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Indoor thoughts
Days starting cold and sharp, apexed with golden warmth, continue here. We had a wonderful walk along the South West Coast Path on Saturday, climbing high above chalky cliffs for views of blue meeting blue for miles all around. It … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, autumn, Billy Hippo 2, Billy Hippo. How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim, chores, field peas, gardening, golden days, greenhouse, growing, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, jobs, lifestyle illustration, Little Door Books, sea, sky, South West Coast Path, views, vivian french
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Back down to earth
It’s been back down to earth for me this week…literally. As many of you know, this last year I have had a portion of my friend’s allotment. It has been a lot of fun even if I have made some … Continue reading
Hot!
How are you all getting on in the heat? At every opportunity we have headed off for shady river banks and cool sea breezes. The warm weather has brought out the jellyfish along the coast near us. They always give … Continue reading
Savouring
Coffee breaks at this time of the year are to be savoured. Today the sun is out as I take up a comfy spot on the garden bench made for us by prisoners at HMP Dartmoor. Behind me buds are … Continue reading
Home
This is a long one. You’d better grab a cuppa. Recently someone I know wrote an online article about home, and it got me thinking. The topic of ‘home’ is one I have gnawed and gnawed at over the years. … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged beating the bounds, belonging, blackberries, community, connections, country lanes, devon, ecology, gardening, gardens, geography, going home, growing home, hiraeth, home, landscape, local history, natural history, norfolk, Oliver Balch, paddling, people, place, primroses, putting down roots, rejection, rituals, rope swimgs, routines, sea, seasonal living, simplicity, sky, towpaths, Under the Tump, walking diary
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Warmed twice
Look at all the digging I did this weekend! I am feeling proud, if a little achy. This weekend was the first dry(ish) opportunity to get over to the allotment and dig in all the lovely manure Big Dreamer had … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged allotment, biology, celeriac, centre of the cell, children, choosing wood, columnar cherry tree, digging, education, gardening, Hannah Foley, holly tree, illustrator, manure, microbes, munchkin pumpkins, Nigel Slater, plug plants, science, seed order, viruses
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Patience
One of my new year’s resolutions was to start a walks journal. My idea was to make a sort of scrapbook of our family walks through the year by collecting maps and leaflets, and making notes of the weather, café … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged allotment, baby, bees, birds, blossom, blues, children, cycling, dry point, flagpole cherry, foxgloves, garden, gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, January, maple, patience, pointing, printmaking, rain, sitting, soil, weather, wet, wind
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December Flowers
It is my last visit of the year to Margaret Erskine Wilson’s book Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month. We have reached December and of course in the lead up to Christmas, I had to chose her beautiful illustration of … Continue reading
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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Transforming Conflict
Here’s a piece of work I did back in February for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) for their annual conference called Transforming Conflict. This illustration was massively inspired by a wonderful piece of film created by Felipe Bustos … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged allotment, children, Debasers Filums, digging, families, Felipe Bustos Sierra, gardening, grasses, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, nurturing, parents, spade, teenagers, wellies
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