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Nettles
Recently I’ve been feeling inspired about nettles. My Grandma used to nurture a patch at the bottom of her garden to deter burglars and Big Dreamer once made a really excellent nettle beer so their uses are many and varied. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged characters, chicken and nettle pie, children's illustration, Circus, cooking, country paths, fire-eater, illustration, nettle beer, nettle tea, nettles, roll-up
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Feeling smug
I’m feeling smug. We all made it to school this morning with our clothes on the right way round, our teeth cleaned and I flossed. Impressed? I am. I’ve heard people say that the jump from one child to two … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged birds, illustration, laughter, parenting, sparrows, spring, The Little Book of Garden Bird Songs, winter, wren
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Picture Hooks Blog
I’ve shared some thoughts on being an emerging illustrator on the Picture Hooks blog. Have a look here. There’s also some great advice on networking from Leah McDowell who is the Design Manager at Floris Books.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged advice, children, Floris Books, freelance, illustration, Leah McDowell, picture books, picture hooks
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Human Cannonball
This morning we walked to school with an imaginary dragon flying behind us on a string. Little Owl had firm hold of the other end of the string so don’t worry, you weren’t in any danger. He is a silver … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged blue tits, children, Circus, dragon, human cannon ball, illustration, imaginary friends, parenting, school run, seasons, weather
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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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#KeeptheHeid
Here is a screen shot of the front page of the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) website. I have not long completed a commission for them for illustrations for a new web game called Keep The Heid (scottish for … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged arguments, biology, brain, Circus, family conflict, flip your lid, illustration, Keep the Heid, parenting, parents, SCCR, scotland, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, young people
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Waiting
Phew – Storm Imogen has just swept by! It feels like it hasn’t stopped raining this winter. Yet, there are signs of returning life. Daffodils are out in my pots at the front of the house and the birds are … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged birds, daffodils, hedges, pregnancy, rain, storm imogen, third trimester, waiting, winter
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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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A frosty morning
It is a beautiful frosty morning; the type that we’d get at the beginning of November in Scotland, but is a novelty here, even in January. In the still air, plumes of steam rise from the flues of hard-working household … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged boilers, brassicas, cabbage moth, caterpillars, chard, flues, frost, January, lime, perpetual spinach, soil, spincah, vegetable patch, vegetables
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