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Tag Archives: devon
After the Storm
Yesterday an enormous storm rolled in and blew the power at Radio Devon. The kids and I watched in awe from the window as rain pounded the garden. Counting the seconds between lightening strike and thunder clap, the storm stalked … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged After the Storm, badges, biology, black out, blue, brook lamprey, brown, Brown trout, Brownies, chalk stream, children, damselfly, devon, education, end of term, families, fine-lined pea mussel, fish, green, Hannah Foley, health visitor, hollyhocks, illustration, illustrator, kids, lesser water parsnip, natural history, non-fiction, paediatrician, Percy the Park Keeper, radio devon, reports, Salmon, sports day, stick collection, storm, stream water crowfoot, summer holidays, teachers, UK, walking, water river stream, water starwort, water vole, watercress, white-clawed crayfish, wildlife
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Rogationtide
A blog I love to read is called Dove Grey Reader Scribbles, written by a community nurse living in the Tamar valley. It’s mostly about books but she also sometimes writes about the countryside around her. A while ago she … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged animals, bear, beating the bounds, Brunel, carnivores, children, church, common seal, community nurse, devon, Dover Grey Reader Scribbles, education, evolution, fields, gardens, Hannah Foley, horse, horticulture, illustration, illustrator, kids, lion, natural history, odd-toed ungulates, orchards, plymouth, railway, rhino, rhinoceros, rogationtide, steve roud, Tamar valley, the english year, tithe maps, tithes, wolf
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Carnival night
We are in the thick of carnival season here in the Southwest. This is the time of year when most towns near us will put on a brightly lit procession through the streets. Carnival night is all about preparation. It … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged autumn, carnival, cartwheel, clothes, coppers, devon, education, educational, festivities, fish and chips, ginger, girl, grey, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, layers, lights, night, october, orange, pennies, purple, pyjamas, railway embankment, school, southwest, tradition, uniform, white
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The Wasps – Ouverture
Big Dreamer and I had a lovely evening out together this weekend. I know, out, together, in the evening! Shock horror! We left my lovely mum in charge. That’s not technically true. Little Owl was in charge, but my mum … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged bats, Benjamin Britten, blue, chromosomes, classical music, devon, Die Fledermaus, DNA, double helix, education, evening, Exeter cathedral, Exeter Symphony Orchestra, genes, Greater Horseshoe Bat, green, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Johann Strauss, orange, parenting, Peter Grimes, science, summer, turquoise, wildlife, yellow
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Carnival season
At the weekend we bundled ourselves up in hats and scarves to see one of the local illuminated carnivals. It’s a bit of a tradition in Devon. October sees most towns host their own brightly lit procession. We have been … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged beach, Bridgwater, carnival, charity, community, coppers, devon, early morning, fundraising, lights, local, october, seaside
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Autumn images
I have some lovely autumn images lingering in my mind as I settle down to work this morning. There was Little Owl dancing across the damp grass at the park in the near dusk on our way home from swimming. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged apple crumble, apple rings, apples, autumn, autumn leaves, cookers, devon, dusk, early morning, eaters, golden, hidden door, illustration, images, light, old wall, orange, orchard, park, passenger ferry, red, swan
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Ploughing Match
Last Sunday a low mist swallowed up the end of our garden. Gradually the sun rose and burnt it away to reveal one of those perfect September days, sunny and fresh. We took the opportunity to attend a local ploughing … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged agricultural mechanisation, agriculture, countryside, devon, horse-drawn plough, illustration, ploughing match, shire horses, tractors
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Open Farm Sunday
Today was Open Farm Sunday. The idea behind this fantastic initiative is that we, the general public, can visit the places and people who produce our food and care for our countryside. We headed out to a farm near us, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged children, combe, devon, farm, human, illustration, lambs, open farm sunday, Oxford Sandy and Black pig, parenting, pigs, plum pudding, summer evenings, tractor, trailer, water butt, watering, watering can, whole
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Monkey!
This weekend Little Owl and I had a fantastic treat. We drove out to a nearby village and crammed into the pretty hall to see a puppet show version of the Chinese folk tale Monkey. This was an adaptation of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged arts, children, china, chinese, communities, devon, folk tale, Monkey, puppet show, PuppetCraft, puppets, rural, theatre, Villages in Action
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