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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Book Week Scotland
Itβs Book Week Scotland this week and across the country there are lots of events and fun things to get involved with in celebration of books. Pictured above are love letters by Little Owl and I, which we have sent … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged book bug, Book Week Scotland, books, Guardian, illustration, libraries, library, local, love, love letter, newspaper, reading challenge, rhyme time, scotland
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Danny, the Champion of the World
The hills that form the southern boundary to Edinburgh are called the Pentlands. On Friday they appeared purple and glamorous, wearing a peplum of rolling fog. Travelling in that direction to visit a friend, and eventually gaining enough height to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged audio book, autumn, car, Champion of the World, Danny, edinburgh, illustration, journey, Pentlands, Roald Dahl, town, urban, winter
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Cake and Pie
I havenβt done a recipe for a while, have I? These are two tasty ones we have tried recently. The fact that they are both from supermarket magazines sums up a lot about our lives at the moment β menu … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged Apple, apricot, hand written, illustration, leek, loaf, Mark Haddon, marmalade, Marmalade-glazed apricot loaf, Pie, poem, Sausage, sausage apple leek pie, Tesco magazine, The River Car, Waitrose magazine
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A bright moment of calm
As a mum and freelancer the inside of my head most often resembles a tumbling, teeming ant hill; to-do lists and piles of dirty laundry marching to and fro as far as the eye can see. A new baby and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged children, confidence, course, freelance, grant, green, illustration, leaf, light, moment of calm, new baby, red, residential, skills, window, writing
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Remembering
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged child, illustration, poppy, remembering, Remembrance Day, the great war, WW1
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Christmas Cards
Little Owl was very busy the other morning before school. When I asked her what she was doing she said she was tidying so that Santa didn’t trip over when he came in with her presents. I didn’t like to … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cat, christmas, christmas cards, door step, front door, milk bottle, robin, wreath
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Bonfire Night
Festivities and special days cluster around this time of year like a group of teenagers on a street corner. Then November stretches out in grey dreariness with nothing to break it up until the countdown to Christmas begins. If it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, baby carrier, bonfire, bonfire night, ear protectors, farm, Finch, fire bin, fire dancers, fireworks, halloween, hog roast, Hopetoun House, illustration, memory, november, smell, trick or treat, wood burner
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