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Still
Two thirds of the windows of our half-term holiday let are filled with sky, the remainder with the rise and fall of the tide in the estuary. Just up the road, great rollers unfurl onto the shore with plumes of … Continue reading
Bells
Thursday evening is bell ringing practice in the parish church behind our house. One of my favourite things is to open one of the velux windows in the attic, and lean out, listening. The waning Harvest Moon lights up a … Continue reading
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Tagged apple juicing, apple picking, autumn, badgers, church bells, community interest group, devon, evening, harvest, Love Food CIC, nasturtiums, orchards
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September
Skeins of geese fly over the roof tops, honking gentle encouragement to each other. It is a time of change in the natural world as creatures all over the planet follow the irresistible, internal tug to migrate. The geese trace … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, autumn, dried beans, dried peas, geese, migration, new shoes, pumpkins, school, soil, stews, winter
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Time flies
It only seems five minutes ago that I was handing out burgers at the school fireworks display, cursing anyone who asked for onions, which are never easily served at speed and in the dark! So, I had to pinch myself … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged autumn, bike, children's author, christmas, fireworks, frost, Hannah Foley, leaves, november, school play, writer
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The Railway Tunnel
At the weekend, we travelled up to North Devon to finally celebrate my mum’s 70th, eighteen months late. We’d re-booked the holiday cottage three times. It was a wonderful, glowing time of family, good food, long walks, and pottering around … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged 70th birthday, author, autumn, Avery Buckle, book locations, cannonmills, cat, children's author, countryside, devon, England, halloween, Hannah Foley, holiday, magic, middle grade fiction, middle grade novel, North Devon, places, railway tunnel, rope swing, scotland, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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In Conversation
Iβll be honest, I took September hard. It started with being away in Scotland when the swifts left. This year more than any other, I was desperate for the light to linger, and the darkness and damp to stay away. … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged autumn, Avery Buckle, cats, children's books, Discover Kelpies, Elizabeth Ezra, halloween, Hannah Foley, Kelpies Prize, magic, middle grade fiction, middle grade novel, Ruby McCracken - Tragic without Magic, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Wind in the Willows, witches
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Six months!
Saturday marked the six-month birthday of The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle hitting bookshop shelves so I couldnβt resist celebrating with a cat cake! Publication had already been delayed by a year due to Covid, and even then, released just … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author event, autumn, Avery Buckle, book club, book group, book of the month, book reviewers, Book shop, books, booksellers, cat cake, celebration, children's author, children's books, cream teas, devon, Hannah Foley, harvest, horses, independent bookshop, Indie bookshop, librarians, magic, middle grade fiction, Owl and Pyramid, ploughing match, publishing, readers, seaside, seaton, tea, teachers, thankyou, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, tractors
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Print!
Exciting news!!! The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle has gone to print! It’s turning into a real book as we speak. Eeeekkkk! π
Gunpowder plot
At the weekend we had a fire in the back garden for Bonfire Night. As regular readers will know I love Bonfire Night. While I canβt say Iβve got much sympathy with the Catholic vs Protestant gunpowder plot origins, I … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, baked potatoes, bonfire, bonfire night, COVID-19, family, fireworks, friends, gunpowder, gunpowder plot, lockdown, marshmallows, sparklers, traditions, winter
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