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Boilers
This weekend our boiler broke down. We had no hot water or heating just as autumn blew in. Boilers have a sixth sense about impending cold weather, and a masochistic sense of humour. Itβs all fixed now, which is a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged boiler, broken, cold, frost, illustration, parent's evening, rain, reading book, rites of passage, school run, Sesame Street, weather
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Centre of the Cell
Big Dreamer talked endlessly about picking the blackberries that filled the brambles across the road from our house. Of course he didn’t get round to it and now they have gone over. As everyone knows, the Devil is in blackberries … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged blackberries, centre of the cell, children, devil, education, illustration, puppet show, puppets, science, september
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New website
Almost on an annual basis I seem to decide that my current website isn’t working for me and do an overhaul. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I hope it indicates that I’m growing and developing. We have been … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, new website
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Picture Hooks Conference 2014
This weekend I went along to a conference about childrenβs picture books, called Picture Hooks. You might remember that I went to their inaugural conference a couple of years ago (read about it here). It was held at Edinburgh College … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged agents, artful doodlers, ashley mccracken, bloomsbury, children, chrissie boehm, edinburgh college of art, illustration, Jonathan Gibbs, lindsey fraser, lucy jukes, mark herald, picture books, picture hooks conference, simon lewin, sugar snap studios, val brathwaite
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Boating day
We spent an afternoon this weekend planting bulbs in two big troughs we have in the garden. One is a mixture of crocuses and tulips, the other is a combination of grape hyacinths and daffodils. The idea is that one … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged bees, boating, bulbs, climbers, England, flowers, fog, garden centre, gardening, illustration, independence, Johnny Appleseed, mist, no, perennials, referendum, sandals, scotland, shrubs, traffic, transit, travel, united kingdom, voting, yes
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Lining Up
Conkers are swelling in their spikey cases on the horse chestnut trees and blackberries are ripening amongst the brambles. Beechnut husks crunch beneath our shoes on our way to and from school. One misty morning revealed a multitude of cobweb … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged autumn, beech nuts, blackberries, cobwebs, conkers, dew, doze, husks, illustration, mist, morning, queue, school run, scotland, sketchbook, spiders, walking
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Soaring
We often think of the farm and miss it very much (for new readers, we moved to our current and more urban home in April). We wonder to each other how the kingfisher down by the river fared this year, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bank, beech tree, bilberries, boundary, fair, farm, frogs spawn, frost, hill, illustration, kingfisher, plain, reeds, rope swing, rural, scotland, silage, tupping, urban, walk, wood
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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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