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Hosting a hedgehog
In the meadow by the river, cow parsley flower heads dance like a sea of white saucers over a table cloth of golden grasses. Along the river banks hogweed umbrellas are drying out and dying back, giving room for other … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged bikes, blue, common wintercress, cow parsley, cyclist, easter, green, hanging basket liners, Hannah Foley, hedgehog, hedgehog poo, hogweed, hotel, illustration, illustrator, lady, maroon, meadow, scooters, shed, spots, tansy, tansy cake, tarpaulin, yellow
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The Wasps – Ouverture
Big Dreamer and I had a lovely evening out together this weekend. I know, out, together, in the evening! Shock horror! We left my lovely mum in charge. That’s not technically true. Little Owl was in charge, but my mum … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged bats, Benjamin Britten, blue, chromosomes, classical music, devon, Die Fledermaus, DNA, double helix, education, evening, Exeter cathedral, Exeter Symphony Orchestra, genes, Greater Horseshoe Bat, green, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Johann Strauss, orange, parenting, Peter Grimes, science, summer, turquoise, wildlife, yellow
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Owling
In my last post I spoke about how I enjoy finding out about and speculating about the layers of lives lived in old buildings. Leah Fusco is an illustrator who has explored layers of lives lived in landscape in various … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged drawing, drugs, east sussex, illustration, kent, Leah Fusco, Mapping Northeye, owing, past, practice, present, research, Romney Marsh, sheep, smuggling, The Owling, time, water, wool
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#30DaysWild
How are you getting on with your 30 Days Wild? For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, 30 Days Wild is a campaign run by the Wildlife Trusts to get everyone doing something wild for each … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
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Yellow doors
Little Owl has been adamant that we should paint our front door sunshine yellow. I think it’s a lovely idea and as soon as we get chance we will do just that. As I was trying to open the front … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged blue, bones, children, education, front door, illustration, keys, muscles, paint, peach, pink, sunshine, white, yellow
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Blackbird
The days have been long and hot here. I have been sitting Wren in the garden in her baby bouncer in the shade of the Japanese maple. She usually falls fast asleep, the dappled light dancing over her flickering eyelids, … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged alley, baby, blackbird, cats, children, city, digital, dog, football, garden, hot, houses, illustration, Japanese maple, neighbours, painterly, park, picture books, pigeons, shade, sleeping, sunshine, telegraph pole, town, tree, wren
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Boxes
We’re in…and there are boxes everywhere! As I’m sure you can imagine Finch has been an enormous help with the house move. You know the sort of thing. Drawing all over the lounge walls in purple felt-tip, pushing nails into … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged arm chair, bedtime story, boxes, boy, buckets, dark, dirty water, felt-tips, garden, granddad, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, moving house, nails, night, parenting, purple, sockets, two year old
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Home
We are moving house again. This will be our third move in as many years. The difference with this move is that this is going to be our house. I honestly never thought we’d be able to say that, but … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Uncategorized
Tagged alien, alleys, bathroom, birds, board book, body, boy, children, chimney, churchyard, crooked, feet, ginnels, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kitchen, leaks, moving house, new house, picture book, red bricks, river, rocket, staircase, stars, woodworm, yews
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Morse code
We’ve had some beautiful evenings here over the last week or so. Once the kids are safely in bed I’ve headed out to explore the riverbanks on my bike. One evening I saw my first swallow of the year, in … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged beer, bike, butterfly, cycling, ducklings, home brew, labels, ladybird, Morse code, river, riverbanks, robots, science fiction, summer, swallow
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