When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart

[raidyb]

Dia Dhuit (Hello) Steemians. My name is Raidy and I'm an Irish rover, artist, flaneur, cat wrangler & armchair philosopher. I'm excited to be part of the emerging Steem community and look forward to having great interactions with like minded souls all over the world.
I'm intrigued to see how this platform will grow and hope that it will become a positive force in the world and not another toxic swamp like FB, Twitter etc. I'm hoping to be part of the Steem evolution & help make it so!

These are a few of my favourite things - 'cos pictures speak louder than words
Growing... in this case courgettes not the snails

Travelling....making new friends in lovely, lovely Lisboa

Creating by recycling....I made this record cabinet entirely from dumped cardboard boxes, PVA & woodstain

Painting & photography - especially the beautiful big sky over Dublin

....to be continued...

Slan go foill

*When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart = James Joyce

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[junaidkhawaja]

Stunning photography Raidy!
Here is your new friend ,says
Welcome TO U!

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[steemladder]

Welcome to Steem @raidyb.

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[steemtracked]

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[tiagoms]

Hello! And welcome to Steemit!!!

[raidyb]

Hola to you too. Love those photos.

[gillianpearce]

Welcome to Steemit Raidy. That record cabinet is amazing. I how you'll be posting more projects like that. It will help you stand out. Hope you have fun here. That's the main thing. :-)

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[raidyb]

Hi Gillian. Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to tracking your progress as an artist too. I'm currently working on improving my painting skills but looking at the cabinet has given me an urge to create something in 3d again.

[gillianpearce]

I don't post much art here anymore @raidyb. I mostly use photographs as the basis for blogs. I came here hoping to find an art community but I found I got more traction on Facebook, although I don't post there either anymore. 😁

Steemit is quite a journey but you will find your way I'm sure.

[floflosen]

Well, hello from a former Belfastian and current Frankfurter. It's great to be able to welcome somebody here. Makes me feel so, uhm, established. I disagree with one thin, though: I believe a word says more than a thousand pictures. Hope to see you around!

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[maikuraki]

thank you!

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