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Lemon Biscuits
We have had clear star-filled nights here making it easy to see and admire the Harvest Moon. Consequently the mornings have been cold and bordering on frosty. I found a frozen dandelion clock on the allotment. I have needed a … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged author event, author signing, autumn, autumn birdsong, birdsong, book festival, books, Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, children, children's books, children's fiction, clear skies, cycling, David Lack, dawn, Fairy Tale Pets, family, frost, full moon, Harvest Moon, Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble, lemon biscuits, nosy crow, parents, rain, sunrise, Tracey Corderoy
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Patience
One of my new year’s resolutions was to start a walks journal. My idea was to make a sort of scrapbook of our family walks through the year by collecting maps and leaflets, and making notes of the weather, café … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged allotment, baby, bees, birds, blossom, blues, children, cycling, dry point, flagpole cherry, foxgloves, garden, gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, January, maple, patience, pointing, printmaking, rain, sitting, soil, weather, wet, wind
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September flowers
It’s always good to find out that you’ve just been out cycling during a weather warning. That’s what happened to me on Monday morning. I did think that the head wind was a bit stronger than usual on the way … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged autumn, conkers, cyclamen, cycling, haws, hill, leaves, Margaret Erskine Wilson, pollinators, printing, sloes, weather warning, Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month
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A skunk stripe
I am now catching most of the dawn on my early morning bike rides. The sky ahead of me is full of radiant hues of pink, apricot and lilac. The bright Lenten moon sits on my shoulder. The air is … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged baby, children, crawling, cuttlefish, cycling, dawn, education, gloss, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kids, lenten moon, marine conservation zones, paint, parenting, quahog clam, river, rudbekia purpurea, sea pen, seahorse, seeds, spiny squat lobster, starfish, the blue belt, The Wildlife Trusts, tomatoes, white-sided dolphin, Wildlife Watch magazine
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Smuggling
Last night must have been perfect for smuggling. It was pitch black when I went out on my bike first thing, only a thin slither of a moon to be seen. My bike light picked out the edges of the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged 18th century, aconite, Britain, canal, customs and excise officer, cycling, dog mercury, groundsel, Lakes, Margaret Erskine Wilson, mist, moon, red dead nettle, river, smuggling, snowdrop, UK, wild flowers, Wild Flowers of Britain Month by Month, winter, winter heliotrope
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Morse code
We’ve had some beautiful evenings here over the last week or so. Once the kids are safely in bed I’ve headed out to explore the riverbanks on my bike. One evening I saw my first swallow of the year, in … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged beer, bike, butterfly, cycling, ducklings, home brew, labels, ladybird, Morse code, river, riverbanks, robots, science fiction, summer, swallow
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Sketchbook
This week I’m drawing more cyclists.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged bikes, cycling, cyclists, illustration, moustaches, old man, sketching, tandem
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Sketchbook
This week I am drawing cyclists.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cycling, cyclists, doodles, drawing, illustrations, penny farthing, sketchbook, sketches, unicycle, victorians
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Winding down
Rain is pattering down on the kitchen window and three rooks are rooting around in the newly spread compost in the garden. After tonight there will only be two life drawing classes until the end of term. I am winding … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged classes, cycling, flowers, illustration, library, life drawing, map, moving house, new baby, new house, people, play park, pregnancy, swimming pool, teaching, trees, walking, winding down, woodland, woods
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