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Plants for such-and-such a spot
Big Dreamer’s parents have an incredible garden. My eyes were nearly popping out with envy when we visited them last week. On arriving home, by contrast, our plot looked pretty wretched. It’s not for want of trying but I think … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged beautiful gardens, cold, difficult gardens, exposed gardens, floods, illustration, mice, moles, plant graveyard, poor soil, rabbits, rain, rats, Scottish gardening, slugs, vegetables, wind
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Just So friends
On Thursday Little Owl, Big Dreamer, and I are heading down to the Just So Festival near Stoke. I am going to be putting on some illustration workshops there. I’m so excited to be going. It’s a really fabulous event … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged beetle, Big Dreamer, Firefly magazine, Just So Festival, Little Owl, workshops
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Wise Owl
Now back in Scotland we have returned to a garden that is bursting with produce. Today Little Owl and I have been picking broad beans, peas, gooseberries and the last of the blackcurrants. The pea pods we’ve missed and that … Continue reading
Happy Yorkshire Day
It is with great relief that Little Owl and I have headed down to Yorkshire this week to visit family and friends. We are literally being eaten alive by midges on the farm (me especially). The wet, warm weather is … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bird, Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, dunnock, Edinburgh Festival, Hale and Pace, hedge sparrow, Insect Repellent, Jungle Formula, midges, Simon Birds, Skin So Soft, soap opera, song, songbird, Yorkshire Airlines, Yorkshire Day
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Roxburghe Art Competition
I very nearly entered an art competition recently. I know! I said I never would again, but this one was very tempting. It was a lovely brief: “Budding artists of all ages are being invited to illustrate a subject of … Continue reading
Summerhall
Some exciting news from me is that my work is now being stocked at the Summerhall Arts Centre in Edinburgh. Summerhall used to be the old Edinburgh University veterinary college. I researched my sheep book in the library there! This year it re-opened as … Continue reading
Kingfisher footage
Do you remember I mentioned that a kingfisher had been spotted on the river last week? It turns out it’s a nesting pair and the Farm Manager here, who is like our very own David Attenborough, caught some footage of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged birdwatching, Farm Manager, fish, illustration, kingfisher nesting pair, kingfishers, magpie, river, Scottish Borders, wildlife
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