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October flowers (and nuts)
The weather was glorious at the weekend so we took the chance to get out on some lovely walks. We collected acorns, raced autumn leaves down a brook, crunched our way over beech husks, spotted a jay, and found a … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged acorns, autumn, beech, beech husks, beech mast, beech nuts, holiday, illustration, illustrator, leaves, Margaret Erskine Wilson, october, pale tussock caterpillar, Post Office queue, Private Frazer, sunshine, There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, Wildflowers of Britain Month by Month
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Carnival night
We are in the thick of carnival season here in the Southwest. This is the time of year when most towns near us will put on a brightly lit procession through the streets. Carnival night is all about preparation. It … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged autumn, carnival, cartwheel, clothes, coppers, devon, education, educational, festivities, fish and chips, ginger, girl, grey, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, layers, lights, night, october, orange, pennies, purple, pyjamas, railway embankment, school, southwest, tradition, uniform, white
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October
In my seasonal reading Stephen Moss in his book Wild Hares and Hummingbirds describes the annual βhouse invasionβ that occurs at this time of year. Moss lives in an old farmhouse with no doorstep so he often finds fledgling sparrows … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged american, christianity, church, ET, fledglings, halloween, house invasion, loo, medieval, northern england, october, pagan origins, purgatory, robins, samhain, scotland, sparrows, spiders, Stephen Moss, steve roud, tegenaria domestica, tegenaria giganteum, the english year, toads, toilet, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
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Carnival season
At the weekend we bundled ourselves up in hats and scarves to see one of the local illuminated carnivals. Itβs a bit of a tradition in Devon. October sees most towns host their own brightly lit procession. We have been … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged beach, Bridgwater, carnival, charity, community, coppers, devon, early morning, fundraising, lights, local, october, seaside
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Le Immagini della Fantasia
I can understand our ancestors starting to light bonfires at this time of year. For me the change from October to November is full of images of lights glinting against the seasonal gloom. At going home time car headlights wearily … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged children's illustrator, children's writer, clocks going back, europe, exhibition, illustration, Italy, l'immagini della fantasia, november, october, scotland, soggy shoes, touring, vivian french
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