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June flowers
Rain is gently tip-tapping on the window this morning. In the garden a single white foxglove grows in a foxglove graveyard. At least three others have died there but this one survived. I often wonder about gardening scenarios like this. … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged biological controls, bird feeder, black aphids, botany, everlasting pea, foxgloves, garden, Grass Vetchling, illustration, Japanese maple, Margaret Erskine Wilson, Meadow Vetchling, natural history, nature, Yellow Vetchling
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Summer at last
Finch got some new pyjamas this week. He was so pleased with them that he got up in the night and put all three sets on, on top of each other. He was roasting when we went to wake him … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ABC, anax imperator, blue, bug hunting, children, chives, dragonfly, education, garden, gold, green, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, irises, kids, may, natural history, pyjamas, rambling roses, summer, sun, wildlife, yellow
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Ladybird lunch
Wren fell into the toy box like a sky diver this week; head first, arms back. All I could see was a pair of legs back-pedaling frantically. She also attempted to eat a ladybird. We’ve had loads of ladybirds in … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged baby, botany, forget-me-nots, herb robert, hibernation, illustration, ladybirds, Margaret Erskine Wilson, natural history, waking up, Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month
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April flowers
The riverbanks are full of red campion, white dead-nettle, cow parsley, and hawthorn blossom. I barely notice hawthorn all year then suddenly these columns of creamy froth appear like friendly flower aliens beamed down from outer space. No wonder the … Continue reading
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Tagged illustration, Margaret Erskine Wilson
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Easter
Did you have a lovely Easter? We did. Highlights for me were a meadow full of delicate white and purple fritillaries here in Devon, and banks of wood anemones like little white stars in a wooded glen in Yorkshire. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged atlantic white-sided dolphin, beach, blue, bluebells, children, conservatory, daffodils, easter, education, grey, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, job interviews, kids, lagenorhynchus acutus, lost keys, natural history, orange, potty training, seasonal gradient, sun burn, white, wildlife
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In like a lion…
March has been all lion down our way (if you hold with the old saying that is). We’ve had endless grey skies and blustery winds. All my daffodils are bent at right angles. In the fields towards the mouth of … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged bittercress, estuary, geese, golden saxifrage, green hellebore, hairy-footed bumblebees, heron, lamb, lesser periwinkle, lion, lungwort, march, Margaret Erskine Wilson, primroses, scurvy grass, star of Bethlehem, sweet violets, vernal whitlow grass, vitamin C, water meadows, white butterbur, wildflowers of Britain, wind, yellow
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A skunk stripe
I am now catching most of the dawn on my early morning bike rides. The sky ahead of me is full of radiant hues of pink, apricot and lilac. The bright Lenten moon sits on my shoulder. The air is … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged baby, children, crawling, cuttlefish, cycling, dawn, education, gloss, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kids, lenten moon, marine conservation zones, paint, parenting, quahog clam, river, rudbekia purpurea, sea pen, seahorse, seeds, spiny squat lobster, starfish, the blue belt, The Wildlife Trusts, tomatoes, white-sided dolphin, Wildlife Watch magazine
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Half term
Half term ambushed me from out of nowhere. I was merrily making my way through the term when it suddenly leapt out from nowhere and held me hostage. I was forced to bake heart-shaped biscuits, build extensive train set layouts, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged anopheles quadrimacus, brown, children, education, gold, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, mosquito, natural history, orange, parenting
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Sunshine, flowers and…hackers
First of all I would like to apologise profusely for an expletive laden message that was posted to my blog yesterday afternoon. As you have probably already guessed, I was hacked. A big thank you to some dedicated blog readers … Continue reading
