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New arrival
Baby boy Foley has finally arrived! All went well. 8lbs 110z – ouch! We’re both at home and slowly getting into the swing of things. More news to follow soon…
Connected at last
Finally we have Internet at the new house and I can blog again properly. I do remember the days before the Internet but find it hard to remember how we managed. I certainly wouldnβt have imagined myself writing a blog, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged blog, bumblebee, continuity, gardening, grape hyacinths, illustration, internet, little girl, moving house, new house, old house, overdue baby, patio doors, pregnancy, primroses, shoes
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Off-line
Still no internet connection (boo!) but here’s an article about my work just published online by a very nice lady called Daphne Leprince-Ringuet. Take a look: www.gola.co.uk/borninbritain/hannah-foley-writer-and-illustrator
Happy Easter
We’re all moved in to our new house but don’t have internet connected yet so in the meantime here’s a quick message from my phone. Happy Easter one and all!
Posted in Growing things
Tagged daffodils, easter, happy easter, illustration
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Moving house
We’re currently moving house….I’ll be back here as soon as we have internet!
Posted in Making changes
Tagged illustration, internet, moving house, pause, update
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On pregnancy
With my due date looming ever closer I have been thinking about how to describe what it is like to be pregnant. On the outside I look round and smooth (and enormous!), but on the inside I don’t feel the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged bag of bones, bagpipes, bunnies, describing pregnancy, enormous, Jessica Ruston, pregnant, round, smooth
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NOT nesting
I hate the word nesting. I don’t mind it being applied to birds in spring because they are actually building nests but when it’s applied to pregnant women it makes me irate. It’s mostly because I don’t want it to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged clothing rail, common sense, cooking meals, DIY, enormous, freezer, grumpy, hate the term nesting, homemade toy house, Hormones, illustration, leaky, Little Miss Splendid, monster, mother, mum, nesting, pregnancy, preparations, rational, sensible, sore, swollen
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SCCR Conference
We’ve listened enviously to reports of glorious weather down south. Here we haven’t been able to see the bottom of our garden for the last six days. The whole valley is shrouded in a low mist that descends even more … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Have you seen this picture book? It’s called Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame). I’m pretty sure Rebecca Cobb won an award for the illustrations but can’t think where I read that now (pregnancy brain!). Little Owl loves … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged carol ann duffy, children's author, children's books, children's illustrator, clock, Gruffalo, illustration, Julia Donaldson, literature, Mem Fox, mother's day, panmacmillan, paper chain, Paper dolls, picture books, present, Rebecca Cobb, record breaking, Rob Ryan, Save the Children, The Gift
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SCCR Banners
It is a still, grey day here in the Borders. Some beautiful Chionodoxa have come out in the garden. Their purply-blue, star-shaped flowers are bright explosions of colour in amongst the pale lemon of the primroses. These low-growing bulbs are … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged Avril Paton, cardboard boxes, chionodoxa, conferences, conflict, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, moving house, packing, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, Windows on the West
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