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Light-filled days
The Queenβs Platinum Jubilee feels like a long time ago now. Elizabeth seems a dear old lady, but I have mixed feelings about the institution of monarchy. I lived in Scotland, where the Crown has done some truly terrible things. … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa Writes, allotment, august, bank holiday, bees, blight, book events, bookbag, chickens, climate, colonialism, Colour Table, devon, Duke of York, evenings, exeter, fire, hills, honeysuckle, Hot Chocolate, imperialism, independent bookshop, jubilee, Karla Neblett, King of Rabbits, Light-filled days, lightened soul, mulit-nationals, new potatoes, parsnips, penguin, pennines, perennial cabbage, perennial kale, produce, pta, Queen, richard branson, rounders, sausages, school fete, scotland, slow worm, solstice, sweetpeas, tractor, Wales
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Merry Christmas
We returned to a brief bit of routine this week after our spot of Covid isolation and before the festive holidays start. I remained negative throughout, and thankfully, none of us are worse the wear, though we have emerged into … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged charities, Charity Christmas Tree Avenue, children's author, Christmas trees, community, exeter, Father Christmas, Hannah Foley, home, merry christmas, Multiple Sclerosis, specialist nurse
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One week…
Since last week, the mysterious door has been popping up all over the country! From Edinburgh to Exeter! π 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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In the midst…
I nearly stood on a peacock butterfly as I left a patient’s house this week. It was sunning itself on the front doorstep. The absence of car fumes and aeroplane pollution has made the night sky crystal clear, even in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged COVID-19, daily exercise, devon, exeter, ford, green circle, green space, night sky, paddling, peacock butterfly, pollution, skimming stones, stitchwort, stream, wild garlic
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London bound
I love that I live in a city that switches the streetlights off at night. Youβre welcome to have a pleasant evening in Exeter but, anyone out and about after the streetlights have gone off had better have a good … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged author, Author events, books, Candy Gourlay, confidence, debut author, Discover Kelpies, exeter, Floris, Goldsmiths, Hannah Foley, independent publisher, london, Sara Grant, SCBWI, school visits, streetlights, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, top tips, train, values, what not to say to an author
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Duke of York
I have gone with Duke of York for my new potatoes again this year. Despite initial reservations they were delicious last year, and much better than the Charlottes I tried the year before, which are always so nice from the … Continue reading
Rainy day in Exeter
Well, that’s put paid to my allotment plans for the morning. It is pouring down!
Franklin Nights
There is an old Westcountry name for the nights of the 19th, 20th and 21st of May. These are the Franklin Nights, feared for bringing late frosts to the orchards and causing a bad harvest. Down this way it is … Continue reading
Exeter guildhall
Over the last few months I have got involved with a group called Exeter Illustrators. As the name suggests they are a bunch of illustrators who live around the Exeter area who have got together to collaborate on projects, socialise … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged buildings, city, exeter, Exeter City Council, Exeter Illustrators, Exeter Lord Mayor, guildhall, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, medieval, urban
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Beating the Bounds – again!
I have been back walking my loops of the parish boundary (read why here and here). The other evening I rejoined the boundary at the medieval stone cross on the old road to Plymouth. The surface of the road has … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged animal cell, beating the bounds, biology, children, Dan Richards, Devon Wildlife Trust, Dove Grey Reader, education, enclosure act, exeter, golgi apparatus, green circle, green space, Hannah Foley, holloway, illustration, illustrator, John Clare, kids, Local Nature Reserve, lysosomes, natural history, nature, nucleus, orange, red, ribosomes, ridgeway, Robert MacFarlane, rough endoplasmic reticulum, science, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, Stanley Donwood, walking, yellow, yellow ants
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