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The Canal and River Trust
If you’re looking for something to do over the summer holidays with kids I’d recommend sending off for this. Our’s has just arrived. It’s an activity book and duck-food pouch being given out free by the Canal and River Trust … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged activities, activity book, Canal & River Trust, canals, days out, duck food pouch, families, kids, rivers, summer holidays, waterways, wildllife
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Half term
We’re deep in the throes of half term. We’ve made dolly peg pirates, baked gingerbread men, made a hanging mobile of the solar system, planted out tomatoes, and spent copious amounts of time at the splash zone (lots of movement-triggered … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged Devon County Show, devon rubies, dolly pegs, farriers, gingerbread men, half term, horse shoeing, illustration, mobile, pirates, sheep shearing, solar system, splash zone, teething, tomatoes
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“Outwith”
Since living in Scotland Little Owl has developed a beautiful Scottish accent. It’s most pronounced in words like “very” and “tomorrow”, where she rolls her r’s. The other day she used the Scots word “outwith”. Outwith is a word you’ll often find … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged accent, blether, dialect, greet, illustration, outwith, Scots, tail, words
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Hiraeth
Do you know the word Hiraeth? It’s a Welsh word. It kind of means homesickness but really it describes a much deeper feeling than just missing home. It’s a word for being properly ill or heartbroken in your longing for, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged devon, hearth, illustration, moving, river, scotland, sea
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Work in progress
“Shhh!” I say. “I didn’t say anything,” replies Big Dreamer innocently. “You’re breathing really loudly,” I growl. Deadlines loom!
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged deadline, illustration
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Mental images
I’ve returned home from our festive travels with so many beautiful mental images. There was the Narnian lamppost in the churchyard on Christmas Eve, whose frosty halo lit my mum and I through the starlight night to Midnight Mass, the … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged aeroplane, beech, Call the Midwife, christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas special, Exeter airport, fog, holly, lamppost, Midnight Mass, mr tumnus, narnia, new baby, new year's resolutions, rope swing
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Paperholm
Paperholm is a great project I wanted to bring to your attention. It’s by Edinburgh-based Charles Young, who I know through my super talented illustrator friend Anine Bosenberg. Charles’ background is architecture, which is where he discovered his love for … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged anine bosenberg, architecture, buildings, Charles Young, paper, paper-modelling
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Mouseless
Big Dreamer stepped out on to the pavement this morning and went sprawling. “Watch out for the ice!” he shouted back through the letterbox and slid off to catch his train. Fortunately Finch, Little Owl and I form quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged black ice, brass band, carols, christmas, Christmas lights, Christmas list, Christmas tree, Cinderella, community theatre, illustration, Little Owl, mouse, pantomime, pram, school run, slalom, sleet
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Disappointment
Yesterday morning the day dawned white and crisp, not snow just yet, but a thick hoare frost. The pavements and roof tops glistened in the pink light of the rising sun. Little Owl let out a whoop of glee as … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged candy floss, christmas, crawling, December, documentary illustration, fair, hoare frost, Little Owl, pencil, reindeer, SCCR, school, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, sliding, Youth Event
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Book Week Scotland
It’s Book Week Scotland this week and across the country there are lots of events and fun things to get involved with in celebration of books. Pictured above are love letters by Little Owl and I, which we have sent … Continue reading
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Tagged book bug, Book Week Scotland, books, Guardian, illustration, libraries, library, local, love, love letter, newspaper, reading challenge, rhyme time, scotland
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