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Bluebells
It’s official. I have passed! Now it’s over to the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) to issue me with my PIN and I will be back on the register. I start my job as a District Nurse next Tuesday, working … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged bluebells, Dartmoor, district nurse, emsworthy mire, garden centre, gardening, gardening with kids, gardening with toddlers, insects, milk, NMC, nursing, overhanging branchs, oxygenating plants, PIN, pond, Return to Practice, scone, shade, vegetation, wildlife
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Happy Midsummer!
Happy Midsummer! This weekend was fittingly glorious. We hid fairy doors in the garden for the children and their friends to find, and discover little Midsummer gifts left for them behind the doors by the ‘fairies’. The river is bursting … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged banded demoiselle, beautiful demoiselle, biology, children, children book art, children books, damselfly, dragonfly, education, fairies, fairy doors, fairy gifts, family, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, Midsummer, natural history, non-fiction, picture book art, picture books, river, wildlife
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November flowers
Rain pounded down all day yesterday. My pink geranium, still flowering copiously in the shelter of the side return, looked a bit absurd against such a grey November backdrop. Funnily enough pink geraniums don’t appear in Margaret Erskine Wilson’s page … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things
Tagged animals, dogwood, home, insects, knitting needles, Margaret Erskine Wilson, names, november, pink geraniums, plants, rain, spindle, Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month
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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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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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Half term
Half term ambushed me from out of nowhere. I was merrily making my way through the term when it suddenly leapt out from nowhere and held me hostage. I was forced to bake heart-shaped biscuits, build extensive train set layouts, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged anopheles quadrimacus, brown, children, education, gold, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, mosquito, natural history, orange, parenting
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Waymarkers
When do you think a regular activity becomes a tradition? This is our second year in Devon, Wren’s first Christmas, and Finch’s first Christmas that makes any sense to him. I think it’s a lovely phase in the life of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged aranues diadematus, children, christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas tree, customs, Dartmoor, education, feasts, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, landmarks, nativity, natural history, school, seasons, sensitive, spider, stir, time, traditions, way marls, wildlife, wishes
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Queen’s Baton Relay
In the nature reserve the cygnets have hatched, grey fluffy bundles with outlandish legs. Today they had taken up residence in the middle of one of the paths, watched over territorially by their parents. We escorted a bereft little boy … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged bog, Commonwealth Games, cygnets, Glasgow 2014, hot, illustration, insects, midges, midgies, muggy, nature reserve, Queen's Baton Relay, rain, scotland, swans, water, yellow irises
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