Maria Farrell

@mariafarrell

Irish writer and speaker: let's rewild the internet! Dog lady. Forest bather. She/her Rep: No DMs

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Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· 2d

the fellas rather liked the weekend and request it be resumed immediately.

Colour photo of a smiling white fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, grinning with his tongue hanging out as he lies on grass with a huge broadleaf tree in the near background and, far behind, a glimpse of a river, pasture, and deciduous woodland on a bright but cloudy summer day.

Colour photo of a black and white smooth-haired border collie, Chip, taken from the chest up as he sits on a rocky beach with the Atlantic in the background, a distant swimmer, and far beyond, the green Dingle peninsula and a deep blue and slightly cloudy sky.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· 7d

Face of a little guy who JUST DISCOVERED blackberries grow on the side of the road and can be plucked by careful, neckering little lips.

Colour photo taken on the side of a country lane; a black and white smooth-haired collie dog, Chip, is sitting and looking into the camera as he licks his lips. To the right of him is tall rough grass with some briars in it and ripe and unripe blackberries on them. In the background is a gorse bush.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· 21d

yeah I think they're happy

Colour photo of two dogs in a pasture field in late evening as the sun has set in a pale gold sky behind them. Milo, a white fluffy samoyed dog lies in the foreground with his head raised and eyes closed in a peaceful, happy expression. Chip, a black and white smooth haired border collie, sits to the right looking pleased and alert.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· 21d

Far be it from me to perpetuate rustic stereotypes but now we're on the correct island for a spell Milo and Chip are unabashed hayseeds

Colour photo of a smiling white fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, sitting on a concrete path in a garden. He has been eating grass and has a foot-long hayseed hanging from his open mouth.

Colour photo of a rather solemn looking, black and white, smooth-haired border collie, Chip, sitting indoors on a red patterned carpet. From his closed mouth a foot-long, dry grass stalk is hanging as he makes intense eye contact with the picture taker.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· 27d

the lads seem moderately pleased to be on the correct island at last.

Colour photo of a white fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, sitting on a rocky beach with a curved shoreline in the mid-ground and people with dogs, and bungalows, mountains and a blue sky in the background. Milo is sitting up and smiling at the camera.

Colour photo close-up of a black and white collie dog, Chip, sitting between the knees of the photo taker on a rocky beach with a tied up boat, hazy blue sea, mountains, and a small glimpse of a golden evening sky in the background. Chip's mouth is open, his ears back, and he looks very happy as he leans toward the camera.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jul 5

Spent Pride in Piccadilly painting faces with my lovely assistant Milo Moments I'm only processing now; a teenager and their traditional Nigerian mum shyly asking about a NB stripe, 2 Chinese students amazed by the freedoms. A trans girl delighted I'd nearly run out of their colours A gift of a day

Colour photo of a whit fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, standing slightly crouched under a folding table on outdoor sloan stabs beside a water bottle and red ribbon tangled on the ground. On the table above him are plastic cups with dull brown water from cleaning paint brushes, sponges in rainbow stripes, a packet of wet wipes, and assorted striped paint boxes.

Colour photo of an outdoor scene in a church courtyard adorned in rainbow flags and banners. People milling about in summer clothes under a shade-giving tree as in the background a drag queen under a small awning DJs a dance set.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jul 3

aah thank you! he will be very chuffed.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 30

In more cheerful Piccadilly Circus-related news, Odo the baby-hating church dog was this weekend merely glowering and growling at the (actually very sweet) nearby toddler. His owner says Odo can't tell whether babies are human or animal. TBF they make weird noises and can be quite stinky.

Colour photo in close-up of a grey and white schnauzer-type dog's face resting on a church pew, glowering at the picture taker through incredibly long eye lashes, while a service leaflet lies on the bench near his nose.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 30

Mullvad has been advertising on a dedicated structure in the middle of London's Piccadilly Circus for weeks, now. The Orwell reference hits different when you know the VPN's co-founder is funding the Swedish far-right to "re-migrate" anyone with brown skin. An Orwellian phrase if ever there was.

Colour photo of a large advertising structure in London's Piccadilly Circus on a cloudy summer day. The Advertising reads : "STOP government spyware on mobile devices, MULLVAD VPN".

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 29

Milo is chilling under this year's enormous rhubarb (fallow year for lots of lovely crumbles in 2027) after a Gail's visit where we sat beside @kardyology.bsky.social who recognised him! we reminisced about our mutual @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com and guilt-free café days at the old place

Colour photo of a very pleased looking white fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, lying in a garden between a shaded wall and a large, flopping over rhubarb plant. An apple tree is just visible in the background and a bright green apple hangs over Milo's back.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 24

though Milo is elderly in dog years, he has, as they say, still got it.

Colour photo of a white fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, lying on a shaded patio underneath garden chairs and table with a colourful stripey blanket lain across them to dry. In the background is a large, blooming, white agapanthus, a blue pot plant and a grey fence with sweetpea running up it.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 24

Milo continues to believe he can style this out. I have to whoosh and shut him into our one semi-cool room as the day goes on He grumbles that his ancestors on the Siberian steppe tolerated temperatures in the high thirties. I counter that he is 12.5 yrs old; 80+ in human years. And so it goes on.

Colour photo of a white fluffy samoyed dog, Milo, smiling with his eyes closed as he lies on his favourite bit of garden gravel under a rose arch. In the background is a raised bed with fluorescent green euphorbia blooming.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 23

Garden is looking the best it will for the rest of the year, following last night's drenching. NGL I'm definitely a 'more is more' kind of gardener NB I cut back a veeeery aggressive clematis this year and the artichoke it had been, well, choking, has roared back with no less than SIX flower heads.

Colour photo of an urban garden stacked with plants. In the foreground a dahlia'-like 2 meter tall flower in a pot and an agapanthus stand in front of an off-white brick wall which is planted with lavendar on one side and sweetpea on the other. Behind them a six-headed artichoke plant and line of japanese anemone not ye tin bloom, with clematis leaves pushing through them, and sweetpea growing up an arch just visible to the left. in the background a pale green shed and apple tree.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 19

Went up north yesterday for a swim in Hampstead Heath pond and spotted this epic trolling from Camden Council at the bottom of Highgate West Hill where vast houses in the tens of millions, the odd one derelict, hold Putin's allies' £££ Great to see a council devoted to such prominent signage...

Colour photo of a small urban roundabout with large signs in the middle of it and on each junction that say "Boris Nemtsov Place". In the background a cyclist is rounding the circle and two pedestrians walk in front of a 1950s style low-rise of flats.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 17

This scruffy little dauphin sends you love and also his sincere hope that there is no bath in his immediate future. (it's from a couple of weeks ago. there was.)

Colour photo of a very scruffy white fluffy samoyed dog, milo, sitting under a desk and looking very cagily at the photo taker.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 16

Milo is pretty indifferent to Chip. But Chip, who had a tough start in life, has carefully studied Milo for 7 months and just recently learned - sob - how to play with toys. He never had any before. Of course, being a dog, the very next thing he learnt was how to steal Milo's ones.

Colour photo of two dogs in a garden. Milo, a white, fluffy samoyed, is in the foreground and looking happily at the photo-taker, while Chip, a black and white smooth-haired collie, plays behind him with a colourful soft toy in his mouth, about to toss it in the air.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 9

gah! don't know if a photo will exactly help with either, but wishing you the energy of this very happy bumble bee I saw at the chelsea garden show.

Photo of a bumble bee drinking from a yellow Australian flower planted in deep ochre coloured earth with purple flowers and passersby in the background.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Jun 1

Chip & Milo found the weekend quite adequate, really, now it's a bit cooler and their garden is enjoyable once again.

Colour photo of two dogs - a black and white smooth-haired collie called Chip, and a white fluffy samoyed called Milo - sitting in a small and scruffy but abundant back garden. In the foreground is a metal arch with a pale pink climbing rose tumbling and blooming in large pompoms of blossoms on the left side, and on the other a smaller, apricot coloured rose and some sweetpea on the right. Between them are old clay pots with lemon verbena, and behind them are two raised beds with various greenery and some seed trays, and a green painted garden shed against a brick wall in the rear.

Close up shot of pale apricot coloured rose with double blooms growing up a metal arch, and sweetpea blossoming alongside it in white and pale pink. Beside them are leaves of japanese anemone, and behind is an empty raised bed and a grey-painted slatted fence.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· May 22

Palantir's Mosley showing what nasty pieces of work he and his sinister employer truly are. I recently made this clipping from Francis Spufford's marvellous new novel, Nonesuch, on fighting fascists in WWII London - clearly an evergreen topic. Hoped for a reason to use it. Now here it is!

Photo of a line from a book which reads "... invading Belgium. The future that Mosley counted on might be experiencing a local malfunction."

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· May 18

Church dog yesterday. Glorious handlebar moustache (which I now know is called a 'Hungarian Handlebar', the biggest kind), and movie star eye lashes. Wildly intolerant of babies. Willing to be fed treats and minded while his humans circulate afterwards. V. fixed views. (possible Presbyterian)

Colour photo of a pale grey and white schnauzer-type dog with a wide, cream-coloured, handlebar moustache, big brown eyes and dark, curled eyebrows close to two inches long. He is sitting on a church pew and looking calmly at the picture-taker.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· May 14

Chip's world is getting wider. He's part of a pack with a kind human leader, is learning to get in and out of <other people's> car (Classic rescue dog error - we thought as he would for us it was transferrable. It was not!), and has met a man (he has big fears) he wants cuddles from. #dogsofbluesky

Photo of six dogs sitting on patchy grass in a park. In an assortment of schnauzers, terrier, doodle and lab types is - in the centre - a black and white short-haired collie dog in a bright orange harness. He is sitting up alert and looking calmly at the picture taker.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· May 7

IT WAS NOT ME

Photo of a kitchen with a grey polished concrete floor. In the foreground is a black and white collie dog, Chip, looking guiltily up at the picture taker, and behind him, along a wall of units, is a knocked over food bin, its lid upside down and several feet away, and dog kibble sprayed all over the floor between them.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· May 1

As Chip traversed the country - big hurray for the UK's hard won public paths system and the right to roam! - Milo and I pursued more sedate goals such as our first iced coffee in the park of 2026. Life goals!

Colour photo of a white fluffly samoyed dog, Milo, sitting in front of a cafe's outdoor counter and wooden signage announcing Today's Sandwiches. Milo's tongue is out andhe looks very pleased with life.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· May 1

Well this little chap has up and walked (scampered!) the literal width of England - from Bowness to Wall's End. Didn't disgrace himself at any of the B&Bs he and his human stayed at. Enjoyed all the smells and gallops to be had along Hadrian's Wall. Last seen sipping a pint of Newcastle Brown Ale.

Colour photo of a black and white smooth-haired collie dog, Chip, sitting peaceably on a grassy, rocky mound while looking into the middle distance. Behind him is a square-stoned wall, Hadrian's Wall, and in the background fields and farm settlements stretch to the skyline under a cloudy blue sky above.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Apr 24

the boys enjoyed their weekend In The Country, though Milo finds most walks a bit long, and Chip now wants a cushion-lined Aga compartment for himself thank you very much. for a chap who spent his early years blanket-less in a cowshed, his standard of living expectations have risen sharply!

Colour photo of a smiling samoyed dog, Milo, lying amidst a scatter of blooming rapeseed plants on the edge of a field of rapeseed. Behind him is a sea of green stalks and leaves, yellow flowers, and an almost cloudless blue sky.

Colour photo of a medium sized, smooth haired border collie, Chip, sittin gon a small, worn Persian rug in front of a duck egg blue Aga cooker which has a cream painted 'dog cabinet' appended to it, i.e. what would be a run of drawers but is hollowed out to be a space for a small dog. Inside on a cushion is a curled up, sleeping jack russell terrier. Chip's expression appears somewhat judgemental or aggrieved.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Apr 6

Boys passed an excellent Easter, albeit Milo now in a long-needed bath immediately necessitated by Chip having such an exciting park play with a pomeranian-huskey - the only cross to match him, chase for chase - that he peed all over Milo's head. No, I don't get the physics of that either.

Colour photo of a rather hacked off looking samoyed dog, Milo, lying in a scruffy garden with covered raised wooden bed and semi-painted shed behind him, as he looks back toward the photo taker.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Apr 6

Oh! As the long slow weeks of (giving up Bsky for) Lent chugged by, I longed to share my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE BOOK SO FAR THIS YEAR, @jamesbluecat.bsky.social's Pagans Read it slowly to savour each detail of this alternative history. It all rang so deeply true. And a fantastic tale. Roll on Book 2.

Book Cover of "Pagans" by James Alistair Henry. Mostly black image of possibly a castle or the city of London. Text on it reads "The Times top ten bestseller", "Enjoyably nasty and frequently very funny", the FT, and Pagans" Two cops. One Killer. Hundreds of Gods.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Apr 6

Well, a good Easter weekend. Reading the first of @pnh.nielsenhayden.com's incomparable Starlight anthologies. Just. so. many. bangers. and the wagging tail of a delighted cockapoo as the congregation belted out the Hallelujah chorus of Handel's Messiah. Also there was roast lamb and mah jong.

Colour photo of a black and white collie dog, Chip, sitting in a window box overlooking a grubby patio garden. His paw is on the blue-jeaned legs of the picture-taker and in her lap is a copy of the anthology Starlight !, Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden.

Colour photo of wooden floorboards and the back of a church pew. In the foreground is a man's grey trilby hat under his seat, and in the background there is a yellow scarf hanging down and the light brown/blonde tail of a cockapoo type dog is sticking out from under the pew.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Feb 17

I'm giving up bsky for Lent. bloody hell. worst thing since ditching chocolate for 40 days as a schoolgirl. Hopefully these mucky pups will enjoy fewer requests to Stop Right Now So I Can Photo You Horrifying to think it'll be just me and my thoughts for the duration. and books, I suppose. fuck.

Colour photo of two dogs. In the foreground is the partial image of a black and white smooth haired border collie, Chip, looking beseechingly upward. Behind him Milo the white fluffy samoyed dog sits on a dirty, straw-coloured rug and looks at the camera, delighted with the garden mud all over his smiling snout.

Maria Farrell@mariafarrell· Feb 16

well, Monday and all that, but in happier news Milo found his platonically ideal Stick in the park this weekend and chewed it to a tiny stub.