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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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The beast from the east
‘The Beast from the East’ has arrived at just the right time for us. Half the roof is missing and we haven’t even one wisp of loft insulation. Last night we packed everyone off to bed early, layered up in … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged blankets, bracket fungi, builders, buttress roots, children, crows nest fern, ecology, education, egret, epiphytes, green, Hannah Foley, hot water bottles, illustration, illustrator, jaguar, king palm, loft conversion, macaw, natural history, prop roots, rainforest, red, roof, scarlet ibis, science, slippers, sloth, spider monkey, stag horn fern, strangler vine, the beast from the east, toucan
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‘What-if’ stuff
I went to sleep last night surrounded by precariously balanced piles of our belongings. I seemed to get the camping equipment and home brew kit on my side, while Big Dreamer contended with tins of paint and Christmas decorations. We … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged biology, blood vessels, centre of the cell, children, education, Hannah Foley, heart, illustration, illustrator, non-fiction
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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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How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim
I’m back at my desk and my mind is full of festive images…Christmas sing-a-longs, snow-covered hill-tops, purple clouds over a golden sunset, hoicking our friend out of a muddy puddle on a country walk (we nearly had to sacrifice his … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged author, Billy Hippo Learns to Swim, children, christmas, country walks, frogs, Hannah Foley, hills, hippos, illustrator, Little Door Books, mud, picture books, publisher, snow, sunsets, swimming, vivian french, wellies
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Happy New Year!
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged 2018, Hannah Foley, happy new year, illustration, illustrator
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks for all your wonderful support and for following my adventures on this blog. Lots of love to you and yours x
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged 2017, baby, christmas, family life, feminism, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, mental load, merry christmas, mistletoe, parenting, priorities, wrapping paper
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More
The other day Finch broke my necklace. It wasn’t just any old necklace. It was the necklace Big Dreamer gave me when Wren was born. It has five little stars on it, one for each of us. I wear it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged advice, baby, black, boy, broken, cafe, children, christmas, crawling, dad, Dartmoor, Dartmoor Park Rangers, dry point, etching, father, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, necklace, printmaking, robin, tree, white, women
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Drip drip
It poured on the school run this morning. The rain dripped off my hood, onto the end of my nose, and from there bounced off alternate knees. Wren screamed her head off when I put the rain cover on the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged advice, Anita Klein, art college, artist, baby, crawling, dry point, evening class, graduate, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Jeremy Speck, lynn bailey, printmaker, printmaking
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