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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Beetroot
This week Little Owl and I pulled eighteen hefty beetroot from one of the rubble sacks where we’ve had a patch growing this summer. It was wonderful to see them after last year’s didn’t even germinate. Here’s a link to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged balloons, beetroot, children, harvest, hugh fearnley-whittingstall, magic bread dough, new website, pizza, rubble sacks, southwest, trip
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Just So Part 1
I don’t know if you can tell from the photograph but this is a very unhappy trailer wheel. We wrestled with it yesterday to no avail so it’s staying behind. Big Dreamer is a bit of a Houdini when it … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged car, illustration, Just So Festival, trailer, wee stop, wheel
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Plants for such-and-such a spot
Big Dreamer’s parents have an incredible garden. My eyes were nearly popping out with envy when we visited them last week. On arriving home, by contrast, our plot looked pretty wretched. It’s not for want of trying but I think … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged beautiful gardens, cold, difficult gardens, exposed gardens, floods, illustration, mice, moles, plant graveyard, poor soil, rabbits, rain, rats, Scottish gardening, slugs, vegetables, wind
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Just So friends
On Thursday Little Owl, Big Dreamer, and I are heading down to the Just So Festival near Stoke. I am going to be putting on some illustration workshops there. I’m so excited to be going. It’s a really fabulous event … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged beetle, Big Dreamer, Firefly magazine, Just So Festival, Little Owl, workshops
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Wise Owl
Now back in Scotland we have returned to a garden that is bursting with produce. Today Little Owl and I have been picking broad beans, peas, gooseberries and the last of the blackcurrants. The pea pods we’ve missed and that … Continue reading
Happy Yorkshire Day
It is with great relief that Little Owl and I have headed down to Yorkshire this week to visit family and friends. We are literally being eaten alive by midges on the farm (me especially). The wet, warm weather is … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bird, Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, dunnock, Edinburgh Festival, Hale and Pace, hedge sparrow, Insect Repellent, Jungle Formula, midges, Simon Birds, Skin So Soft, soap opera, song, songbird, Yorkshire Airlines, Yorkshire Day
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