It’s me! 🧡🧡🧡 Feminist. Poet. Writer~SL Irish Book Awards Short Story 2019~SL Dalkey Creates 2020~SL Penguin Christmas Love Story 2021~Dooligan~Feminist ~Avon Books 2023 & 2024https://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3m74pn6iumk2aEeeeek!!!!!04 Dec 2025 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3m74pn6iumk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3m72xdgz7w22uGood morning mes amies! Bonkers dreams all night. I’m only partially awake!03 Dec 2025 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72xdgz7w22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3m35acjgkvk2vWell GOOD MORNING @waterstones! Hehehe! What a nice surprise this is! Whoop! Mes amies! 💗💙💗💙💗💙💗 #WPreorder code to get a whopping 25% off my new book is OCTOBER25 but heads up! It’s just for a few days! Get it quick! Mmmmwah!14 Oct 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35acjgkvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lq6rr5wsz22pA double rainbow over Penneys reflects in puddles, sending a kaleidoscope of light into the rainy day, made people look up from mundane tasks and smile, never minding the brief sunshine between showers, or the fact that it’s still Tuesday and has felt like that since yesterday #MayObservations27 May 2025 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6rr5wsz22phttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lq4dkpkobc24Flitting from one gone-to-seed geranium to the next, a female bullfinch, all peach & grey, gorged while her partner, blood-orange and black, kept his distance over by the hollies, cleaning his beak on last years hastily assembled willow trellis, quiet & watchful #MayObservations26 May 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq4dkpkobc24https://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpzs6752uc2dSoggy flowers at the headstone, cardboard soaked through like soggy bread, & grass seeds scattered on fresh earth. Damp grass has kept the mower tucked away, & the cuffs of my jeans are wet, and we say hello to faces now becoming familiar & I wonder if we’ll ever say more than that #MayObservations25 May 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzs6752uc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpx7gcay2s22Rain. Hair frizz. Not just me - every other shopper & errand laden person. Squelchy shoes & slippery soles on newly laid footpaths & not so new shop tiles. Umbrellas at all heights, dripping from the ribs down collars, the backs of jackets. Musty damp in the air. #MayObservations24 May 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpx7gcay2s22https://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpucgg5ow22gElderflowers take over, with yellow irises at their feet. Flags, my granny used to call the stately, elegant bog flowers. The town is full of graduated teens, excited & nervous as life & exams awaits, celebrating their education & future, & laughing in the rain. #MayObservations23 May 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpucgg5ow22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lps6ms7yoc2vA Turner-esque sky, a last line of laundry & a promise of rain for the week to come. Everything is crisp, the roses, flaky paint on the gate, bark mulch. A good soaking will bring us all back to our senses. But I rather enjoy the blue skies, the salads, olive oil instead of butter #MayObservations22 May 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lps6ms7yoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpqowvqoek2i@ronanhession.bsky.social also! Huge congratulations on your news re BBC and RTE adapting the book!22 May 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqowvqoek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpphi27r3s2wPuddles dry up as the mist burns off, roads & tar steaming in the mid morning sun reminding me of childhood summer days poking sticks in road creases. A song thrush trills incessantly from deep within the hedge, & blackbirds root in the bark mulch pulling slugs. #MayObservations21 May 2025 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpphi27r3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpn453v7ls27So soft the rain, when it came, that the sheep & lambs graze on, not bothering to huddle beneath blushing hawthorns as usual. It didn’t stop the walkers, runners either. All across the Curragh plains tiny blue flowers stretch their faces to catch what they can. #MayObservations20 May 2025 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpn453v7ls27https://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpkbhgugjk2nThe yellow gloaming, teasing thunder & rain, faded into sunshine & haze in time for afternoon tea at three, only to return to draw a vividness to stately irises, creeping thyme & newly opened sage blossoms, in the absence of even a cooling breath of a breeze #MayObservations19 May 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkbhgugjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpi5jdqdks2rThe growl of 220 motorbikes made loud the silence surrounding memories of lost friends & family. At Wolfe Tone’s grave, on the gravel, crawled a tired bumblebee, drained by the heat & the missing blooms in the dried grass & weeds. The sun is strangely unrelenting, but it won’t last. #MayObservations18 May 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpi5jdqdks2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpfizfq7n22cGiggles & laughter from the belly of the bouncy castle carry on the sultry breeze to the garden edge where the trees gather it up, happiness, innocence & joy, adding it to the next ring of bark, while the bbq smokes & sizzles, & ice cream dribbles down cones. #MayObservations17 May 2025 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpfizfq7n22chttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpcsy7ga2k2aThe first cut of silage and the air is filled with humming and green. I’ve sneezed twelve times since I opened the windows this morning, even with my antihistamine. But in the meadow, the pheasant preens and croaks. #MayObservations16 May 2025 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcsy7ga2k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lpakcvyozs2wMrs K’s old tom chases a fox pup from her garden while the cockerel struts, chest up, comb raised & the hens fluster about. The ducks have long gone, but the foxes remember. Someone is arguing about if it’s time to finally cut back the daffs, sure they’re all fallen over anyway. #MayObservations15 May 2025 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpakcvyozs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lp63xj7dh22eThe meadow is grown, at least half a foot overnight, or so it seems, with dog daisies & buttercups giving over to gorse & rushes where the bog dries out. Lambs, once tiny, now hardy, with black feet & multi-coloured paint splodges, have learned not to fear the rook or raven. #MayObservations14 May 2025 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp63xj7dh22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lp53iorrb22xOh the pain of doing EOY accounts when the weather is as fabulous as today - has been eased by a yummilicous lunch!14 May 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp53iorrb22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lp3dkemyxc2tBarn swallows playing in the muck pile, where the new lawn will be, gathering to build their nests; the cheeky tinkle of the ice cream van at eight o’clock, and a smattering of freckles beneath Factor 50. Towels dried to standing from a whole day on the line. #MayObservations13 May 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3dkemyxc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lp252ewtms2oWishing I was back here today! What stunning weather we’re having! May is so luscious and beautiful!13 May 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp252ewtms2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3loyt5taqbk2qFaraway thunder clouds, tinged the colour of clotted cream, rumble and creep across the sky. There’s static in the air, the smell of it subtle in the stillness, but crackling on the buttercups in the verges and ditches. The birds have quietened down, is there rain to come? #MayObservations12 May 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyt5taqbk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lowjdzcmqs2dThe rain came as the horizon blazed muddled lavender and strawberry, splattering broad lilac leaves like tears released in the sanctity of the quietest corner of home; washing away dust, softening the wheat fields as the rooks craw home to roost. #MayObservations11 May 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowjdzcmqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lot7ld64rc2tThe acers have enough leaf to sound like soft waves on a shore when the whippy wind blows, the house martins chitter-chatter like a 90s modem, while cumulus clouds, fresh & leaden, slowly skim the sky. It’s still a day for sunscreen & thinking about weed picking #MayObservations10 May 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lot7ld64rc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lorijoj2a22qThe moon almost tricked me, shining so brightly, on the verge of fullness, another cycle complete; she sat high as the midday sun, while in the North, giant Jupiter flickered like firelight, content in its place and to let the moon have her moment. #MayObservations09 May 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lorijoj2a22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lopsj4qdik2lGood morning mes amies! It’s another glorious May morning, and it’s Friday!!!!! https://media.tenor.com/Wdhq2znd2IEAAAAC/snoopy-dog.gif?hh=464&ww=49809 May 2025 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lopsj4qdik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3loopbxgtjs2lThe weeds: sticky-back, young nettles, dandelions and newly formed ivy, stretch through the ditch grass, leaning on the cow parsley and smothering the last of the rogue daffodil straps, under a sky that threatens rain, but doesn’t make true on its promise. #MayObservations08 May 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3loopbxgtjs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amygaffney.bsky.social/post/3lonzn5xbt22lI actually have shivers plotting this! HUGE SHIVERS! I can’t wait to write it!!!!!! Think coastal village, think forbidden love, think spice and storms!!!!!08 May 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:rcril3krest2o3heow2j4bav/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonzn5xbt22l