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Morning sickness
At first Little Owl was quite perplexed by my Morning Sickness (read All-day Sickness). She would grab my shoulder and ask me what I was looking for down the toilet. Now she just quietly shuts the bathroom door on me … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged contraception, cornfield, Flat Cat Gallery, framed, gallery, morning sickness, mounted, mouse, nausea, necessary, normal, picture, pregnancy, vomiting
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A brace of pheasants
This pair appeared on our doorstep this week. Our next door neighbour has been beating for one of the local shoots and brought us home a souvenir. Little Owl took one look at them and said they made her sick. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged beater, berries, bird feeder, blender, brace, mild autumn, pheasants, seeds, shooting, stew, vegetables
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Expecting
Are you all still there? Did you survive the storm? Apart from it being a bit blustery here yesterday we knew nothing of it. We listened to the radio in awe as reports came in from the south of double … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, exhaustion, expecting, fainting, ginger, hyper emesis, morning sickness, nausea, pregnancy, raspberry wine, scotland, spring, st jude, storm, vomiting
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Searching for brown
Yesterday a chill wind blew. It was laden with portents of ice and snow. Today the sheep dogs lounge in the sun on the steps from the farm yard. The weather is warm and mild again but we draw in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Big Dreamer, brown, chill wind, dad, farmyard, ice, illustration, Ink, Little Owl, logs, mild, mum, sheepdogs, snow, warm, wood shed
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Christmas Cards
This morning we went elderberry picking for another one of Big Dreamer’s home-brewing projects. The hawthorn bushes up the lane are already a lovely yellow and full of red berries. The air was damp and mild. It felt very autumnal. … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged apples, autumn, christmas cards, chutney, elderberries, Flat Cat Gallery, hare cards, hare prints, hawthorn, Summerhall, the chutney challenge, winter animals
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Bright moon
Here is a photograph from my life drawing class last night. At the beginning of the class I set the students some exercises using collage to help them develop their understanding of shape and the human body. On the way … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged collage, eerie, fog, halloween, human form, illustration, life drawing class, shape, traffic lights
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Colder days
The temperature has dropped in the last few days and we are unusually unprepared. The chimney needs to be swept and the wood shed is bare. These are now urgent items on my ‘To Do’ list. So what have I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged chimney, chimney sweep, fires, illustration, life drawing classes, logs, publicity, reportage, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, teaching, temperature cold, The Cyrenians, vulnerable people, wood shed
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Wildwood
This week skeins of pink-footed geese have been spotted over the farm, making their way south to their winter feeding grounds. Although many pass us by, for some the east coast of Scotland will be their destination and they will … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged book cover, bookaholic, Bowmont sheep, breeding grounds, devon, devon fine fibres, Dovegreyreader Scribbles, farming, feeding grounds, Greenland, Hannah Foley, hedgerows, Iceland, illustration, illustrator, knitting, Lesley, penguin, pink-footed geese, quilting, roger deakin, skeins, song bird, Spitsbergen, wildwood
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A lack of blackberries
This weekend was warm and bright with a lovely crispness to the air that reminds us autumn is here. A maple in the fields turned deep red almost over night and many of the trees round about are starting to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside, Illustration
Tagged autumn, Beatrix Potter, blackberries, bulbs, Cotton-tail. comfort, crisp. bright, crumble, daffodil, fire, Flopsy, frosty, garden centre, gardening, grate, grey, hyacinth, maple, Mopsy, mornings, pansies, Peter Rabbit, plug plants, raspberries, rose hips, scotland, weeds, winter, winter bedding
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