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Happy Midsummer!
Happy Midsummer! This weekend was fittingly glorious. We hid fairy doors in the garden for the children and their friends to find, and discover little Midsummer gifts left for them behind the doors by the ‘fairies’. The river is bursting … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged banded demoiselle, beautiful demoiselle, biology, children, children book art, children books, damselfly, dragonfly, education, fairies, fairy doors, fairy gifts, family, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, Midsummer, natural history, non-fiction, picture book art, picture books, river, wildlife
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Christmas tree
At the weekend we headed off to the moors. The distinctive characteristics of each of the national parks in the UK is always a matter of fascination to me. From the rugged austerity of the Cairngorms to the rolling greenery … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Cairngorms, celtic, chestnuts, children, Christmas market, Christmas tree, Dartmoor, decorations, elves, fairies, fairytales, festive feeling, fog, folktales, hats, Haytor, hill, illustration, imps, lights, mince pies, national parks, Peak district, pixies, topographical features, tors, UK, village, village hall, wind
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June
For my seasonal reading in June*, Steve Roud, in The English Year, describes our misunderstanding of the traditional celebrations around midsummer. He says that we’ve been seduced by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream into thinking Midsummer is when fairies and sprites … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged bonfires, buttercups, common sorrel, countryside, customs, dandelions, fairies, festivals, goldfinches, grasses, great tits, illustration, linnets, ribwort plantain, seeds, sorrel, Stephen Moss, steve proud, the english year, traditions, weeds, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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Maple Arts Exhibition
Yesterday airborne seeds smoked and billowed from the downy heads of thistle plants. It always seems to me that, like the mayfly, thistle seeds seasonally pour forth in one of those blink-and-you-miss-it profligate events nature is so good at. Suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged candlemaker row, edinburgh, exhibition, fairies, illustration, maple arts, seeds, summer, thistle
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Inchmahome Priory
Last night the rain battered on the windows and the wind whipped round our house. I snuggled down under my duvet, glad I was indoors. We have had some good weather this week however and I took the opportunity to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged arnmach, coire nan uruisgean, earls of menteith, fairies, illustration, inchmahome priory, lake of menteith, monks, night, rain, wet, windy
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Comet Pan-STARRS
We have been scanning the skies for comet Pan-STARRS over the last few evenings. It’s supposed to be particularly close to the sun just now, so very visible. Not if you live in Scotland however! Low lying snow clouds have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged clouds, comet, countryside, fairies, horizon, illustration, magic, observatory, pan-STARRS, planets, rural darkness, SATS, science, scotland, secondary school, snow, sprites, stars, wonder
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Odd spuds
Is this the weirdest looking potato? I wish we’d unearthed it in time for the village horticultural show. We’d definitely have won the best vegetable monster prize with it. We’ve had a great crop from our rubble sacks. I love … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged fairies, funny shapes, horticultural show, illustration, potato, rubble sacks, thistles, vegetable monster competition
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