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Happy Easter
We’re all moved in to our new house but don’t have internet connected yet so in the meantime here’s a quick message from my phone. Happy Easter one and all!
Posted in Growing things
Tagged daffodils, easter, happy easter, illustration
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Moving house
We’re currently moving house….I’ll be back here as soon as we have internet!
Posted in Making changes
Tagged illustration, internet, moving house, pause, update
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NOT nesting
I hate the word nesting. I don’t mind it being applied to birds in spring because they are actually building nests but when it’s applied to pregnant women it makes me irate. It’s mostly because I don’t want it to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged clothing rail, common sense, cooking meals, DIY, enormous, freezer, grumpy, hate the term nesting, homemade toy house, Hormones, illustration, leaky, Little Miss Splendid, monster, mother, mum, nesting, pregnancy, preparations, rational, sensible, sore, swollen
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SCCR Conference
We’ve listened enviously to reports of glorious weather down south. Here we haven’t been able to see the bottom of our garden for the last six days. The whole valley is shrouded in a low mist that descends even more … Continue reading
Happy Mother’s Day
Have you seen this picture book? It’s called Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame). I’m pretty sure Rebecca Cobb won an award for the illustrations but can’t think where I read that now (pregnancy brain!). Little Owl loves … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged carol ann duffy, children's author, children's books, children's illustrator, clock, Gruffalo, illustration, Julia Donaldson, literature, Mem Fox, mother's day, panmacmillan, paper chain, Paper dolls, picture books, present, Rebecca Cobb, record breaking, Rob Ryan, Save the Children, The Gift
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SCCR Banners
It is a still, grey day here in the Borders. Some beautiful Chionodoxa have come out in the garden. Their purply-blue, star-shaped flowers are bright explosions of colour in amongst the pale lemon of the primroses. These low-growing bulbs are … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged Avril Paton, cardboard boxes, chionodoxa, conferences, conflict, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, moving house, packing, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, Windows on the West
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Winding down
Rain is pattering down on the kitchen window and three rooks are rooting around in the newly spread compost in the garden. After tonight there will only be two life drawing classes until the end of term. I am winding … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged classes, cycling, flowers, illustration, library, life drawing, map, moving house, new baby, new house, people, play park, pregnancy, swimming pool, teaching, trees, walking, winding down, woodland, woods
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Home-made cleaning products
Last summer I had a grand plan to make my own homemade cleaning products. I’d read a few books and some articles on the internet. People waxed lyrical about how much better it is for the environment, your health, and … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Making changes
Tagged all-purpose cleaner, cheap, de-icer, disinfectant, environmentally friendly, fabric softener, healthy, homemade, homemade cleaning products, homemade vinegar, illustration, lemons, pure soap, rose petals, soap flakes, steeping, tea tree oil, thyme, washing-up liquid, weed killer, weeds, white vinegar
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Children in Scotland
I was chuffed to bits that an illustration of mine was used in an article about the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution in the March issue of the Children in Scotland magazine. Children in Scotland is the national agency for … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged Children in Scotland, chocolate nests, easter, illustration, mini eggs, pregnancy, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution
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Strange conversations
Over tea yesterday I had one of those conversations you often have with a small child. It went something like this: Little Owl: Thatβs bozanne. Me: Whatβs bozanne? Little Owl: That. Me: The pepper pot is? Little Owl: Yes. Me: … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged children, communication, conversations, illustration, imaginative play, puberty, young people
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