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Tag Archives: rose hips
Sorbus
Here is an old piece of work I found when rummaging recently. Isn’t it funny to look back and see how your work changes? I’m not altogether sure how I feel about it. There’s an odd discomfort in looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged autumn spire, blackberries, creative journey, declining wildlife, flagpole cherry, gardening, growing, half term, Hannah Foley, harvest mouse, holidays, holly, illustration, illustrator, looking back, old work, planting trees, rose hips, songbirds, sorbus, swedish birch, techniques, trees, wildlife gardening
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One of the Many Days
Autumn is here. It was dark coming back from Brownies with Little Owl and her friend last night. Black clouds scudded across the sky. I was hustled and bustled by the wind on my bike this morning. One minute I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged acorns, autumn, baby carrier, bats, bike, bike ride, blackberries, Brownies, children, clouds, conkers, countryside, dark, dawn, early morning, evenings, extract, family, fungi, night, Norman MacCaig, One of the Many Days, parenting, poem, poetry, quote, rose hips, rowan, seasons, storm, storm ali, walk, wind
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September
The festivity that occupies the majority of Steve Roud’s chapter on September in his book, The English Year, is Harvest Festival. We have some friends who lived for a while in America and every year they celebrate Thanksgiving. While I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged apples, autumn, autumn migration, butcher, christmas, corn, corn dollies, custard, geese, giving thanks, goose, harvest, harvest festival, Harvest Pudding, harvest rituals, harvest supper, hedgerows, hogweed, itching powder, local, Michaelmas, pagan fertility rites, rose hips, september, steam pudding, Stephen Moss, steve roud, teasels, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, the english year, wheat, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, willow herb
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A lack of blackberries
This weekend was warm and bright with a lovely crispness to the air that reminds us autumn is here. A maple in the fields turned deep red almost over night and many of the trees round about are starting to … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside, Illustration
Tagged autumn, Beatrix Potter, blackberries, bulbs, Cotton-tail. comfort, crisp. bright, crumble, daffodil, fire, Flopsy, frosty, garden centre, gardening, grate, grey, hyacinth, maple, Mopsy, mornings, pansies, Peter Rabbit, plug plants, raspberries, rose hips, scotland, weeds, winter, winter bedding
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