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Danny, the Champion of the World
The hills that form the southern boundary to Edinburgh are called the Pentlands. On Friday they appeared purple and glamorous, wearing a peplum of rolling fog. Travelling in that direction to visit a friend, and eventually gaining enough height to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged audio book, autumn, car, Champion of the World, Danny, edinburgh, illustration, journey, Pentlands, Roald Dahl, town, urban, winter
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Remembering
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged child, illustration, poppy, remembering, Remembrance Day, the great war, WW1
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Bonfire Night
Festivities and special days cluster around this time of year like a group of teenagers on a street corner. Then November stretches out in grey dreariness with nothing to break it up until the countdown to Christmas begins. If it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, baby carrier, bonfire, bonfire night, ear protectors, farm, Finch, fire bin, fire dancers, fireworks, halloween, hog roast, Hopetoun House, illustration, memory, november, smell, trick or treat, wood burner
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Returning
We are back from a lovely week away in the southwest. Highlights included ice creams topped with clotted cream, walks by the sea, buying pollack on the beach for our tea (fresh from the fisherman who’d just caught it), sampling … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged beach, beer and beard competition, Budleigh Salterton, christening, clotted cream, cream teas, devon, fishermen, home brew, ice cream, illustration, pollack, southwest, vicar
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Boilers
This weekend our boiler broke down. We had no hot water or heating just as autumn blew in. Boilers have a sixth sense about impending cold weather, and a masochistic sense of humour. It’s all fixed now, which is a … Continue reading
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Tagged boiler, broken, cold, frost, illustration, parent's evening, rain, reading book, rites of passage, school run, Sesame Street, weather
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Boating day
We spent an afternoon this weekend planting bulbs in two big troughs we have in the garden. One is a mixture of crocuses and tulips, the other is a combination of grape hyacinths and daffodils. The idea is that one … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged bees, boating, bulbs, climbers, England, flowers, fog, garden centre, gardening, illustration, independence, Johnny Appleseed, mist, no, perennials, referendum, sandals, scotland, shrubs, traffic, transit, travel, united kingdom, voting, yes
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First day of school
Finch and I waved Little Owl off this week for her first day of school. She confidently strode across the playground to meet her teacher in her new uniform, proudly clutching her lunchbox and book bag. A little less confidently … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged book bag, first day of school, illustration, kettle, Little Owl, lunchbox, p1, school, scotland, uniform
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Boat racing
This weekend we went along to the 25th annual cardboard boat race on the Union Canal in Linlithgow. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. Cardboard boats of all shapes and sizes had to navigate a course … Continue reading
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Tagged canal, Canal Fun Day, capsizing, cardboard boat racing, illustration, Linlithgow, Linlithgow Canal Centre, union canal, water
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World War 1 Centenary
As many of you will know today marks the centenary of the start of World War 1. Our local library has a wonderful display all about it, with a selection of books for children about the war. I got Where … Continue reading
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Tagged centenary, hilary robinson, illustration, martin impey, picture books, where the poppies now grow, world war 1
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Kite flying
We’re back! And with a photo from the St Anne’s Kite Festival. We caught the tail-end (get it?! oh dear!) of the festival this weekend. Regular readers of this blog will know we’re a family who never miss out on a … Continue reading
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Tagged breeze, finding nemo, illustration, kites, st annes kite festival, synchronised, wind
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