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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Half term
We’re deep in the throes of half term. We’ve made dolly peg pirates, baked gingerbread men, made a hanging mobile of the solar system, planted out tomatoes, and spent copious amounts of time at the splash zone (lots of movement-triggered … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged Devon County Show, devon rubies, dolly pegs, farriers, gingerbread men, half term, horse shoeing, illustration, mobile, pirates, sheep shearing, solar system, splash zone, teething, tomatoes
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Wasps
Out in the garage the other week little Owl pointed up to the roof over my shoulder and asked, “Is that pollen mummy?” Clinging to the wooden beam was a cluster of carefully built little hexagons. As we watched a … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged garage, illustration, nature, slugs, wasps, wasps nest, wildlife
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Rain
Here is a little illustration I did of the greengrocers on the high street. They have a great range of local fruit and vegetables. I’m enjoying taking mealtime inspiration from the seasonal treats they have in stock. We had some … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged apples, beetroot, fruit, gardening, greengrocers, local, neighbours, peas, rain, seedlings, spinach, stokes, vegetables
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May
I’ve been delving into my seasonal reading again this month. Steve Roud’s chapter on May in his book The English Year, is a riot of flower strewn celebrations. Roud says that traditionally May would have rivalled Christmas in the scale … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged buttercups, cheese-rolling, cow parsley, cuckoos, ducking day, elms, hedgerows, hobby horses, illustration, jack-by-the-hedge, may, May Day, maypoles, nightingales, ragged robin, reading, seasonal, seasonality, seasons, Stephen Moss, steve roud, stitchwort, the english year, thresholds, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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Forest of the Imagination
Just a quick heads up about an arts event happening in Bath this weekend. If you happen to be in the area a dear friend of ours has been involved in organising the Forest of Imagination, a pop-up multi-disciplinary arts … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged arts event, bath, children, families, forest of imagination, South West
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Monkey!
This weekend Little Owl and I had a fantastic treat. We drove out to a nearby village and crammed into the pretty hall to see a puppet show version of the Chinese folk tale Monkey. This was an adaptation of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged arts, children, china, chinese, communities, devon, folk tale, Monkey, puppet show, PuppetCraft, puppets, rural, theatre, Villages in Action
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Conflict and the Brain
In my last post I told you about illustrations I’d done for a web game for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) and a second part of the commission was to produce a poster that explained the biology behind … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged brain, conflict, families, family, love, mammalian brain, monkey vs lizard, oxytocin, Reptilian brain, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
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Monkey vs Lizard
This is a screen shot from a commission I completed recently for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR). It was part of a project that aimed to help people understand the impact of conflict on brain development. The SCCR … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged biology, brain, evolution, family conflict, illustration, mammalian brain, monkey vs lizard, primate web agency, quiz, reactions, Reptilian brain, responses, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
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