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Category Archives: Illustration
Finch
We have a lovely little baby boy! Just like Little Owl he’s got a pseudonym for blogging so, without further ado, may I introduce Finch to you all. I’ve gone for Finch because he’s got lovely dark dancing eyes like … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby boy, charm, children, Finch, goldfinch, illustration, illustrator, leaving the house, nappies, outings, parenting, personal project, pseudonym, rookie parent, school, shoes
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Connected at last
Finally we have Internet at the new house and I can blog again properly. I do remember the days before the Internet but find it hard to remember how we managed. I certainly wouldn’t have imagined myself writing a blog, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged blog, bumblebee, continuity, gardening, grape hyacinths, illustration, internet, little girl, moving house, new house, old house, overdue baby, patio doors, pregnancy, primroses, shoes
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Off-line
Still no internet connection (boo!) but here’s an article about my work just published online by a very nice lady called Daphne Leprince-Ringuet. Take a look: www.gola.co.uk/borninbritain/hannah-foley-writer-and-illustrator
On pregnancy
With my due date looming ever closer I have been thinking about how to describe what it is like to be pregnant. On the outside I look round and smooth (and enormous!), but on the inside I don’t feel the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged bag of bones, bagpipes, bunnies, describing pregnancy, enormous, Jessica Ruston, pregnant, round, smooth
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SCCR Conference
We’ve listened enviously to reports of glorious weather down south. Here we haven’t been able to see the bottom of our garden for the last six days. The whole valley is shrouded in a low mist that descends even more … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Have you seen this picture book? It’s called Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame). I’m pretty sure Rebecca Cobb won an award for the illustrations but can’t think where I read that now (pregnancy brain!). Little Owl loves … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged carol ann duffy, children's author, children's books, children's illustrator, clock, Gruffalo, illustration, Julia Donaldson, literature, Mem Fox, mother's day, panmacmillan, paper chain, Paper dolls, picture books, present, Rebecca Cobb, record breaking, Rob Ryan, Save the Children, The Gift
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SCCR Banners
It is a still, grey day here in the Borders. Some beautiful Chionodoxa have come out in the garden. Their purply-blue, star-shaped flowers are bright explosions of colour in amongst the pale lemon of the primroses. These low-growing bulbs are … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged Avril Paton, cardboard boxes, chionodoxa, conferences, conflict, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, moving house, packing, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, Windows on the West
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Winding down
Rain is pattering down on the kitchen window and three rooks are rooting around in the newly spread compost in the garden. After tonight there will only be two life drawing classes until the end of term. I am winding … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged classes, cycling, flowers, illustration, library, life drawing, map, moving house, new baby, new house, people, play park, pregnancy, swimming pool, teaching, trees, walking, winding down, woodland, woods
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Children in Scotland
I was chuffed to bits that an illustration of mine was used in an article about the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution in the March issue of the Children in Scotland magazine. Children in Scotland is the national agency for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged Children in Scotland, chocolate nests, easter, illustration, mini eggs, pregnancy, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
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Strange conversations
Over tea yesterday I had one of those conversations you often have with a small child. It went something like this: Little Owl: That’s bozanne. Me: What’s bozanne? Little Owl: That. Me: The pepper pot is? Little Owl: Yes. Me: … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, communication, conversations, illustration, imaginative play, puberty, young people
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