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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Lambing dangers
Lambing is due to start any day and I’ve been banned from visiting the lambing sheds. There are infections that can affect pregnant livestock that cause miscarriage and stillbirth in humans. We’ll also have to be super vigilant about washing … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged baby cousin, child, child sucking thumb, illustration, infections, lambing, miscarriage, pregnant livestock, sketch, spring, stillbirth
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Logos
Snowdrops are beginning to push their up through the damp ground in the woods around us and there is definitely more birdsong. It is only January but I still hope that these cheering signs might mean we’ll actually get a … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged birdsong, eco-install scotland, January, logo, scotland, snowdrops, spring
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Mizzle
Since moving to Scotland I have not only learnt lots of new words for mud, I have also learnt lots of new words for rain. Today would be classed as mizzle. Mizzle is less than a drizzle but more than … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged Christmas present, drizzle, hare, illustration, mizzle, mud, rain, scotland
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Wee Hansel and Gretel
On Friday Little Owl and I went and did something really magical…we went to see the Scottish National Ballet perform a special children’s performance of their newest production of Hansel and Gretel. My scanner hasn’t done justice to the front … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged ballet, dancers, Scottish National Ballet, stars, trees, Wee Hansel and Gretel, witch
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Seeing
The day is full of sweeping showers, gliding in, down, and away again. Shafts of pale wintery sunlight beam out of breaks in the clouds, illuminating the landscape in an affectionate glow. The trees are sodden, creating a fine black … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged 2013, 2014, A Summer Book, A Winter Book, brilliance, countryside, diligence, John Updike, Kathleen Jamie, light, limitations, new year, river, shortfalls, sightlines, Tove Jansson, W.H. Auden, winter
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New year, new life
The leaden skies and downpours have lifted this morning to reveal a bright and frosty landscape. It seems appropriate because yesterday evening I became an aunty for the first time! Well done to my wonderful sister who managed the whole … Continue reading
Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone! May 2014 be a wonderful year for you and yours.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged 2014, best wishes, cheers, fizz, greetings, illustration, new year
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