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Monkey vs Lizard
This is a screen shot from a commission I completed recently for the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR). It was part of a project that aimed to help people understand the impact of conflict on brain development. The SCCR … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged biology, brain, evolution, family conflict, illustration, mammalian brain, monkey vs lizard, primate web agency, quiz, reactions, Reptilian brain, responses, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
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Skipping lessons
Did you ever play skipping games as a child? I did. I especially loved the long rope games where two children would turn the rope for the others. Even better was when we had two long ropes turned between each … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged arrival of spring, bees, birds, butterflies, childhood, devon, England, games, illustration, long ropes, memories, moving house, nature, nesting, out of step, scotland, skipping, sweetness
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A sunny start
Hello! I’ve managed to find my computer under piles of paper and boxes, and we now have internet. This morning’s job is to turn all theses boxes and piles into some semblance of order so I can get back to … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged blue sky, devon, getting organised, illustration, moving house, working from home
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Moving House
We are currently in the process of moving house. I’ll be back here blogging as soon as we have internet connected.
Posted in Making changes
Tagged blog, illustration, moving house, snail
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Flitting
Although it has been snowing here this week there are small green buds everywhere I look and it is April at last. For the beginning of April I pick up my seasonal reading again and head off to Somerset with … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes, Wildlife
Tagged agricultural workers, blackbirds, blue tits, chiffchaffs, comma butterflies, domestic workers, field voles, Flitting Day, great tits, house martins, illustration, kestrels, Lady Day, Mark, Michaelmas, moving house, orange-tip butterflies, rabbits, robins, Somerset, Stephen Moss, steve roud, swallows, the english year, tied accommodation, whimbrels, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, wood pigeons, wood sandpipers
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Goodbyes
The house is full of boxes. I’m feeling wistful about leaving Scotland. There are many things I will miss but some things I won’t. I won’t miss the wind that inhabits Edinburgh all year round. It stalks the tall streets … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged autumn, bungalows, ecology, edinburgh, farewells, generosity, goodbye, graciousness, grey, growing up, illustration, landscape, leaving, light, moving, Norman MacCaig, people, poetry, Return to Scalpay, scotland, Scottishness understatement, space, the Woodland Trust, wind
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Endings
This week marked the end of my wonderful, wonderful writing course. For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve been going along to an evening class on writing for children over the last term and it’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged ceilidh, children, fiction, illustration, Janis MacKay, wild song, writing, writing group
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Ella’s Kitchen
Even in the five years since Little Owl was born loads of ingenious little things have come onto the market to make parenting a small baby easier. With Little Owl I slaved over ice-cube trays of organic homemade baby food, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged baby food, big baking book, children, Chunky Oat Cookies, cooking, Ella's Kitchen, healthy eating, illustration, kids, lunch box, parenting, recipes, Special Apple Biccies, weaning
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“Outwith”
Since living in Scotland Little Owl has developed a beautiful Scottish accent. It’s most pronounced in words like “very” and “tomorrow”, where she rolls her r’s. The other day she used the Scots word “outwith”. Outwith is a word you’ll often find … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged accent, blether, dialect, greet, illustration, outwith, Scots, tail, words
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