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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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged community nurse, cycling, district nurse, fuel shortage, rain
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Potatoes
Every window and door in the house is open as I type this. Is it hot with you? I got very red in the face digging up the last of my new potatoes at the allotment. There were rumours of … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged allotment, blight, devon, district nurse, end-of-term present, grow your own, heat wave, new potatoes, NHS, school, sports day, summer fayre, teacher, vegetables
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One week…
Since last week, the mysterious door has been popping up all over the country! From Edinburgh to Exeter! 😉 Follow my social media accounts over in the side bar to see where it pops up next —> It is just … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, blog, cats, children's books, COVID-19, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, door, edinburgh, exeter, front door, Hannah Foley, library bicycle, magic, MG Fiction, middle grade fiction, nursing, PPE, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, witches
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When I Write
For those of you who don’t know, this week, two years ago, I won the Kelpies Prize at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. On Instagram this week, my publisher posted a photo of me accepting the prize from the wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged author earnings, children, children's author, debut author, Discover Kelpies, district nurse, Edinburgh International Book Festival, editing, family, holidays, juggling, Kelpies Prize, mental load, middle grade novel, mum, new school, nursing, off-duty, parenting, school holidays, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, time management, tween, two-incomes, writing, writing life, writing process
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A bright pebble
I found this pebble hidden on the path outside one of my visits this week. The neighbour’s front window was open a small crack. Inside the house, children’s heads bobbed around the windowsill, trying to hide, but desperate to see. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, community, COVID-19, daffodil, daffodil pebble, district nurse, family, home schooling, home visits, keyworker, nurse, painted pebble, smile pebble
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Dawn chorus
I woke up in the early hours of Easter Sunday morning. The air was filled with the sound of the dawn chorus. I haven’t heard a dawn chorus like that since we lived in the Borders. The seagulls tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged community nursing, COVID-19, dawn chorus, district nurse, easter, Easter Sunday, estuary view, poorly child, PPE, seagulls, spring
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Bluebells
It’s official. I have passed! Now it’s over to the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) to issue me with my PIN and I will be back on the register. I start my job as a District Nurse next Tuesday, working … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged bluebells, Dartmoor, district nurse, emsworthy mire, garden centre, gardening, gardening with kids, gardening with toddlers, insects, milk, NMC, nursing, overhanging branchs, oxygenating plants, PIN, pond, Return to Practice, scone, shade, vegetation, wildlife
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