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Growing
Just after I signed off from the blog I had news I could reveal the cover of my latest book, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, so here it is in case you missed it on Twitter and Instagram. The … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, author, beetroot, blackberries, children's books, Claire Ratinon, climate change, cornflowers, cover reveal, crops, deadlines, devon, drought, environment, family, grow your own, growing, Jessie Price, Jurassic coast, Lucy Rose, managing time, Mauritius, mental health, mental illness, pollinators, proof, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, resolutions, Riverford, sewage, soil, spinning plates, summer, summer of sewage, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, time, Unearthed, Wales, writing, Zephyr Books
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Good Farmers
Here’s the view from our camping pod, early on Sunday morning, nipping out to the loo. It was wonderful to be somewhere different and look out on rolling hills. It’s a fabulous farm, not far from us, where the sense … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged camping, children, Chris Stringer, close contact, Covid, dairy farms, deforestation, degradation, devon, environment, erosion, family farms, farming, feedlots, food, Homo Britannicus, interglacial, isolation, kitchen, local economy, monocultures, parenting, pen feeding, pesticides, provenance, regenerative farming, slash and burn, small farms, soil health
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Cards
As you can see Finch has been working hard on his Christmas cards. Each one has had extensive illustration work done throughout. It’s taken him a loooong time but finally they are ready to go out to his classmates. In … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged Centrepoint, christmas, christmas cards, Christmas greetings, envelope doodles, envelope drawings, environment, good causes, happy christmas, poverty, replacement, youth homelessness
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December
It is December and everyone is busy with the lead up to Christmas. In his chapter on December in his book The English Year, Steve Roud reports that, perhaps unsurprisingly, most of what we consider to be a traditional English … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged Aguilanneuf, America, banning Christmas, books, christmas, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, Church of Scotland, Circus, climate change, conservation, countryside, Craigmillar, December, England, environment, festival, flocks, frost, Frumenty, Germany, goose, hogmanay, illustration, Little France, Long-tailed Tits, Mary Queen of Scots, Merrie England, mistletoe, new year, Old French, Puritans, Restoration, roll-up, Santa Claus, scotland, seasons, Short-eared owls, solar panels, Springwatch, Stephen Moss, steve roud, storytelling, the english year, traditions, vegetarianism, victorians, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, Yule log
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Animals on the loose
I’ve put my last illustration project up as prints for sale in my shop so do take a look. Here is one of them. Rockhopper penguins examining an abandoned fridge. Again you can click on the image to see it … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged city, environment, fridge, illustration, penguins, prints, rockhopper, shop
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Hand-in
The final crit for my environmental pictures was yesterday afternoon and I was pretty pleased with my feedback. I produced four but as I’d shown you the giraffe before I thought you might like to see her all finished up. … Continue reading
