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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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July
In my seasonal reading, Stephen Moss, in Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, describes July as a month of stasis, “a chance to reflect on the rollercoaster ride of spring.” Now chicks have been raised, parent birds are moulting ready for the colder … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged an english year, bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, Derbyshire, dragon, Early reader, Hannah Foley, hummingbird hawkmoth, illustration, july, moths, moult, purple loosestrife, reading, seasonal, snails, Stephen Moss, steve roud, Tissington, well-dressing, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, willow herb
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Skipping lessons
Did you ever play skipping games as a child? I did. I especially loved the long rope games where two children would turn the rope for the others. Even better was when we had two long ropes turned between each … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged arrival of spring, bees, birds, butterflies, childhood, devon, England, games, illustration, long ropes, memories, moving house, nature, nesting, out of step, scotland, skipping, sweetness
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March
It is the beginning of a new month so I turn to my seasonal reading again. In his book The English Year, Steve Roud’s chapter on March is preoccupied with the weather. March “comes in like a lion and out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ash buds, birds, borrowed days, dunk, hares, illustration, light, mad march hares, march, migration, migratory restlessness, Mothering Sunday, spring, St Chad's Day, St David's Day, St Patrick's Day, St Winneral's Day, Stephen Moss, steve roud, sunrise, swallows, the english year, vernal equinox, warmth, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, zugunruhe
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The ‘quest’
Did you do the RSPB Garden Bird Watch at the weekend? We ummed and ahhed about it but in the end decided it would just be too depressing. Probably quite high on the list of ways to put your child … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged bird feeder, birds, evening class, Garden Birdwatch, hero, illustration, Janis MacKay, logo, quest, RSPB, tennis club, writing
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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
The sparrows have found our feeders! Granted it took minus temperatures for them to venture into our exposed garden but it’s a start. The hills behind our house were thick with snow this weekend. The trees wore strips of snow … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bird feeders, birds, blackthorn, children, church yards, gilbert white, gold crest, great tit, illustration, January, landscape, Mark, nature, Random House, seasonality, simplicity, skein, small birds, snow, Somerset, somerset levels, sparrows, Stephen Moss, The Natural History of Selbourne, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, yews
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SCCR update
This morning the ground was covered in a thick hoar frost. Small birds flocked to our bird feeder. Jackdaws sat on the fence and eyed the kitchen window, waiting for Little Owl’s rejected breakfast crusts to be delivered to the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged birds, devon, drawing, flooding, frost, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, jackdaw, SCCR, scotland, South West, storm
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Stepping stones
Yesterday I bumped and bobbed my way over the pot-holed moorland road to the Flat Cat Gallery in Lauder to drop off some new pictures. Small brown birds (goodness knows what they were – too fast for my eyes) flitted … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged birds, black faces, brief, Eteaket, Flat Cat Gallery, illustration, Lauder, pigeons, racing pigeons, tea labels, tea shop, young lambs
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Singing wrens
Although the countryside around us is covered in piles of snow and the skies are thick with grey cloud a little wren has been singing joyfully outside my window this morning. I’m always amazed at the volume that comes out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged birds, children's books, clouds, illustration, little bear, picture books, porridge, singing, snow, wren
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Snow days
In the hills around the farm the white sky is continuous with the white fields. Stepping off our back steps the snow is nearly up to the tops of my tall winter boots. We have a poorly girl at home … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Big Dreamer, birds, edinburgh, illustration, Little Owl, North Pole, poorly, snow, snow bear, snuffles, stove
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