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Savouring slowness
Finch has a cold and has been wandering around the house wheezing like a little train. It’s gone to his chest and he’s asthmatic. He clamped on some child’s ear defenders from the bottom of the toy box proclaiming that … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged asthma, blue, bonfire night, brown, bunny, children, cold, delia smith, ear defenders, green, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, Mole, park, parkin, picture books, rabbit, red leaves, singing, wheezing, wood
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After the Storm
Yesterday an enormous storm rolled in and blew the power at Radio Devon. The kids and I watched in awe from the window as rain pounded the garden. Counting the seconds between lightening strike and thunder clap, the storm stalked … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged After the Storm, badges, biology, black out, blue, brook lamprey, brown, Brown trout, Brownies, chalk stream, children, damselfly, devon, education, end of term, families, fine-lined pea mussel, fish, green, Hannah Foley, health visitor, hollyhocks, illustration, illustrator, kids, lesser water parsnip, natural history, non-fiction, paediatrician, Percy the Park Keeper, radio devon, reports, Salmon, sports day, stick collection, storm, stream water crowfoot, summer holidays, teachers, UK, walking, water river stream, water starwort, water vole, watercress, white-clawed crayfish, wildlife
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Walking the bounds
My Dad likes to take a “stroll around the block” of an evening. I think that’s an interesting expression because a “block” is an American term. We don’t really have blocks here do we? My Granddad on my Dad’s side … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged allotments, amphibians, beating the bounds, biology, blue, brown, children, countryside corridor, Devon County Council, Dove Grey Reader, educational, exeter, florist, frogs, green, Hannah Foley, horned marsupial frog, illustration, illustrator, kids, natural history, New York, night, non-fiction, plants, robber frogs, rogation, San Jose Cochrane frog, saxon lane, South America, splendid leaf frog, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, tink frogs, tithe maps, Twisted Oak, walking around the block
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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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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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Christmas cards!
Little Owl became an official Brownie last night. Surrounded by her friends, who held glittering sparklers, she made her promise to do her best, be true to herself, develop her beliefs, to serve the Queen and community, to help other … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, blue, Brownies, cards, children, christmas, favourite colour, golden, handbook, Hannah Foley, illustration, kids, merry christmas, mother-in-law, mouse, orange, picture books, polar bear, promise, red, sledge, sledging, white
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Hosting a hedgehog
In the meadow by the river, cow parsley flower heads dance like a sea of white saucers over a table cloth of golden grasses. Along the river banks hogweed umbrellas are drying out and dying back, giving room for other … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged bikes, blue, common wintercress, cow parsley, cyclist, easter, green, hanging basket liners, Hannah Foley, hedgehog, hedgehog poo, hogweed, hotel, illustration, illustrator, lady, maroon, meadow, scooters, shed, spots, tansy, tansy cake, tarpaulin, yellow
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The Wasps – Ouverture
Big Dreamer and I had a lovely evening out together this weekend. I know, out, together, in the evening! Shock horror! We left my lovely mum in charge. That’s not technically true. Little Owl was in charge, but my mum … Continue reading
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Tagged bats, Benjamin Britten, blue, chromosomes, classical music, devon, Die Fledermaus, DNA, double helix, education, evening, Exeter cathedral, Exeter Symphony Orchestra, genes, Greater Horseshoe Bat, green, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Johann Strauss, orange, parenting, Peter Grimes, science, summer, turquoise, wildlife, yellow
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