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Treasures
I managed to catch a dry spell last week and headed to the allotment to dig up the last of my root vegetables and plant some more field beans for green manure. A little robin followed me around, pouncing on … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Making changes
Tagged allotment, christmas, commute, dusk, fields, headlights, lit windows, Little Grey Rabbit, potato harvest, radio, rain, robin, shift work, wet autumn, wheat harvest, winter
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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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More
The other day Finch broke my necklace. It wasn’t just any old necklace. It was the necklace Big Dreamer gave me when Wren was born. It has five little stars on it, one for each of us. I wear it … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged advice, baby, black, boy, broken, cafe, children, christmas, crawling, dad, Dartmoor, Dartmoor Park Rangers, dry point, etching, father, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, necklace, printmaking, robin, tree, white, women
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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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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2016
For those of you who don’t know, it was the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch at the weekend. People all over the country were encouraged to spend an hour watching their garden and recording the birds they spotted. You weren’t allowed … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged ash tree, Big Garden Birdwatch, binoculars, blackbird, cat, children, feeder, magpie, natural history, parenting, robin, RSPB, seagull, snow bunting, wildlife, wood pigeon
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Catkins
As the beginning of February unfolds I turn to the corresponding chapter in Stephen Moss’ book Wild Hares and Hummingbirds. The countryside surrounding his home on the Somerset Levels is shrouded in low mists and dripping with damp. He describes … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged catkins, creme egg, hazel, illustration, robin, rooks, roosting, silver birch, song thrush, sparrows, spring, stpehen moss, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter
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Christmas Cards
Little Owl was very busy the other morning before school. When I asked her what she was doing she said she was tidying so that Santa didn’t trip over when he came in with her presents. I didn’t like to … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged cat, christmas, christmas cards, door step, front door, milk bottle, robin, wreath
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A new patch
Over the last few weeks Little Owl (now with Finch too) and I have been getting to know our new patch. We hot-footed it to a nearby garden centre to stock up the bird feeders and gradually the locals have … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged blackbirds, blue tits, buds, dandelions, Finch, illustration, jackdaw, little girl, Little Owl, magpie, moss, robin, scotland, slippers, sparrows, starlings, tree
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