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Lemon Biscuits
We have had clear star-filled nights here making it easy to see and admire the Harvest Moon. Consequently the mornings have been cold and bordering on frosty. I found a frozen dandelion clock on the allotment. I have needed a … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged author event, author signing, autumn, autumn birdsong, birdsong, book festival, books, Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, children, children's books, children's fiction, clear skies, cycling, David Lack, dawn, Fairy Tale Pets, family, frost, full moon, Harvest Moon, Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble, lemon biscuits, nosy crow, parents, rain, sunrise, Tracey Corderoy
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One of the Many Days
Autumn is here. It was dark coming back from Brownies with Little Owl and her friend last night. Black clouds scudded across the sky. I was hustled and bustled by the wind on my bike this morning. One minute I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged acorns, autumn, baby carrier, bats, bike, bike ride, blackberries, Brownies, children, clouds, conkers, countryside, dark, dawn, early morning, evenings, extract, family, fungi, night, Norman MacCaig, One of the Many Days, parenting, poem, poetry, quote, rose hips, rowan, seasons, storm, storm ali, walk, wind
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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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An eventful weekend
Did you survive the snow? Apart from the odd mound left from road clearing, ours has all gone. After living in Scotland I find snow so evocative, especially being in a rural community. As many of you will know, country … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged agapanthus, albrighton rambler, biology, bird feeder, blue tit, campanula, children, chives, drawing, ecology, education, family, garden, goldfinch, Hannah Foley, hebe, illustration, illustrator, kids, natural history, nature, primroses, robin, sketching, sparrow, wildlife, wren
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Time for school
The skies are leaden and the day is blustery. The radio regales me with dire weather reports from Scotland; wind, rain and the chance of snow at rush hour tomorrow. Meanwhile I sit snugly at my desk and press Send … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, education, elephants, family, gazelle, giraffe, Hannah Foley, hippo, hippopotamus, illustration, illustrator, kids, mountains, non-fiction, nose wiping, rhino, rhinoceros, sacred ibis, safari, school application, scotland, snot, spoonbills, starting school, stormy weather, tissues, waterhole, wildebeest, zebra
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Boomerang jobs
Sometimes it feels like Big Dreamer and I are trapped in an episode of Fawlty Towers on a loop. We can’t seem to do any jobs around the house without them boomeranging right round and pinging us in the head … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged alphabet, badger, black, boomerang jobs, children, educational, family, fawlty towers, garden centre, gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kids, life, local, meles meles, natural history, rain, water butt, white, yellow
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Storage…again!
I have been making draw string bags for the kids to hang on their coat pegs in the hall and store their seasonal gear in. I’m so tired of bundles of scarves, hats and gloves being wedged on top of … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged antechamber, benches, bike, buggy, children, cleaning, clown, cubby holes, entrances, family, genkan, hoovering, house entrance, houses, illustration, Janome, japan, japanese, Keep the Heid, Lakeland, mud, parenting, pigeon holes, porch, radiators, repairs, SCCR, scooter, seasonal kit, sewing machine, storage, wellies
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Bonfire Night
A gusty gale blew in at the back end of last week. It blew the last of the autumn leaves to the ground where they were battered into brown sludge by heavy downpours. Seagulls wheeled in the leaden skies, shouting … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged autumn leaves, bonfire night, children, family, fireworks, illustration, marshmallows, november, sparklers
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Home
We’re back from our holidays, our suitcases crammed full of happy family memories and a copious amount of stowaway sand.
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged beach, childhood, family, happy memories, holidays, illustration, kites, laughter, sand, sea, suitcases, summer, surf
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