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Load More...Enhanced transition visit to High School this morning and my wonderful eldest with SEN is EXCITED about going there in Sept!!! 🎉 This is major! (So much thanks to the school 🙌) And, apparently I didn't embarrass her either...well done me 😁
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Dandelion
There was much cackling and hooting coming from Little Owl’s bedroom the other morning. I heard Little Owl shout, “Look how fluffy I made her hair!” This was followed by shrieks of laughter. Then I heard Finch say, “Let’s see how … Continue reading
Another year
A year has passed and I don’t need to look back at old blog posts to know exactly what I was doing this time last year. April is my mum’s birthday and to celebrate, every year my mum, my sister, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged cake, children's books, childrens' book art, day without kids, Finch, garden, gardens, geraniums, gift shop, Hannah Foley, history, illustration, illustrator, maid, morning, mum's birthday, non-fiction, outings, plant sale, school, second-hand bookshop, snake's-head fritillaries, snow, stroll, tea, tea room, topiary, tudor, winter, year
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How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim
I’m back at my desk and my mind is full of festive images…Christmas sing-a-longs, snow-covered hill-tops, purple clouds over a golden sunset, hoicking our friend out of a muddy puddle on a country walk (we nearly had to sacrifice his … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged author, Billy Hippo Learns to Swim, children, christmas, country walks, frogs, Hannah Foley, hills, hippos, illustrator, Little Door Books, mud, picture books, publisher, snow, sunsets, swimming, vivian french, wellies
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Christmas bustle
The kids break up on Friday so the end is in sight. Christmas plays, Christmas concerts, Christmas fairs, Christmas parties, and nativities are all done. Just Christmas jumper day (oh yes!), Christmas school dinners and one more deadline for me, … Continue reading
Christmas cards
I’m so sorry to do this to you. I’m well aware it’s only October. Here goes…Christmas cards! There I’ve said it. I’ve got Christmas cards to sell. The reason I’m posting about them now is because I will be seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cards, children, christmas, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, lights, market, presents, seasons, snow, toy shop, toys, wooden
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Carols in the cathedral
Last week, I went with one of my friends to a carol concert at the cathedral. The Christmas market was in full swing along the streets around the cathedral green. Everywhere was twinkling lights and the smell of mulled wine. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged 12 days of Christmas, carol concert, cathedral, cathedral green, christmas, Christmas market, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, John Rutter, Little Donkey, mulled wine, snow, twinkling lights
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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
The sparrows have found our feeders! Granted it took minus temperatures for them to venture into our exposed garden but it’s a start. The hills behind our house were thick with snow this weekend. The trees wore strips of snow … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bird feeders, birds, blackthorn, children, church yards, gilbert white, gold crest, great tit, illustration, January, landscape, Mark, nature, Random House, seasonality, simplicity, skein, small birds, snow, Somerset, somerset levels, sparrows, Stephen Moss, The Natural History of Selbourne, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, yews
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