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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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A bright moment of calm
As a mum and freelancer the inside of my head most often resembles a tumbling, teeming ant hill; to-do lists and piles of dirty laundry marching to and fro as far as the eye can see. A new baby and … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged children, confidence, course, freelance, grant, green, illustration, leaf, light, moment of calm, new baby, red, residential, skills, window, writing
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Centre of the Cell
Big Dreamer talked endlessly about picking the blackberries that filled the brambles across the road from our house. Of course he didn’t get round to it and now they have gone over. As everyone knows, the Devil is in blackberries … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged blackberries, centre of the cell, children, devil, education, illustration, puppet show, puppets, science, september
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Picture Hooks Conference 2014
This weekend I went along to a conference about children’s picture books, called Picture Hooks. You might remember that I went to their inaugural conference a couple of years ago (read about it here). It was held at Edinburgh College … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged agents, artful doodlers, ashley mccracken, bloomsbury, children, chrissie boehm, edinburgh college of art, illustration, Jonathan Gibbs, lindsey fraser, lucy jukes, mark herald, picture books, picture hooks conference, simon lewin, sugar snap studios, val brathwaite
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Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children
Getting up in the night to feed Finch has had a number of unexpected benefits. I heard the dawn chorus one morning, bright and unearthly coming through the gently diminishing gloom and seeping between the layers of my sleep-thickened brain. … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged AOI, Association of Illustrators, birlinn, body-snatchers, books, breastfeeding, burkers, caravans, children, dawn chorus, dialectograms, Duncan Williamson, fairytales, Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children, glasgow, illustration, kindle, Mitch Miller, motorhomes, reading, review, scotland, sleep, storytelling, tents, Travellers, Travelling community, Travelling people
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Finch
We have a lovely little baby boy! Just like Little Owl he’s got a pseudonym for blogging so, without further ado, may I introduce Finch to you all. I’ve gone for Finch because he’s got lovely dark dancing eyes like … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby boy, charm, children, Finch, goldfinch, illustration, illustrator, leaving the house, nappies, outings, parenting, personal project, pseudonym, rookie parent, school, shoes
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Strange conversations
Over tea yesterday I had one of those conversations you often have with a small child. It went something like this: Little Owl: That’s bozanne. Me: What’s bozanne? Little Owl: That. Me: The pepper pot is? Little Owl: Yes. Me: … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, communication, conversations, illustration, imaginative play, puberty, young people
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Beetroot
This week Little Owl and I pulled eighteen hefty beetroot from one of the rubble sacks where we’ve had a patch growing this summer. It was wonderful to see them after last year’s didn’t even germinate. Here’s a link to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged balloons, beetroot, children, harvest, hugh fearnley-whittingstall, magic bread dough, new website, pizza, rubble sacks, southwest, trip
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Wrapping
It’s essentially still night when Little Owl and I leave the house in the mornings at the moment. The moon sails high in the sky and our headlights glint back at us from the cat’s eyes. Icy sleet batters the … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged car, children, commute, illustration, kids, night, party, sleet, snow, snow gates, travel, wind, wrapping presents
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