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Picture Books 2015
I take Christmas as an opportunity to splurge on picture books…for the children obviously! I spend ages perusing the shelves of our local Waterstones, drinking in all those beautiful pages. Here are some of my favourites from this year’s purchases… … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Aerodynamics of Biscuits, author/illustrator, benji davies, christmas, Clare Helen Welsh, deborah allwright, ed vere, Granddad's Island, illustrator, linda sarah, max at night, On Sudden Hill, peter harris, picture books, Please Mr Panda, Steve Antony, the night pirates
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Back at my desk
I’m back at my little desk by the window looking out on blue skies. There haven’t been many of those around this Christmas holiday. It has rained and rained and rained. My sister-in-law lives in York and her house avoided … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged accidents, car doors, children, christmas, floods 2015, Merchant Adventurer's Hall, parenting, stockings, york
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Carols in the cathedral
Last week, I went with one of my friends to a carol concert at the cathedral. The Christmas market was in full swing along the streets around the cathedral green. Everywhere was twinkling lights and the smell of mulled wine. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged 12 days of Christmas, carol concert, cathedral, cathedral green, christmas, Christmas market, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, John Rutter, Little Donkey, mulled wine, snow, twinkling lights
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#5000NoMore
Here’s a quick screen shot of some new illustrations of mine for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution Christmas Campaign. It’s a fantastic cause so do head over and have a look by following this link.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged #5000NoMore, #StopTalkListen, 5000 no more, campaign, charity, christmas, family conflict, illustration, scotland, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resol, youth homelessness
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December
It is December and everyone is busy with the lead up to Christmas. In his chapter on December in his book The English Year, Steve Roud reports that, perhaps unsurprisingly, most of what we consider to be a traditional English … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged Aguilanneuf, America, banning Christmas, books, christmas, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, Church of Scotland, Circus, climate change, conservation, countryside, Craigmillar, December, England, environment, festival, flocks, frost, Frumenty, Germany, goose, hogmanay, illustration, Little France, Long-tailed Tits, Mary Queen of Scots, Merrie England, mistletoe, new year, Old French, Puritans, Restoration, roll-up, Santa Claus, scotland, seasons, Short-eared owls, solar panels, Springwatch, Stephen Moss, steve roud, storytelling, the english year, traditions, vegetarianism, victorians, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, Yule log
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A soggy week
It has been a soggy week in Devon and the house smells of Horlicks. Big Dreamer has been brewing a new batch of beer. The malty aroma has saturated every corner of every room. At the park Finch is enthralled … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged beer making, chocolate tombola, christmas, Christmas Fair, home brew, horlicks, school, seagulls, smell, worms
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September
The festivity that occupies the majority of Steve Roud’s chapter on September in his book, The English Year, is Harvest Festival. We have some friends who lived for a while in America and every year they celebrate Thanksgiving. While I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged apples, autumn, autumn migration, butcher, christmas, corn, corn dollies, custard, geese, giving thanks, goose, harvest, harvest festival, Harvest Pudding, harvest rituals, harvest supper, hedgerows, hogweed, itching powder, local, Michaelmas, pagan fertility rites, rose hips, september, steam pudding, Stephen Moss, steve roud, teasels, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the english year, wheat, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, willow herb
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Mental images
I’ve returned home from our festive travels with so many beautiful mental images. There was the Narnian lamppost in the churchyard on Christmas Eve, whose frosty halo lit my mum and I through the starlight night to Midnight Mass, the … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged aeroplane, beech, Call the Midwife, christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas special, Exeter airport, fog, holly, lamppost, Midnight Mass, mr tumnus, narnia, new baby, new year's resolutions, rope swing
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Mouseless
Big Dreamer stepped out on to the pavement this morning and went sprawling. “Watch out for the ice!” he shouted back through the letterbox and slid off to catch his train. Fortunately Finch, Little Owl and I form quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged black ice, brass band, carols, christmas, Christmas lights, Christmas list, Christmas tree, Cinderella, community theatre, illustration, Little Owl, mouse, pantomime, pram, school run, slalom, sleet
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Disappointment
Yesterday morning the day dawned white and crisp, not snow just yet, but a thick hoare frost. The pavements and roof tops glistened in the pink light of the rising sun. Little Owl let out a whoop of glee as … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged candy floss, christmas, crawling, December, documentary illustration, fair, hoare frost, Little Owl, pencil, reindeer, SCCR, school, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, sliding, Youth Event
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