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Wild days
Yesterday I headed off to the coast to visit a lovely lady I will be doing some illustration work for. The wind buffeted my little car and the rain pounded on the windscreen. It was a wild day. The roads … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged coast, family business, hedgehogs, illustration, lammermuir hills, reinvention
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Beautiful things
There is still plenty of snow on the tops of the hills but it vanished over night from the valley bottom. It has been replaced by a vicious wind whipping round the corners of the farm. Oli, the sheep dog … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged kola, oli, rice powder, sheep dog puppy, snow, southern india, stepan zevral, wind
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Snow days
In the hills around the farm the white sky is continuous with the white fields. Stepping off our back steps the snow is nearly up to the tops of my tall winter boots. We have a poorly girl at home … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Big Dreamer, birds, edinburgh, illustration, Little Owl, North Pole, poorly, snow, snow bear, snuffles, stove
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Snow Bear
The snow continued to fall thick and fast this weekend so we built a snow bear. Little Owl really liked him up until Big Dreamer added the arms and the gloves. Then she got spooked and wouldn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged Big Dreamer, capsize, illustraton, Little Owl, my sister, sledging, snow, snow bear, snow man
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Feed the birds
Our bird feeder throngs with birds at the moment. The feeder is right outside the kitchen window so we feel richly rewarded for feeding them by the ringside view we have of their funny antics. It’s especially wonderful for me … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things
Tagged birds, chimney pots, feeder, illustration, rabbits, robin, working
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Something finished
I feel a bit like I’ve reached base camp on Mount Everest. After week’s of working away I have managed to finish one of my final year projects. It’s really motivating to have completed something. It is a children’s book … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged children's picture book, christmas, farm, finishing things, illustration, lambing, motivation, Moutn Everest. base camp, snow, solly the spider, spider
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Lovely presents
How was your Christmas? Good I hope. The endless days of grey cloud and solid rain we’ve been experiencing here, for what feels like weeks, cleared on Christmas Day. My mum and dad and I climbed one of the big … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged beachcombings, Christmas Day, presents, rain, simon mouncey. clock, solstice, walks
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Happy Christmas
We’re not long back from the torch lit Carol Service in the village hall. Our village comes under the church in the next village along but we get our own service at this time of year. We all darted in … Continue reading
Christmas Party
Today was the village children’s Christmas party. We all arrived in plenty of time to put the heating on, check the toilets hadn’t frozen, and wash any mousey footprints off the crockery. In all this rain it wasn’t the cold … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children's christmas party, curlew, funding, illustration, leaky roof, presents, rain, santa, village hall
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The Jessops hero
I’ve had quite an exciting morning. I was in Jessops ordering some photos to go with a Christmas present and there was a fidgety young man in a grey tracksuit wandering around looking at things. As I left the shop … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged carols, hero, illustration, IPad, Jessops, mince pies, mulled wine, the holly and the ivy, thief, village hall
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