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Lambing
The first spring lambs have started arriving, heralding the busiest time of year on the farm. Last year our next door neighbour, who is one of the shepherds here, completely lost a day. She didn’t turn up for work. The … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged exhaustion, farm, farming, illustration, lambing, lambs, spring
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New things
I have added a new range of books, cards and badges to my shop. In a similar vein to my sheep book these feature UK bee species. The range was inspired and designed for Big Dreamer’s mum who has become … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged badges, bee keeping, bees, book, cards, illustration, telling the bees
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Things that don’t work out
The world of illustration is a funny one in that sometimes things just don’t work out. The illustrator does lots of work but the project just doesn’t quite come together and the illustrations are never seen. Here is an example … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged daffodils, garlic, illustration, spring, thermals
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Big Dreamer is normally quite a subtle man but not on St Valentine’s Day and I received a highly suggestive card this morning. At heart he is mischievous so although he wants to be romantic he can’t quite bring himself … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged air, alchemy, cards, earth, fire, illustration, innuendo, Jewellery, naughty words, pop-up book, valentine's day, water
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Agate Hunting
This weekend we all headed down to London to stay with some very special friends of ours. The temptation with London is to dash around madly trying to see all the things going on. There was a children’s festival, an … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged agates, Countryfile magazine, David Hockney, illuminated manuscripts, london, mexican, microbrewery, Nat Forno, scotland, writing
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Severe Weather Warning!
Hormones strike again. I was drying my hair last night with the hair dryer and my hair seemed strangely sticky. What was wrong with it? You can probably guess. I hadn’t rinsed the conditioner out. I have also broken a … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged hair conditioner, Hormones, illustration, Met Office, severe weather warning, spider
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Ode to a Tumble Drier
Snow is pouring from the sky this morning. The ground and the sky are exactly the same blinding whiteness. I am grateful to the snow because it is covering over our lawn which was feeling quite sorry for itself with … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged clothes, garden, illustration, mole hills, moles, snow, tumble drier
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Animals on the loose
I’ve put my last illustration project up as prints for sale in my shop so do take a look. Here is one of them. Rockhopper penguins examining an abandoned fridge. Again you can click on the image to see it … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged city, environment, fridge, illustration, penguins, prints, rockhopper, shop
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The mystery of the missing toast
This morning Little Owl was eating jam on toast for breakfast. Suddenly she said, “Oh, toast gone!” And it had gone. Like a flash, it had completely disappeared from her plate right under our noses. This was a real mystery. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged illustration, Little Owl, missing, mystery, nomad magazine, toast, weeds that strangle
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Icy mornings
This weekend has been really cold and we have woken to thick hoar frosts covering the valley. Here are some of the wonderful ice formations we have found around about us. The days have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged birds, bulbs, hoar frost, ice, icicles, illustration, winter
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