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Voles

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Hannah

I rolled bundles of hay across the slope to make haycocks to keep the rain off and allow the grasses to continue drying. For those that know hay, it’s not really. It’s fibrous weedy stuff from species-rich grassland we optimistically … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agrarianism, barn owl, children, climate change, devon, dreams, family, goat willow, hay, haycocks, localism, meadow, nature, orchard, short-tailed voles, species-rich grassland | Comments Off

Growing

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Hannah

Just after I signed off from the blog I had news I could reveal the cover of my latest book, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, so here it is in case you missed it on Twitter and Instagram. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged allotment, author, beetroot, blackberries, children's books, Claire Ratinon, climate change, cornflowers, cover reveal, crops, deadlines, devon, drought, environment, family, grow your own, growing, Jessie Price, Jurassic coast, Lucy Rose, managing time, Mauritius, mental health, mental illness, pollinators, proof, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, resolutions, Riverford, sewage, soil, spinning plates, summer, summer of sewage, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, time, Unearthed, Wales, writing, Zephyr Books | Comments Off

Flying man

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Hannah

The old Rule of Three myth worked out well for us. Finch bumped his head again this week and for the fourth time a giant egg swelled on his forehead. It was in the same spot as the very first, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes | Tagged Adam Rutherford, biodiversity collapse, bump head, children, children's authors, children's illustrators, climate change, dad, egg on head, extinction, fence panel, flying man, future, garden centre, global warming, greenhouse gases, Inside Science, KidLit4Climate, methane, oceans, Paignton, planet, plastic, potty training, Radio 4, rule of three, seas, Storm Gareth, swamps, Torquay, waste, Wildlife Trusts, youth strike | 2 Comments

December

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Hannah

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 | Comments Off

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