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Invitation
Here’s a wedding invitation I designed a while a go for a lovely couple I know. The invitations have just been sent out and it’s great to see them all printed up. It was the valley horticultural society coffee morning … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged coffee morning, horticultural society, illustration, plants, village, wedding invitation
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Gloom
I woke up this morning and there was a little bird’s egg, about the size of my thumb, smashed on the window sill of my studio. It had obviously taken a tumble from one of the nests in our guttering. … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged carol farmer, chapel street gallery, eggs, end of the year, hares, illustration, innerleithen, nests
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Evidence!
Evidence…real hard evidence of the heartlessness of the rabbits that live on our farm. They weren’t even interested in the flowers. They just wanted the juicy stems and leaves. I’m disgusted by their depravity. There is so much grass to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged air rifle, depravity, heartlessness, illustration, rabbits, raspberry canes
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Purple Sprouting Brocolli
Here is some of my purple-sprouting broccoli which I have allowed to flower. I think it’s so pretty. I love that combination of pale yellow with the dusky purple. I had kind of given up on the purple-sprouting broccoli to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things
Tagged biennials, illustration, purple-sprouting broccoli, twin lamb disease
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1 year old
My blog is one-year old today. It’s hard to believe all the things that have happened in the last year. It’s lovely for me that it has all felt very natural: a slow unfolding. There’s still so much to learn … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged 1 year, anniversary, birthday, blog, illustration, swallows
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Swallows
Hard frosts continue to await us in the mornings. At the weekend we even awoke to aΒ smattering of snow. My pea seedlings paw at the windows with their curling tendrils but I daren’t put them out yet. The broad beans … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged celandines, forget-me-nots, illustration, peas, seasons, seedlings, swallows
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Dressing up
The drought in the South East feels a million miles away with the heavy rain we’ve had here. Between the downpours Little Owl and I crept out to collect nettle leaves for Big Dreamer’s annual batch of Nettle Beer. They’re … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged dressing up, drought, gooseberries, illustration, nettle beer, rain
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GOOD (it’s) Friday
I wasn’t sure we’d make it to Friday this week. On Tuesday Big Dreamer had a spectacular crash on a high and winding road in the snow. I’d like to say it wasn’t serious but it very much was. We … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged aunty susan, car accident, easter, good friday, hot cross buns, illustration, lambs, snow
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A dead bunny
This is a reject illustration from my current project at college. There’s something not right about them. Sort of stiff and uncomfortable and a bit too functional. Today I went to put the washing out and found a baby bunny … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged bunny, dead, illustration, netting, new growth, plants, rabbit, reject illustration, slugs, tabloid headlines
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