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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Working hard
Dip, ting-ting, scritch, scratch, screetch, scritch, scritch. Dip, ting-ting, screetch, scratch. Dip, ting-ting, scritch, screetch, scratch. These are the sounds of me working very hard on several looming deadlines…eeek!
Posted in Illustration
Tagged boots, deal dines, dip pens, illustration, little girl, sound effects
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First day of school
Finch and I waved Little Owl off this week for her first day of school. She confidently strode across the playground to meet her teacher in her new uniform, proudly clutching her lunchbox and book bag. A little less confidently … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged book bag, first day of school, illustration, kettle, Little Owl, lunchbox, p1, school, scotland, uniform
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Boat racing
This weekend we went along to the 25th annual cardboard boat race on the Union Canal in Linlithgow. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. Cardboard boats of all shapes and sizes had to navigate a course … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged canal, Canal Fun Day, capsizing, cardboard boat racing, illustration, Linlithgow, Linlithgow Canal Centre, union canal, water
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SCCR website launch
This week a very exciting thing happened. The Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) website went live and on it were my illustrations! Regular readers of this blog will know that I have been volunteering this year with the SCCR … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged conflict, families, illustration, little things, resources, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, tangle, website, young people
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Maple Arts Exhibition
Yesterday airborne seeds smoked and billowed from the downy heads of thistle plants. It always seems to me that, like the mayfly, thistle seeds seasonally pour forth in one of those blink-and-you-miss-it profligate events nature is so good at. Suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged candlemaker row, edinburgh, exhibition, fairies, illustration, maple arts, seeds, summer, thistle
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World War 1 Centenary
As many of you will know today marks the centenary of the start of World War 1. Our local library has a wonderful display all about it, with a selection of books for children about the war. I got Where … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged centenary, hilary robinson, illustration, martin impey, picture books, where the poppies now grow, world war 1
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Turning
On the way back from a swim this evening the dusk was dim enough that I needed to put the car headlights on. The breeze that tosses the trees has a roguish manner. In England the main summer month is … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged autumn, changing seasons, England, illustration, school term, scotland, summer, winter
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