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Bang
May started with a bang for us, quite literally. Finch leap-frogged a bollard, didn’t make it, and face-planted the pavement. Amongst the tears and considerable amount of blood, there was a silver lining. Through wet eyes, he grinned at me … Continue reading
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Tagged aphids, author, blue tits, bluebells, cycling, event, fossil-hunting, fossils, Hannah Foley, landscape, losing milk teeth, may, may blossom, meadows, paddling, pandemic, place, rambling roses, scent, spring, summer, swifts, writer
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Through train windows
I’ve landed in a heap at this weekend, and I’ve so much to tell you. I’ve been sitting here, Wren at my side, trying to craft it all into some sort of narrative but February has passed in a blur … Continue reading
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Tagged apple seeds, apples, author, author event, author workshop, Avery Buckle, cat, children's author, Chris Smaje, creativity, cycling, daffodils, dawn, Hannah Foley, illustration, library, library event, library visit, owl, parenting, primroses, rainbows, reading, riddles, school viist, school workshop, spring, storm dudley, storm eunice, storm franklyn, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, wildings, World Book Day, writing
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Fuel!
I thought I was going to have to cycle my round yesterday. After a busy weekend doing visits all over the city, I was running very short of fuel, and nowhere had unleaded. Luckily, it only took a quick shifty … Continue reading
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Tagged community nurse, cycling, district nurse, fuel shortage, rain
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Steam and song
On Sunday, bubbling pans on the hob, we had the kitchen windows open to let out the steam. A soft rain fell outside, the gentle putter of the falling drops punctuating by the occasional ding of a larger drop hitting … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged 2021, bike ride, birdsong, blackbird, blue tit, Covid, COVID-19, cycling, daffodils, lockdown, nature, rain, river, spring, vaccinations
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World Book Day 2020
It is light now when I come in from my morning bike rides. The riverbanks are full of bird song and lolloping bunnies. In the streets near us, front garden shrubs explode with sparrow chatter as we pass on the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged 2020, Author events, birdsong, book characters, book launch, capes, Cardboard Kingdom, cardboard modelling, children's books, comics, costumes, cycling, favourite characters, Hannah Foley, Harry Potter, How Billy Hippo Learned His Colours, illustrator, independent bookshop, light, Little Door Books, parenting, Portobello Bookshop, rabbits, sparrows, spring, the Beast, vivian french, World Book Day
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Duke of York
I have gone with Duke of York for my new potatoes again this year. Despite initial reservations they were delicious last year, and much better than the Charlottes I tried the year before, which are always so nice from the … Continue reading
Home again
We are not long back from dropping Little Owl off at her Summer Sport’s Camp. Wren hummed merrily from under the pushchair rain hood while Finch was only a flicker of bright yellow mac whizzing along on his bike in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged allotment, august, beach, bike, carmarthenshire, cucumbers, cycling, family, freedom, gales, holiday, ice cream, pembrokeshire, porch, puddles, raincoat, sand, sea, space, sports camp, sunflower, swimming, Wales, weather warning, wellies, yellow
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Sounds in the dark
One of the things I love about getting up early and heading out on my bike of a morning is the sounds I hear. The change in the clocks meant it was dark again when I set off this morning … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged baby rabbits, badger, bike ride, bird song, birds, bobtails, clocks change, cycling, darkness, Dartmoor, early start, morning, river, sounds, spring, Wind in the Willows
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Stars and snow
We dodged gritter lorries on our way home from Brownies this evening. In the icy darkness we counted the stars and pointed out Orion’s belt. The radio news reports are full of snow in Scotland and the North of England. … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged bike lights, Brownies, cycling, foxes, gritter lorries, ice, night, nursing, Orion's Belt, patients, placement, Return to Practice, stars, winter
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