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Storage…again!
I have been making draw string bags for the kids to hang on their coat pegs in the hall and store their seasonal gear in. I’m so tired of bundles of scarves, hats and gloves being wedged on top of … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged antechamber, benches, bike, buggy, children, cleaning, clown, cubby holes, entrances, family, genkan, hoovering, house entrance, houses, illustration, Janome, japan, japanese, Keep the Heid, Lakeland, mud, parenting, pigeon holes, porch, radiators, repairs, SCCR, scooter, seasonal kit, sewing machine, storage, wellies
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Juggler
At the weekend we celebrated Burns night with a gathering of friends and family. I know we’re not in Scotland any more but it seems a nice way of remembering our time there and celebrating some of the things we … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged animation, Burns night, Burns Night Supper, carrot, Empire Biscuits, friendship, gravy, haggis, hospitality, illustration, juggler, neeps, Nigella Lawson, poetry, recipes, robert burns, scotland, Scottish, shortbread, stovies, swede, tatties, toddlers
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Acrobat
It’s my last chapter of Steve Roud’s The English Year and I have been savouring it, hence the reason I’m not posting about it until January is nearly over! Roud says that traditionally much more of January would have been … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged acrobat, bean, christmas, Circus, clove, highwire, illustration, king, knave, Lamb's Wool, new year, pea, Plough Monday, Queen, resolutions, seasonal living, steve roud, the english year, Twelfth Night, Twelfth Night Cake, Wassailing
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Back at my desk
I’m back at my little desk by the window looking out on blue skies. There haven’t been many of those around this Christmas holiday. It has rained and rained and rained. My sister-in-law lives in York and her house avoided … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged accidents, car doors, children, christmas, floods 2015, Merchant Adventurer's Hall, parenting, stockings, york
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Happy New Year!
Fifteen minutes to go!!! Happy New Year everyone! Thanks again for all your support this year. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2016 for you all.
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged 2016, grandfather clock, happy, healthy, new year
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Carols in the cathedral
Last week, I went with one of my friends to a carol concert at the cathedral. The Christmas market was in full swing along the streets around the cathedral green. Everywhere was twinkling lights and the smell of mulled wine. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged 12 days of Christmas, carol concert, cathedral, cathedral green, christmas, Christmas market, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, John Rutter, Little Donkey, mulled wine, snow, twinkling lights
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Christmas tree
At the weekend we headed off to the moors. The distinctive characteristics of each of the national parks in the UK is always a matter of fascination to me. From the rugged austerity of the Cairngorms to the rolling greenery … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Cairngorms, celtic, chestnuts, children, Christmas market, Christmas tree, Dartmoor, decorations, elves, fairies, fairytales, festive feeling, fog, folktales, hats, Haytor, hill, illustration, imps, lights, mince pies, national parks, Peak district, pixies, topographical features, tors, UK, village, village hall, wind
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A soggy week
It has been a soggy week in Devon and the house smells of Horlicks. Big Dreamer has been brewing a new batch of beer. The malty aroma has saturated every corner of every room. At the park Finch is enthralled … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged beer making, chocolate tombola, christmas, Christmas Fair, home brew, horlicks, school, seagulls, smell, worms
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Mould
A small patch of mould had started to form in a corner of the landing window frame. Little Owl spotted it and her eyes narrowed. “Hmmm,” she said to me, hands on hips. “We’ll have to tell the cleaner about … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged cleaner, illustration, Little Owl, mould, parenting, wet weather
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