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VE Day
On VE day most people down our street got out their deckchairs and sat outside their front doors. There was bunting strewn between houses, and we toasted each other with tea and scones. The kids rode up and down the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged anniversy, bicycles, Bulgarian, bunting, chatting, Covid, cream tea, family, front door, Germany, Israeli, japan, kids, london, Morris dancing, neighbours, nursing, old photographs, parade, POW, remembering, Royal Air Force, scones, street, tea, VE day, WAAF, World War 2, WW2
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Picture Books 2018
I woke up one morning over the weekend and peered out bleary-eyed from under my duvet. The room was dark and nothing stirred, but something had definitely woken me up. As my eyes adjusted to the dimness they came to rest … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged 2018, A Letter for Amy, Aurelie Guillerey, Charlotte Guillain, children, Daddy-Long-Legs, Emily Gravett, Ezra Jack Kets, Gigantosaurus, Goggles! Whistle for Willie, Hannah Foley, How Billy Hippo Learned to Swim, Janet Burroway, John Vernon Lord, Jonny Duddle, kids, Nadine Brun-Cosme, non-fiction, parenting, Peter, picture books, reading, reading aloud, strange creatures, The Giant Jam Sandwich, The Snowy Day, The Street Beneath My Feet, Tidy, V&A Illustration Prize, vivian french, Yuval Zommer
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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
Happy Midsummer!
Happy Midsummer! This weekend was fittingly glorious. We hid fairy doors in the garden for the children and their friends to find, and discover little Midsummer gifts left for them behind the doors by the ‘fairies’. The river is bursting … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged banded demoiselle, beautiful demoiselle, biology, children, children book art, children books, damselfly, dragonfly, education, fairies, fairy doors, fairy gifts, family, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, Midsummer, natural history, non-fiction, picture book art, picture books, river, wildlife
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Milk Moon
The milk moon was enormous on Monday morning. It balanced on the ridgeline of the distant hills, silvery white against a dawn sky of orange and pinks. I watched a swan circle, its wings tipped with gold, then disappear behind … Continue reading
Cuttings
Little Owl went back to school today after two weeks of Easter holidays in which it was either grey and raining or grey and cold. Finch and Wren were bereft as they waved her through the school doors. What would … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things
Tagged back to school, black currant, books, boy, cat, cats, children, childrens' book art, chimneys, city, cold, cutting, Easter holidays, fiction, goldfinches, grass, hair, Hannah Foley, holly tree, illustration, illustrator, kid lit art, kids, mussel shells, picture books, picture books art, prickle strips, rain, rooftops, rose clippings, rudbeckia pursuer, sawfly, slug pellets, slugs, sunset
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Celebrations
It’s been a weekend of celebrations. Little Owl turned nine and it was my Mum and Dad’s ruby wedding anniversary. How on earth they’ve made it to forty years leaves everyone, including themselves, scratching their heads! This is a couple … Continue reading
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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