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Walking the bounds
My Dad likes to take a “stroll around the block” of an evening. I think that’s an interesting expression because a “block” is an American term. We don’t really have blocks here do we? My Granddad on my Dad’s side … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged allotments, amphibians, beating the bounds, biology, blue, brown, children, countryside corridor, Devon County Council, Dove Grey Reader, educational, exeter, florist, frogs, green, Hannah Foley, horned marsupial frog, illustration, illustrator, kids, natural history, New York, night, non-fiction, plants, robber frogs, rogation, San Jose Cochrane frog, saxon lane, South America, splendid leaf frog, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, tink frogs, tithe maps, Twisted Oak, walking around the block
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Microwave conspiracies
My Dad has a conspiracy theory about microwaves. It goes like this. Whichever way he puts his mug of coffee into the microwave, it always finishes with the mug handle turned away from him when he goes to get it … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged black, brimstone, brown, butterfly, children, conspiracy theories, dad, education, elevenses, Hannah Foley, hedgehog, illustration, illustrator, kids, microwaves, natural history, orange, red, tortoiseshell, yellow
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June flowers
Rain is gently tip-tapping on the window this morning. In the garden a single white foxglove grows in a foxglove graveyard. At least three others have died there but this one survived. I often wonder about gardening scenarios like this. … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged biological controls, bird feeder, black aphids, botany, everlasting pea, foxgloves, garden, Grass Vetchling, illustration, Japanese maple, Margaret Erskine Wilson, Meadow Vetchling, natural history, nature, Yellow Vetchling
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Rogationtide
A blog I love to read is called Dove Grey Reader Scribbles, written by a community nurse living in the Tamar valley. It’s mostly about books but she also sometimes writes about the countryside around her. A while ago she … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged animals, bear, beating the bounds, Brunel, carnivores, children, church, common seal, community nurse, devon, Dover Grey Reader Scribbles, education, evolution, fields, gardens, Hannah Foley, horse, horticulture, illustration, illustrator, kids, lion, natural history, odd-toed ungulates, orchards, plymouth, railway, rhino, rhinoceros, rogationtide, steve roud, Tamar valley, the english year, tithe maps, tithes, wolf
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Summer at last
Finch got some new pyjamas this week. He was so pleased with them that he got up in the night and put all three sets on, on top of each other. He was roasting when we went to wake him … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged ABC, anax imperator, blue, bug hunting, children, chives, dragonfly, education, garden, gold, green, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, irises, kids, may, natural history, pyjamas, rambling roses, summer, sun, wildlife, yellow
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Ladybird lunch
Wren fell into the toy box like a sky diver this week; head first, arms back. All I could see was a pair of legs back-pedaling frantically. She also attempted to eat a ladybird. We’ve had loads of ladybirds in … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Wildlife
Tagged baby, botany, forget-me-nots, herb robert, hibernation, illustration, ladybirds, Margaret Erskine Wilson, natural history, waking up, Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month
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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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Half term
Half term ambushed me from out of nowhere. I was merrily making my way through the term when it suddenly leapt out from nowhere and held me hostage. I was forced to bake heart-shaped biscuits, build extensive train set layouts, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged anopheles quadrimacus, brown, children, education, gold, half term, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, insects, mosquito, natural history, orange, parenting
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