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Rituals and results
I love the rituals of warm summer evenings. In the garden I visit all my little plants with the watering can, taking my time to congratulate myself on a new leaf or occasionally console myself over a loss. Green shoots … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged beetroot, chard, degree show, eca, edinburgh college of art, germination, green shoots, Jewellery, lamb, monty, Product Design, results, spinach, summer evenings, swallows, watering
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A short walk
This morning’s walk with Little Owl was brought to an abrupt halt when she fell in the river. Don’t worry it was only the shallows so no risk of drowning but still, she wasn’t happy. She dangled her feet from … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged bath water, cleaning, degree show, falling in, illustration, Little Owl, logo, results, river, river water, walk, wellies, wet
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Inchmahome Priory
Last night the rain battered on the windows and the wind whipped round our house. I snuggled down under my duvet, glad I was indoors. We have had some good weather this week however and I took the opportunity to … Continue reading
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Tagged arnmach, coire nan uruisgean, earls of menteith, fairies, illustration, inchmahome priory, lake of menteith, monks, night, rain, wet, windy
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Stepping stones
Yesterday I bumped and bobbed my way over the pot-holed moorland road to the Flat Cat Gallery in Lauder to drop off some new pictures. Small brown birds (goodness knows what they were – too fast for my eyes) flitted … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged birds, black faces, brief, Eteaket, Flat Cat Gallery, illustration, Lauder, pigeons, racing pigeons, tea labels, tea shop, young lambs
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A little book
Outside my window the weather is wild. The rooks from the trees behind our house take off in giant plumes, then tumble and wheel on the gusts. Little Owl’s swing has wrapped itself around the cross bar in a giant … Continue reading
Birch sap wine
The floor plan for the degree show has gone up in the studio. I know my space. Today we’ve been putting orders in for shelves and tables. Time is ticking! Big Dreamer has been out tapping birch trees so that … Continue reading
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Tagged birch sap, birch trees, degree show, floor plan, illustration, wine
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Singing wrens
Although the countryside around us is covered in piles of snow and the skies are thick with grey cloud a little wren has been singing joyfully outside my window this morning. I’m always amazed at the volume that comes out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged birds, children's books, clouds, illustration, little bear, picture books, porridge, singing, snow, wren
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Birthday cake
I looked out of the window this morning to see several centimetres of snow on the ground and quite a few more falling from the sky. ‘I really don’t have time for this,’ is what I thought to myself. Things … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged birthday cake, illustration, Julia Donaldson, Little Owl, snail, snow, whale
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Comet Pan-STARRS
We have been scanning the skies for comet Pan-STARRS over the last few evenings. It’s supposed to be particularly close to the sun just now, so very visible. Not if you live in Scotland however! Low lying snow clouds have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged clouds, comet, countryside, fairies, horizon, illustration, magic, observatory, pan-STARRS, planets, rural darkness, SATS, science, scotland, secondary school, snow, sprites, stars, wonder
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Lambs
This weekend we climbed up the track to meet the first lot of lambs who have arrived on the farm. The snow swirled around us in gusts. Goodness only knows what happened to spring. The lambs were nice and comfy … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged Apple, cheese, country living, lambing, lambs, nutmeg, oatmeal pastry, Onion, Pie, sage, snow, Wensleydale
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