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Writing on walls
Despite the wet and wild weather we had a lovely half term and a great trip to London. Here is Finch and his cousin scrawling on a giant chalkboard at the South Bank Centre. When Finch saw it, he couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged children, family, half term, library, library books, london, paper, parenting, Southbank Centre, St Pauls, writing, writing on furniture, writing on ornaments, writing on walls
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Duke of York
I have gone with Duke of York for my new potatoes again this year. Despite initial reservations they were delicious last year, and much better than the Charlottes I tried the year before, which are always so nice from the … Continue reading
Picture Books 2019
In my fit of gardening optimism, Finch and I went to the allotment to clean the greenhouse at the weekend. Okay, it didn’t go quite like that. I cleaned the greenhouse and Finch made obstacle courses for woodlice in the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Ashling Lindsay, benji davies, Big Book of Blue, Clare Helen Welsh, cleaning, David Litchfield, ed vere, Eve Coy, Fiona Lumbers, Freya Blackwood, greenhouse, illustration, Inga Moore, Irena Kobold, Janet Charters, linda sarah, Looking After Daddy, Michale Foreman, Mr Bug, My Two Blankets, obstacle course, picturebooks, Six Dinner Sid, spring, Tad, The Bear and the Piano, The General, The Secret Sky Garden, The Tide, woodlice, Yuval Zommer
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Happy New Year!
The festive holidays were bookended by headlice and a stomach bug. In between I didn’t have much of a break, juggling nursing with another round of edits. Still, we had a lovely time seeing family and friends. I think we … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes
Tagged 2020, break, christmas, festive, fresh air, gardening, grasses, headlice, holidays, indulgence, juggling, moon, new year, nursing, parenting, purple skies, seed catalogues, simple, solstice, stomach bug, sunset, winter, wonder
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Merry Christmas
At the weekend we completed our annual ritual of walk in the woods, sausage sandwiches in a twinkly barn, and Christmas tree purchase from the Dartmoor Park Rangers. Once home, we put on some Christmas tunes, fired up the wood … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged christmas, Christmas rituals, Dartmoor Park Rangers, district nursing, garlands, glitter, log burner, low sun, magic, poinsettia, sausage sandwiches, walk, woods
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Cards
As you can see Finch has been working hard on his Christmas cards. Each one has had extensive illustration work done throughout. It’s taken him a loooong time but finally they are ready to go out to his classmates. In … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged Centrepoint, christmas, christmas cards, Christmas greetings, envelope doodles, envelope drawings, environment, good causes, happy christmas, poverty, replacement, youth homelessness
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Wings
The rain has finally stopped, and given way to frost, ice and spectacular wintery skies. A flock of long-tailed tits flew into the garden the other morning as I hung out the washing. They gathered on the Japanese maple, chattering … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged angel, crabapple tree, dressing up box, frost, ice, Japanese maple, Long-tailed Tits, nativity, parenting, star, wings, winter
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Treasures
I managed to catch a dry spell last week and headed to the allotment to dig up the last of my root vegetables and plant some more field beans for green manure. A little robin followed me around, pouncing on … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes
Tagged allotment, christmas, commute, dusk, fields, headlights, lit windows, Little Grey Rabbit, potato harvest, radio, rain, robin, shift work, wet autumn, wheat harvest, winter
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First frost
We woke this morning to the first frost of the season, the clothes I had forgotten to bring in yesterday, frozen to the washing line. It’s a welcome change to all the rain we’ve been having. I might finally get … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, autumn tidy up, carols, christmas, Christmas list, Father Christmas, frost, frozen washing, letter, present swap, presents
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