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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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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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Daffodil meadows
The allotment is a Brexit-free zone. On Saturday, one of the volunteer coordinators was fiercely enforcing it. As I planted my potatoes, I could hear her shout periodically, “I can hear you. None of that Brexit stuff round here please!” … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged allotment, brexit, butterflies, daffodils, meadows, potatoes, spring, sunshine, woodls, woodpecker
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Easter
Did you have a lovely Easter? We did. Highlights for me were a meadow full of delicate white and purple fritillaries here in Devon, and banks of wood anemones like little white stars in a wooded glen in Yorkshire. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged atlantic white-sided dolphin, beach, blue, bluebells, children, conservatory, daffodils, easter, education, grey, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, job interviews, kids, lagenorhynchus acutus, lost keys, natural history, orange, potty training, seasonal gradient, sun burn, white, wildlife
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February flowers
The morning Storm Doris blew in I’d put the washing on the line. I heard the news and promptly brought it back in again. Apart from being very windy we seemed to get off lightly. Although we did have a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged alder catkins, bird's eye, buxbaum's speedwell, colt's foot, daffodils, daisies, elm buds, false, green daphne, hazel catkins, kitchen, lesser celandine, Margaret Erskine Wilson, one year old, poker, storm doris, strawberry, tulips, wildflowers of Britain, wind, wood anemones, wren
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Waiting
Phew – Storm Imogen has just swept by! It feels like it hasn’t stopped raining this winter. Yet, there are signs of returning life. Daffodils are out in my pots at the front of the house and the birds are … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged birds, daffodils, hedges, pregnancy, rain, storm imogen, third trimester, waiting, winter
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Happy Easter
We’re all moved in to our new house but don’t have internet connected yet so in the meantime here’s a quick message from my phone. Happy Easter one and all!
Posted in Growing things
Tagged daffodils, easter, happy easter, illustration
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Drawing block
This is a frog I drew on Friday. I was pretty happy to see him emerge from my pen nib because I’ve had a bit of a drawing block this week. I know, great timing and not in the slightest … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged chicken wire, daffodils, degree show, drawing block, frogs, illustration, rabbits, snow
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Things that don’t work out
The world of illustration is a funny one in that sometimes things just don’t work out. The illustrator does lots of work but the project just doesn’t quite come together and the illustrations are never seen. Here is an example … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged daffodils, garlic, illustration, spring, thermals
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