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Half term storms
I am back at my desk after an action-packed half term. The camping trip was a surprising success considering we slept through an almighty thunderstorm. βSleepingβ is probably a bit of a stretch but we definitely nodded off at some … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged allotment, Be Inspired Exhibition 2018, builders, camping, chickens, children, childrens' book art, cows, cygnets, dog, Exeter Illustrators, exhibition, farm, feeding swans, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, landscape, loft conversion, milking, mill lane, paddling, pigs, rain, sleep, stream, swans, The Welcome Cafe, thunderstorm, toilet
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Huffy herons
Birds, blossom and buds are all flourishing along the river banks now the weather has warmed and it has finally stopped raining. There are rabbits everywhere. I have disturbed the grey heron from his huntings several times on my bike, … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged allotment, birds, blossom, buds, canal, chickens, children, children's books, childrens' book art, cob, cows, dandelions, ducks, eyebrows, farm, farmyard, Hannah Foley, heron, hills, horse, illustration, illustrator, nest, non-fiction, pick-up truck, pigeons, planting, potatoes, rabbits, river banks, rooster, sheep dog, swans
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Open Farm Sunday
Today was Open Farm Sunday. The idea behind this fantastic initiative is that we, the general public, can visit the places and people who produce our food and care for our countryside. We headed out to a farm near us, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged children, combe, devon, farm, human, illustration, lambs, open farm sunday, Oxford Sandy and Black pig, parenting, pigs, plum pudding, summer evenings, tractor, trailer, water butt, watering, watering can, whole
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Inheriting
In a kind of lovely postscript to my last post, I received a brilliant email. I’ll quote a little bit of it: “…just a quick note to say we moved into your old house a month ago and adore your … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged caring, countryside, email, farm, garden, gardening, plants, vegetables
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Bonfire Night
Festivities and special days cluster around this time of year like a group of teenagers on a street corner. Then November stretches out in grey dreariness with nothing to break it up until the countdown to Christmas begins. If it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, baby carrier, bonfire, bonfire night, ear protectors, farm, Finch, fire bin, fire dancers, fireworks, halloween, hog roast, Hopetoun House, illustration, memory, november, smell, trick or treat, wood burner
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Soaring
We often think of the farm and miss it very much (for new readers, we moved to our current and more urban home in April). We wonder to each other how the kingfisher down by the river fared this year, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bank, beech tree, bilberries, boundary, fair, farm, frogs spawn, frost, hill, illustration, kingfisher, plain, reeds, rope swing, rural, scotland, silage, tupping, urban, walk, wood
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Something finished
I feel a bit like I’ve reached base camp on Mount Everest. After week’s of working away I have managed to finish one of my final year projects. It’s really motivating to have completed something. It is a children’s book … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged children's picture book, christmas, farm, finishing things, illustration, lambing, motivation, Moutn Everest. base camp, snow, solly the spider, spider
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The colour green
A variety of coloured dots have been appearing on the backs of the ewes on the farm. We’re halfway through breeding season and for sheep this is known as tupping. Our next door neighbour, who is the shepherd on the farm, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged breeding, ewes, farm, green, illustration, rams, sheep, spider, tupping
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A day for remembering
At the top of the farm the low sun illuminated the golds and bronzes of the long grasses. The sky was lilac and the wintery sun elongated our bodies in leggy shadows across the fields. It felt like a day … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged Armistice Day, countryside, farm, illustration, poppy, Remembrance Day, war memorial
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Ollie the Collie
This is the latest addition to the staff on the farm. She is called Ollie. In a couple of weeks she’ll be off with the pack so we have to make the most of her while we can. When our … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged collie, farm, illustration, ollie, sheep dog, staff
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