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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 can’t say I’ve 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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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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Bonfire Night
A gusty gale blew in at the back end of last week. It blew the last of the autumn leaves to the ground where they were battered into brown sludge by heavy downpours. Seagulls wheeled in the leaden skies, shouting … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged autumn leaves, bonfire night, children, family, fireworks, illustration, marshmallows, november, sparklers
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Bonfire Night
Festivities and special days cluster around this time of year like a group of teenagers on a street corner. Then November stretches out in grey dreariness with nothing to break it up until the countdown to Christmas begins. If it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, baby carrier, bonfire, bonfire night, ear protectors, farm, Finch, fire bin, fire dancers, fireworks, halloween, hog roast, Hopetoun House, illustration, memory, november, smell, trick or treat, wood burner
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Bonfire Night excitement
This week the temperature dropped and the promised iciness of a few weeks ago is now here to stay. The morning frost that covers the garden has seen off the last off my nasturtium flowers that had been cheerfully hanging … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby's first movements, bonfire night, excitement, frost, larch, sparklers, stars
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Bonfire Night
Here are some burning sparks from our bonfire on saturday. After last year’s unfolding disaster with the cinder toffee I didn’t bother with it this year (read about it here, here, and here). I did return to Delia Smith’s Parkin recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged bonfire night, Brown Owl, cinder toffee, delia smith, illustration, marshmallows, parkin, sausages, sparklers, stovies
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Bonfire Night
Bonfire night! I love it! I don’t suppose I’m that bothered about Guy Fawkes etc but I do love sitting out under a starry sky beside a bonfire. We don’t do fireworks as we’re on the farm. Our indefatigable next … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside, Illustration
Tagged bonfire night, cinder toffee, delia smith, fireworks, geese, illustration, migration, parkin, sparklers
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