<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com</link><image><url>https://alpha.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://alpha.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:54:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iceland is a land of many colors. In the summer it's mostly green and black, now in early spring mostly yellow and during winter it was white, which, like in the picture, is beautiful in contrast with]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/reflections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/reflections</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:27:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WcoCWnHQGLk4hitS1HH4FgKnou27H23WCNkhCtM6y5g4FGitimXVXG9rD63KxUNHhyLfNKazKMevDL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Icelandic swan]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are so many swans in Iceland! I wouldn't expect them here, but they are here and making lots of noise! I took this picture a month ago and I could see the swanling really closely as it didn't notice]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/icelandic-swan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/icelandic-swan</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UwMhhVQndzJSDpcS2xYEYHwa53mFt1hFrxPVQHtXEGhd9NyjTuk5nbkzEJYbQksdnARRbKiJFvZ2wQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How did you discover your favourite place to be?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discover mine (on the picture) when I was 8 years old and we went to holidays with my parents. We went to Slovakia and slept in a tent, we were hiking and enjoying delicious slovakian food. But then]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/how-did-you-discover-your-favourite-place-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/how-did-you-discover-your-favourite-place-to-be</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:51:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VJY6rGapKv2t4Ug5o4cXWLgQCLcvbN15YDs2ok7HrL1PrsuTUHG8PGBEici5DNuKAqPc8fZANW8CZt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power of the powerless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Power of the powerless is an essay on communist regime written by czech dissident and later president Václav Havel. I'm reading it right now and I particularly like this one sentence (for those of you]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/power-of-the-powerless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/power-of-the-powerless</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZWBXFXnbnQ1FtoZhRqrTWozhqoqWHpGmpmnDuswKrSGbkiL6c5v33huMWHBWjieBfgswVBZ3wSpyw8CEnNoqzLKTHdUKkTQ8J17rJoTL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunset at Prague]]></title><description><![CDATA[Took this picture from the flat of my aunt in Prague. You can see the chimneys of houses and really cool clouds. Posting this picture today because I'm getting up before sunrise to travel and remembered]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/sunset-at-prague</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/sunset-at-prague</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 04:18:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UqNd4T3JSTAdcQwJnRaZFDgDroQMcyC6x9QdSQi8FMy6oiGmKajMeyMKA5N6geKN9NAQbv6s5MDQBg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stones, my precious!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a little sample of my "collection" of semi-precious and precious stone (I wrote quotation marks because what I have is not really a collection in a way I would try to obtain all kinds]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/stones-my-precious</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/stones-my-precious</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WxvGqpm91SzL2zHz8pd3KHfxng5ZzUp9nk8TD1H5usDrsGbbCWD5BFGuVXB8yCv9DNUmM8pKQsK9yg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is it like to sleep in the woods]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you ever wake up with a view like the one in the picture? 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There are lots of beeches growing in the area where I live which also attracts lots]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/perks-of-living-close-to-a-beech-forest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/perks-of-living-close-to-a-beech-forest</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WUecebs8jwGVSgwkgEEkx6wjTowKNzHHDDqtmMXDsNVsszoUiTQ1Rnjs1Mfi61DiwSrB8CntyBKvrA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring-tailed lemur in Prague ZOO]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Prague ZOO you can just come to the lemur space (wouldn't call it a cage as it is huge) and watch them really closely. Some are not afraid of people at all and will come just few cm(!) close. Then you]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/ring-tailed-lemur-in-prague-zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/ring-tailed-lemur-in-prague-zoo</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WcoNQubm7PqnpJMXWA9g2oEToybcU2anotfK2ANmoE3pHF55VvHXzfXDxmVofUuYrNt673hcnShgzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the hills of Czech Republic...]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the middle of Czech Republic lie hills covered in forests, full of mushroom, moss, animals, secret places to sleep for humans (either huts or just places to make fire safely with noone to see you) and]]></description><link>https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/in-the-hills-of-czech-republic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://alpha.ecency.com/@mairead/in-the-hills-of-czech-republic</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mairead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WcHZKytSAQXoGw34oysdfCZPuEmLFCgngpjH3H3GvuVReGudi1NwspRQcWyK8F3XaZMj2WNtHMQAXY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meet Rosie the Walking stick]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did you ever have a little unusual pet? 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