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A bright moment of calm
As a mum and freelancer the inside of my head most often resembles a tumbling, teeming ant hill; to-do lists and piles of dirty laundry marching to and fro as far as the eye can see. A new baby and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged children, confidence, course, freelance, grant, green, illustration, leaf, light, moment of calm, new baby, red, residential, skills, window, writing
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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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Le Immagini della Fantasia
I can understand our ancestors starting to light bonfires at this time of year. For me the change from October to November is full of images of lights glinting against the seasonal gloom. At going home time car headlights wearily … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged children's illustrator, children's writer, clocks going back, europe, exhibition, illustration, Italy, l'immagini della fantasia, november, october, scotland, soggy shoes, touring, vivian french
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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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Moving house
We’re currently moving house….I’ll be back here as soon as we have internet!
Posted in Making changes
Tagged illustration, internet, moving house, pause, update
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NOT nesting
I hate the word nesting. I don’t mind it being applied to birds in spring because they are actually building nests but when it’s applied to pregnant women it makes me irate. It’s mostly because I don’t want it to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged clothing rail, common sense, cooking meals, DIY, enormous, freezer, grumpy, hate the term nesting, homemade toy house, Hormones, illustration, leaky, Little Miss Splendid, monster, mother, mum, nesting, pregnancy, preparations, rational, sensible, sore, swollen
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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
Stuff
There’s no doubt that new born babies need a lot of stuff. The smaller they are the more stuff you seem to need to take around with you. There’s a whole market out there designed to play on every potential concern … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged alpaca, babies, baby wearing, bonnets, breast vests, breastfeeding, cheeky wipes, ebay, equipment, ergo, friends, fundamentalist, Gaia, hat, hug-a-bub, John Lewis, knitted baby clothes, knitting, Lakeland, mobiles, Mother's Balm, Mother's Bath Oil, motherhood, Neal's Yard, new born, pregnant, real nappies, secondhand, sling, stuff, unique, washable nappies, wet wipes, yamo
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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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