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Orchard planting day
When I imagined us planting the orchard at Pocket, I’d imagined a still, dry weekend, everyone gathered together, savouring planting the trees slowly and carefully, retreating to the Home Glade to graze on a spread of home-baked goodies beside the … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, home, land work, love, orchard, place, prayer, rain, tree planting, weather warning
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Merry Christmas
We returned to a brief bit of routine this week after our spot of Covid isolation and before the festive holidays start. I remained negative throughout, and thankfully, none of us are worse the wear, though we have emerged into … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged charities, Charity Christmas Tree Avenue, children's author, Christmas trees, community, exeter, Father Christmas, Hannah Foley, home, merry christmas, Multiple Sclerosis, specialist nurse
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Folktales: Hearthfolk
In my book The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, Avery meets a character called Knuckle. He is broad-shouldered, with hands the size of teapots. He has black freckles clustering his shoulders, arms, and hairline, and every time he sneezes, sparkling embers … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged adventure, author, Avery Buckle, children's books, Dartmoor, domovoi, folktales, Hannah Foley, heart, hearth, hearthfolk, home, Howick House, Knuckle, Lucy Worlsley, magic, Mesolithic house, middle grade fiction, northumberland, Slavic traditions, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle, The Story Behind A Book, writer
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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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November flowers
Rain pounded down all day yesterday. My pink geranium, still flowering copiously in the shelter of the side return, looked a bit absurd against such a grey November backdrop. Funnily enough pink geraniums don’t appear in Margaret Erskine Wilson’s page … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Growing things
Tagged animals, dogwood, home, insects, knitting needles, Margaret Erskine Wilson, names, november, pink geraniums, plants, rain, spindle, Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month
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Jumping for joy
Recently I’ve been working on some little animations. They are animated gifs for those who are interested. From what I can gather designers and animators are very snooty about animated gifs but I don’t mind. I’ve really enjoyed making them … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged animated gif, animation, animator, designer, home, illustration, Little Owl
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The call of home
Since I spotted the bats I’ve made it a habit to head out into the garden at dusk to see if I can catch a glimpse. Even if I don’t see them it’s lovely to sit out amongst the cooling … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged home, illustration, noisy people, sickle moon
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Scilly Sketches
Here are some more drawings from my Scilly Isles sketchbook. The first is Little Owl taking a nap in the tent. The second is a sparrow on Bryher. The sparrows on the Scillies get their own entry in the guidebooks. … Continue reading
