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Today!
The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle is out today!!! It’s a very special moment. I loved chatting to my friend’s daughter outside school this morning. She has already read the first few chapters. Her enthusiasm for the book (my book!) … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, launch day, magic, middle grade fiction, My Book Corner, reviews, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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One day…
That mysterious door has continued to put in appearances all over the country and the world over the last week. This morning it was spotted at Kelpies HQ which can only mean one thing… The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, front door, Hannah Foley, interview, kelpies, magic, middle grade fiction, My Book Corner, Q & A, review, roaring reads, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, writer
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One week…
Since last week, the mysterious door has been popping up all over the country! From Edinburgh to Exeter! π Follow my social media accounts over in the side bar to see where it pops up next —> It is just … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, blog, cats, children's books, COVID-19, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, door, edinburgh, exeter, front door, Hannah Foley, library bicycle, magic, MG Fiction, middle grade fiction, nursing, PPE, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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Two weeks…
Counting down… two weeks until The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle publishes, and reports have been coming in of a strange door appearing in the reading corner of Knightsridge Primary School in West Lothian! It looks a lot like the … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, Avery Buckle, children's books, front door, Hannah Foley, house, magic, middle grade fiction, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches, World Book Day
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Steam and song
On Sunday, bubbling pans on the hob, we had the kitchen windows open to let out the steam. A soft rain fell outside, the gentle putter of the falling drops punctuating by the occasional ding of a larger drop hitting … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged 2021, bike ride, birdsong, blackbird, blue tit, Covid, COVID-19, cycling, daffodils, lockdown, nature, rain, river, spring, vaccinations
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Book extract
Counting down… it’s four weeks to the publication of The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle. The clip above is from my publisher’s YouTube channel – me reading an extract from the book to whet your whistles. Isn’t it funny seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, Avery Buckle, bicycles, cats, children's books, Discover Kelpies, edinburgh, Floris Books, Hannah Foley, libraries, magic, middle grade, middle grade fiction, owls, reading, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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Castles
I read Kathleen Jamieβs book of essays, Surfacing, over January. As you would expect from Jamie, itβs a beautiful selection. She explores the life transitions going on in her own family against the background of an archaeological dig in Alaska, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Angle Saxons, archaeology, books, Bury, Cadbury, Christian Missionaries, Cornwall, Cranbrook, Dartmoor, devon, Dumnonii, essays, farmers, Fingle Woods, ghosts, guerilla war fare, hill fort, Iron Age, Kathleen Jamie, lifestyle, multivallate, neolithic, non-fiction, Old Clam Bridge, Orkney, romans, scotland, seasonal, snowdrops, South West, surfacing, sustainable, Tamar, Thorverton, traditional, Vikings, way of life, Welsh Marches, Westray, Wooston Castle
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Seed plans
Well, what I really want to know is, what are you doing about seeds this year? My favourite little Welsh seed company has been overwhelmed by orders, and due to social distancing in the seed packing sheds, canβt take any … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged allotment, chitting, COVID-19, dad advice, dahlias, flowers, garden planning, gardening, grow your own, potatoes, sarah raven, saving seed, seed orders, seed planning, seed potatoes, seeds, vegetables
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Cutting back
Chopping the washing line in half really wasn’t part of my plan when I went out to cut the honeysuckle back!
Posted in Growing things
Tagged cutting back, evergreen honeysuckle, gardening, gardening accidents, gardening plans, honeysuckle, pruning, shears, washing line, winter
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