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Endings
This week marked the end of my wonderful, wonderful writing course. For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve been going along to an evening class on writing for children over the last term and it’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged ceilidh, children, fiction, illustration, Janis MacKay, wild song, writing, writing group
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Ella’s Kitchen
Even in the five years since Little Owl was born loads of ingenious little things have come onto the market to make parenting a small baby easier. With Little Owl I slaved over ice-cube trays of organic homemade baby food, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged baby food, big baking book, children, Chunky Oat Cookies, cooking, Ella's Kitchen, healthy eating, illustration, kids, lunch box, parenting, recipes, Special Apple Biccies, weaning
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“Outwith”
Since living in Scotland Little Owl has developed a beautiful Scottish accent. It’s most pronounced in words like “very” and “tomorrow”, where she rolls her r’s. The other day she used the Scots word “outwith”. Outwith is a word you’ll often find … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged accent, blether, dialect, greet, illustration, outwith, Scots, tail, words
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Blow the Wind Southerly
Here is a picture I produced for a regional exhibition about imagery inspired by the effect of music on our senses. Due to our move south I’m sadly no longer able to contribute to the exhibition so thought I would … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged blow the wind southerly, illustration, kathleen ferrier, music, senses
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March
It is the beginning of a new month so I turn to my seasonal reading again. In his book The English Year, Steve Roud’s chapter on March is preoccupied with the weather. March “comes in like a lion and out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ash buds, birds, borrowed days, dunk, hares, illustration, light, mad march hares, march, migration, migratory restlessness, Mothering Sunday, spring, St Chad's Day, St David's Day, St Patrick's Day, St Winneral's Day, Stephen Moss, steve roud, sunrise, swallows, the english year, vernal equinox, warmth, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, zugunruhe
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Tattoos
Wherever Little Owl is and whatever she is doing, Finch wants to be there. He pushes his way in joyfully grabbing handfuls of whatever she is playing with, or alternatively, handfuls of her hair. Poor Little Owl. She got sweet … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged baby, balloons, finger prints, green, illustration, permanent marker, siblings, tattoo, wedding invitation
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Black Spout Wood
This weekend we headed up into Perthshire for the Scottish Snowdrop Festival. Annually venues all over Scotland open to the public between the end of January to the middle of March to show off their snowdrop displays. We liked the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged black spout wood, illustration, perthshire, pitlochry, scotland, Scottish snowdrop festival, snowdrops
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Hiraeth
Do you know the word Hiraeth? It’s a Welsh word. It kind of means homesickness but really it describes a much deeper feeling than just missing home. It’s a word for being properly ill or heartbroken in your longing for, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged devon, hearth, illustration, moving, river, scotland, sea
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Sores, Spores and Sickly Bugs
At my writing class this week we explored the genre of ‘gritty realism’. Key authors in this sort of children’s literature are Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Cassidy. In their books they explore themes such as divorce, living in care, and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cathy cassidy, centre of the cell, children's literature, education, gritty realism, illustration, jacqueline wilson, science, writing
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Toucan Boxes
Do you know that Mister Maker (of CBeebies art show fame) is a con artist? Now I know it’s not nice to make accusations but it’s true. In nearly every show Mister Maker paints some sort of plastic item (e.g. … Continue reading
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