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Boomerang jobs
Sometimes it feels like Big Dreamer and I are trapped in an episode of Fawlty Towers on a loop. We can’t seem to do any jobs around the house without them boomeranging right round and pinging us in the head … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration
Tagged alphabet, badger, black, boomerang jobs, children, educational, family, fawlty towers, garden centre, gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kids, life, local, meles meles, natural history, rain, water butt, white, yellow
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Easter
Did you have a lovely Easter? We did. Highlights for me were a meadow full of delicate white and purple fritillaries here in Devon, and banks of wood anemones like little white stars in a wooded glen in Yorkshire. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged atlantic white-sided dolphin, beach, blue, bluebells, children, conservatory, daffodils, easter, education, grey, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, job interviews, kids, lagenorhynchus acutus, lost keys, natural history, orange, potty training, seasonal gradient, sun burn, white, wildlife
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A skunk stripe
I am now catching most of the dawn on my early morning bike rides. The sky ahead of me is full of radiant hues of pink, apricot and lilac. The bright Lenten moon sits on my shoulder. The air is … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged baby, children, crawling, cuttlefish, cycling, dawn, education, gloss, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kids, lenten moon, marine conservation zones, paint, parenting, quahog clam, river, rudbekia purpurea, sea pen, seahorse, seeds, spiny squat lobster, starfish, the blue belt, The Wildlife Trusts, tomatoes, white-sided dolphin, Wildlife Watch magazine
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Sun rise
The sun has been struggling up each morning this week around about 7.20am and each morning a bird has been singing outside our bedroom window at just about the same time. I did try to learn some of our British … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged birds, birdsong, brown, children, chimney pots, dunnock, educational, gold, green, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, invertebrate, kids, Lymnaea satgnalis, natural history, orange, robin, school run, sky, snail, spring, sunrise, water snail, wildlife
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Picture Books 2016
Every year I get a lot pleasure out of buying picture books for Christmas for the kids. It’s a real joy to look at what has been published over the last twelve months and to take time to peruse the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged 2016, Aaron Becker, children, christmas, I'll Wait Mr Panda, illustration, journey, kids, picture books, Please Mr Panda, quest, Return, Steve Antony, The Sea Tiger, victoria turnbull, Waterstones, wordless
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Christmas cheer
The festive season is working up to its grand conclusion. Nativities (including real live donkey) have been attended, Christmas Fair stalls have been (wo)manned, carol concerts have been sung at, Christmas parties have been enjoyed, Christmas markets have been perused … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged archive, artwork, centre of the cell, children, christmas, crafts, display, donkey, East London Genes and Health Building, educational, fair, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, kids, markets, nativity, nursery, party
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Waymarkers
When do you think a regular activity becomes a tradition? This is our second year in Devon, Wren’s first Christmas, and Finch’s first Christmas that makes any sense to him. I think it’s a lovely phase in the life of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged aranues diadematus, children, christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas tree, customs, Dartmoor, education, feasts, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, landmarks, nativity, natural history, school, seasons, sensitive, spider, stir, time, traditions, way marls, wildlife, wishes
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Phoning home
I saw a funny thing the other day. I was walking behind a mum pushing a pram ladened with shopping bags and a couple of small children holding on to the frame. I heard her say to one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged black, blond, children, education, fair, forgetful, grey, Hannah Foley, hoopla, illustration, kids, mum, phone, purple, school, sweets, wheelchair, white, yellow
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Christmas cards!
Little Owl became an official Brownie last night. Surrounded by her friends, who held glittering sparklers, she made her promise to do her best, be true to herself, develop her beliefs, to serve the Queen and community, to help other … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged animals, blue, Brownies, cards, children, christmas, favourite colour, golden, handbook, Hannah Foley, illustration, kids, merry christmas, mother-in-law, mouse, orange, picture books, polar bear, promise, red, sledge, sledging, white
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