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Midsummer
My children are growing, I’ve started to get silver hairs in my fringe, and yesterday was the mid-point in the year. In my day job, I am organising some drug treatment regimes for patients for 6 months time. That’s Christmas! … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged allotment, author event, book festival, Childrens Author, childrens books, ChipLitFest, Chipping Norton Book Festival, climate, devon, Devon lane, family, Hannah Foley, land, Love Devon magazine, nature, school visits, spring, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, tulips, well-being, wellbeing
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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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Blessings
January often sees me turning reflective, seeking out essayists like Kathleen Jamie and Alistair McIntosh, to give me the words and images to navigate the dark winter days. Old folk songs sing of the ‘ghosts’ that visit us at this … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged Alexander Carmichael, blessings, carmina gadelica, charms, community, family, folk songs, gaelic prayer traditions, ghosts, grounding practices, January, miracles, mum, relfection, routine, scotland, spell songs
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Departures
I hope you had a lovely Summer. We returned from Scotland with our hearts full of memories of mountaintop views and the evening light glittering the surface of the river. It was just wonderful and exactly what we needed. Back … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged author, autumn migration, family, Hannah Foley, highlands, holidays, lunch boxes, marking time, name tags, new shoes, parenting, PE kit, river, school kit, school uniform, scotland, summer, swifts
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Super powers
It has been very wet down our way. At the weekend we disturbed Meadow Browns from un-cut fields of hay, the butterflies still flying despite the showers. I suspect the farmers will be glad of the hot weather forecast to … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged butterflies, careers, child development, children, computer programmer, family, first milk tooth, football player, hay, hay meadows, Iron Man, jobs, meadow browns, super hero, tennis player, tractor mechanic
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Wet towels
I left the towels on the line for three days before I gave in and brought them in to dry indoors. The days have been full of fog and mist down here in the South West. Yesterday we drove out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged christmas, Christmas tree, combe, countryside, COVID-19, December, devon, England, family, fog, mist, oak tree, ridgeway, southwest, swing, towels, tree, tyre swing, walk, wood
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Gunpowder plot
At the weekend we had a fire in the back garden for Bonfire Night. As regular readers will know I love Bonfire Night. While I can’t say I’ve got much sympathy with the Catholic vs Protestant gunpowder plot origins, I … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged autumn, baked potatoes, bonfire, bonfire night, COVID-19, family, fireworks, friends, gunpowder, gunpowder plot, lockdown, marshmallows, sparklers, traditions, winter
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Gloaming
I love the word ‘gloaming’. Technically, I think it means twilight. To me it means the very end of twilight, just as the last bit of light is being sucked from the sky, and the stars are coming out. During … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged covid 19, family, gloaming, half term, lockdown, parenting, PE socks, pyjamas, restrictions, silhouettes, skylight, starfish, sunset, twilight
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