, London). Singer, songwriter & activist. Worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of Prince's song ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’. From 2018, called 'Shuhada' Sadaqat'. 🎶en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9… youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60…
“I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your Loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute. I hate the world and would I could take a sweet poison from your lips...” —John Keats, 25 July 1819 clayfjohnson.com/writings/john-…
Lucia Joyce was born #OTD in 1907. You can learn about Lucia's extraordinary life and work in the James Joyce Centre. "Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity" by @DMulrooney is available for purchase in our giftshop.
I've had quite a day today and not in a good way. I need to becalm my mind so here's one of my photos of beautiful Dublin Bay taken last April @dunlaoghairecra @DunLaoghaireTT @DunLaoghaireClb @PhotosOfDublin #Dublin 💚
Lucian Freud and Brendan Behan at the Mansion House, Dublin, 1952.
⏳Countdown to #CutFromTheSameCoth exhibition Thursday 17 July opening in @pearsemuseumOPW 🎉 🎟️Pre-launch event sold out 🥂Join us for the launch event with Dr @EbunJoseph1 @GovIE Special Rapporteur 6.30pm #PPI #EDI
Remembering Robert Emmet and his ill- fated rebellion. This striking picture hangs in Patrick Pearse's study at the brilliant @pearsemuseumOPW . My photo from my visit in April @1916Relatives @LionShamrock @LissadellHouse #Ireland 💚
#OnThisDay 1803 Robert Emmet's rebellion broke out in Dublin. A well planned idea but was hampered by lack of arms, communication & support from outside Dublin meant that rebellion was more of a riot confined to Thomas St. A dragoon & Chief Justice were killed. #Ireland #History
Fionn mac Cumhaill's 2 hounds, Bran & Sceolan were his #cousins! Their mum was Tuiren, Fionn's aunt, transformed into a hound by a Sidhe woman irritated by Tuiren's affair with her husband! Hero dogs, 1st to discover Fionn's son Oisín! 📷Newbridge, Kildare ©? #CousinsDay 🐶🐾
Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you. ~Frida Kahlo✨ #WyrdWednesday
The red rose whispers of passion And the white rose breathes of love O, the red rose is a falcon And the white rose is a dove. John Boyle O'Reilly
Watching and meditating #cemetery #wednesdaythought #calmsoul
Raindrops on roses seen on my walk this morning #RoseWednesday #cemetery #Wednesdayfeeling
