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Summerhall
Some exciting news from me is that my work is now being stocked at the Summerhall Arts Centre in Edinburgh. Summerhall used to be the old Edinburgh University veterinary college. I researched my sheep book in the library there! This year it re-opened as … Continue reading
Done
At four o’clock yesterday afternoon we were asked to leave the illustration studio and the door was locked behind us. We all stood in the corridor like a load of sheep not knowing what to do with ourselves. Then from … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged cheering, degree show, Degree show 2013, done, eca, edinburgh, edinburgh college of art, final year students, finished, illustration, last day
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Snow days
In the hills around the farm the white sky is continuous with the white fields. Stepping off our back steps the snow is nearly up to the tops of my tall winter boots. We have a poorly girl at home … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Big Dreamer, birds, edinburgh, illustration, Little Owl, North Pole, poorly, snow, snow bear, snuffles, stove
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Pub quiz
The sky has suddenly become very dark in Edinburgh and the trees are being blown about in the quad at college. Some students are messing around outside the window. If I don’t tune into their voices they could be wailing … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged edinburgh, edinburgh university, illustration, Nomad magazine. fundraiser, pear tree pub, pub quiz, rain, weather
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Morning glow
Yesterday, as Little Owl and I drove towards Edinburgh we encountered a beautiful sight. While the south side of the Forth river was darkened by thick rain clouds, the hills of the Kingdom of Fife on the north side were … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged edinburgh, edwin muir, Fife, illustration, moments, stile
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Bread
Here is my contribution to a fun evening with friends this week involving LOTS of food. Little Owl got to stay up, which she thought was marvellous. The Moroccan (sorry, spelt wrongly above) sesame bread follows a normal bread recipe … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged bread, chapati, edinburgh, flat breads, food, friends, illustration, kilonji, naan, procrastination
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Plums and custard
As you might have noticed Scotland is currently enjoying a surprise heatwave. Everyone is making the most of it because this probably is summer for us. Big Dreamer bitterly remarked that it looked like someone had declared a national holiday … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged college, edinburgh, heat wave, Katrina and the waves, plums and custard, sunny days
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Q. What is better than muddy puddles?
A. Muddy icy puddles. That was the opinion of Little Owl and Big Dreamer this afternoon anyway. We headed up into the Pentland Hills on the southwest edge of Edinburgh for a bracing winter’s walk. Little Owl and Big Dreamer … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged apple cake, edinburgh, Good Things to Eat, ice, illustration, light, lucas hollweg, muddy puddles, pentland hills, winter walks
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Local characters
Most places have some great local characters. I remember Xylophone Man when we were in Nottingham. When he sadly passed away he was commemorated with an engraved paving stone outside M&S, where he used to sit. Edinburgh is no different. … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cycling, edinburgh, illustration, Night Owl, nottingham, Xylophone man
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