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Hiraeth
Do you know the word Hiraeth? It’s a Welsh word. It kind of means homesickness but really it describes a much deeper feeling than just missing home. It’s a word for being properly ill or heartbroken in your longing for, … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged devon, hearth, illustration, moving, river, scotland, sea
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Seeing
The day is full of sweeping showers, gliding in, down, and away again. Shafts of pale wintery sunlight beam out of breaks in the clouds, illuminating the landscape in an affectionate glow. The trees are sodden, creating a fine black … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside
Tagged 2013, 2014, A Summer Book, A Winter Book, brilliance, countryside, diligence, John Updike, Kathleen Jamie, light, limitations, new year, river, shortfalls, sightlines, Tove Jansson, W.H. Auden, winter
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Toadstools and learning
The paths down by the river are lined with enormous toadstools that look like creamy dinner plates laid out on a table cloth of gold and bronze autumn leaves. Yesterday we signed Little Owl up for school in September. There … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged autumn leaves, bronze, England, enrolment, enrolment week, gold, illustration, North Berwick, river, scotland, starting school, toadstools
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Kingfisher footage
Do you remember I mentioned that a kingfisher had been spotted on the river last week? It turns out it’s a nesting pair and the Farm Manager here, who is like our very own David Attenborough, caught some footage of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged birdwatching, Farm Manager, fish, illustration, kingfisher nesting pair, kingfishers, magpie, river, Scottish Borders, wildlife
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Purple and gold
The fields on the farm are purple and gold with Timothy and Buttercups. If you look closely you find Doves-foot Cranesbill, Common Mouse-ear, and Common Speedwell hidden among the grasses. Beside the river all sorts of wild flowers fill the banks: Fairy … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged buttercups, comma butterfly, common centaury, common mouse-ear, common speedwell, corn marigolds, dipper, doves-foot cranesbill, fairy flax, fields, forget-me-nots, germander speedwell, Grand Old Duke of York, herb bennet, herb robert, illustration, kingfisher, parr, red campion, river, Salmon, spawning, timothy grass, water avens, welsh poppies, white comfrey
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D&AD stand
Here’s the final Edinburgh College of Art stand at D&AD. Sorry about the slightly cock-eyed montage. The stand’s quite wide and I couldn’t get far enough back to fit it all in. Last night was the private view. The exhibiting … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Big Brother TV Show, cable car, careers, dad, Emirates Air Line, graphic design, illustration, jobs, New Blood, river, Thames, work
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A short walk
This morning’s walk with Little Owl was brought to an abrupt halt when she fell in the river. Don’t worry it was only the shallows so no risk of drowning but still, she wasn’t happy. She dangled her feet from … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged bath water, cleaning, degree show, falling in, illustration, Little Owl, logo, results, river, river water, walk, wellies, wet
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Otter Tracks
Last week Little Owl and I were down by the river. It’s still looking pretty sodden down there following the summer deluge. The vegetation is making a come back but it’s mainly the most pervasive species. The wild flowers haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged common ragwort, hardheads, herb robert, knapweed, otter, rain, river, tormentil, tracks, wild flowers
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