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Wacky dreams
In general, I tend to have pretty wacky dreams, and unusually for most people, I often remember them in vivid detail. During this pandemic, my dreams have got a whole lot weirder. The other night I dreamed I was an … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged COVID-19, daisies, dreams, evil corporation, getaway, international spy, leucanthemum, nightmares, pandemic, PPE, psychoanalysts
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A bright pebble
I found this pebble hidden on the path outside one of my visits this week. The neighbour’s front window was open a small crack. Inside the house, children’s heads bobbed around the windowsill, trying to hide, but desperate to see. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, community, COVID-19, daffodil, daffodil pebble, district nurse, family, home schooling, home visits, keyworker, nurse, painted pebble, smile pebble
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Virtual garden visits
First of all, apologies to those of you who tried to leave a comment here over the last week or so. I think the problem is resolved, fingers crossed! My lovely friend helps me with the mechanics of this blog … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged alan titchmarsh, albrighton rambler, allotment, broad beans, charities, creeping phlox, district nurses, flowers, fundraising, garden inspiration, gardening, gardens, green patch, hospice, marigolds, Nation Gardens Scheme, NGS, nursing, rose, scent, sweet peas, virtual gardens, warm evenings
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Dawn chorus
I woke up in the early hours of Easter Sunday morning. The air was filled with the sound of the dawn chorus. I haven’t heard a dawn chorus like that since we lived in the Borders. The seagulls tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged community nursing, COVID-19, dawn chorus, district nurse, easter, Easter Sunday, estuary view, poorly child, PPE, seagulls, spring
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In the midst…
I nearly stood on a peacock butterfly as I left a patient’s house this week. It was sunning itself on the front doorstep. The absence of car fumes and aeroplane pollution has made the night sky crystal clear, even in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged COVID-19, daily exercise, devon, exeter, ford, green circle, green space, night sky, paddling, peacock butterfly, pollution, skimming stones, stitchwort, stream, wild garlic
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Dreaming in January
District Nurses care for patients who are housebound. Usually these are people who are too frail or ill to leave their homes. Last week the government wrote to 1.5 million people with conditions that put them at greater risk of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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This time last week…
How strange to read back my blog post of last week. Was that only last week? It feels a life time ago. Back then, we were planning provisional childcare arrangements but we had imagined the lockdown to still be a … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, author, author event, blog, cat, cat hat, childcare, children, children's books, COVID-19, delayed publication, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, lockdown, looking back, middle grade fiction, mystery, nerves, parenting, primary school, publication, school, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle
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Odd times
Well, these are odd times indeed, aren’t they? I have had my nursing hat on over the last three days, operating under a cloud of contingency planning and training, while running around to make up for the absence of self-isolating … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged author event, birthday tea, childcare, children, community nurse, contingency planning, Corona Virus, COVID-19, dystopia, frontline staff, local businesses, NHS, NHS staff, nurse, planning, quarantine, restaurant, seeds, self-isolating, sweet peas, tomato seeds, windowsill
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World Book Day 2020
It is light now when I come in from my morning bike rides. The riverbanks are full of bird song and lolloping bunnies. In the streets near us, front garden shrubs explode with sparrow chatter as we pass on the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged 2020, Author events, birdsong, book characters, book launch, capes, Cardboard Kingdom, cardboard modelling, children's books, comics, costumes, cycling, favourite characters, Hannah Foley, Harry Potter, How Billy Hippo Learned His Colours, illustrator, independent bookshop, light, Little Door Books, parenting, Portobello Bookshop, rabbits, sparrows, spring, the Beast, vivian french, World Book Day
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