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The beast from the east
‘The Beast from the East’ has arrived at just the right time for us. Half the roof is missing and we haven’t even one wisp of loft insulation. Last night we packed everyone off to bed early, layered up in … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged blankets, bracket fungi, builders, buttress roots, children, crows nest fern, ecology, education, egret, epiphytes, green, Hannah Foley, hot water bottles, illustration, illustrator, jaguar, king palm, loft conversion, macaw, natural history, prop roots, rainforest, red, roof, scarlet ibis, science, slippers, sloth, spider monkey, stag horn fern, strangler vine, the beast from the east, toucan
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Savouring slowness
Finch has a cold and has been wandering around the house wheezing like a little train. It’s gone to his chest and he’s asthmatic. He clamped on some child’s ear defenders from the bottom of the toy box proclaiming that … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged asthma, blue, bonfire night, brown, bunny, children, cold, delia smith, ear defenders, green, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, Mole, park, parkin, picture books, rabbit, red leaves, singing, wheezing, wood
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Tomatoes
Ooo hang on, a bit busy with deadlines. Bear with me. In the mean time, look some of my tomatoes have actually ripened!
After the Storm
Yesterday an enormous storm rolled in and blew the power at Radio Devon. The kids and I watched in awe from the window as rain pounded the garden. Counting the seconds between lightening strike and thunder clap, the storm stalked … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged After the Storm, badges, biology, black out, blue, brook lamprey, brown, Brown trout, Brownies, chalk stream, children, damselfly, devon, education, end of term, families, fine-lined pea mussel, fish, green, Hannah Foley, health visitor, hollyhocks, illustration, illustrator, kids, lesser water parsnip, natural history, non-fiction, paediatrician, Percy the Park Keeper, radio devon, reports, Salmon, sports day, stick collection, storm, stream water crowfoot, summer holidays, teachers, UK, walking, water river stream, water starwort, water vole, watercress, white-clawed crayfish, wildlife
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Walking the bounds
My Dad likes to take a “stroll around the block” of an evening. I think that’s an interesting expression because a “block” is an American term. We don’t really have blocks here do we? My Granddad on my Dad’s side … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged allotments, amphibians, beating the bounds, biology, blue, brown, children, countryside corridor, Devon County Council, Dove Grey Reader, educational, exeter, florist, frogs, green, Hannah Foley, horned marsupial frog, illustration, illustrator, kids, natural history, New York, night, non-fiction, plants, robber frogs, rogation, San Jose Cochrane frog, saxon lane, South America, splendid leaf frog, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, tink frogs, tithe maps, Twisted Oak, walking around the block
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Summer at last
Finch got some new pyjamas this week. He was so pleased with them that he got up in the night and put all three sets on, on top of each other. He was roasting when we went to wake him … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ABC, anax imperator, blue, bug hunting, children, chives, dragonfly, education, garden, gold, green, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, irises, kids, may, natural history, pyjamas, rambling roses, summer, sun, wildlife, yellow
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Sun rise
The sun has been struggling up each morning this week around about 7.20am and each morning a bird has been singing outside our bedroom window at just about the same time. I did try to learn some of our British … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged birds, birdsong, brown, children, chimney pots, dunnock, educational, gold, green, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, invertebrate, kids, Lymnaea satgnalis, natural history, orange, robin, school run, sky, snail, spring, sunrise, water snail, wildlife
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Nerves
I can’t even tell you how relieved I am that the Christmas tree is gone. I had it down on the 27th and wrestling it out of the back door was major catharsis. It wasn’t the tree’s fault. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged children, Chorthippus parallelus, Christmas tree, cricket, education, green, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insect, mini beasts, new tooth, new year, parenting, small children, teething, wildlife
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Hosting a hedgehog
In the meadow by the river, cow parsley flower heads dance like a sea of white saucers over a table cloth of golden grasses. Along the river banks hogweed umbrellas are drying out and dying back, giving room for other … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged bikes, blue, common wintercress, cow parsley, cyclist, easter, green, hanging basket liners, Hannah Foley, hedgehog, hedgehog poo, hogweed, hotel, illustration, illustrator, lady, maroon, meadow, scooters, shed, spots, tansy, tansy cake, tarpaulin, yellow
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