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September

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Hannah

Skeins of geese fly over the roof tops, honking gentle encouragement to each other. It is a time of change in the natural world as creatures all over the planet follow the irresistible, internal tug to migrate. The geese trace … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged allotment, autumn, dried beans, dried peas, geese, migration, new shoes, pumpkins, school, soil, stews, winter | Comments Off

September wobbles

Posted on September 8, 2021 by Hannah

The start of the new school term now, usually finds me down at the allotment, lighting a fire for the weed pile. I always feel a bit wobbly at this time of year, my children making their way out into … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Growing things | Tagged allotment, children's author, collecting seeds, digging, emotions, feelings, fire, fruit, green manure, growing, Hannah Foley, manure, new term, new year's resolutions, parenting, school, seeds, spring, vegetables | Comments Off

Potatoes

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Hannah

Every window and door in the house is open as I type this. Is it hot with you? I got very red in the face digging up the last of my new potatoes at the allotment. There were rumours of … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Growing things | Tagged allotment, blight, devon, district nurse, end-of-term present, grow your own, heat wave, new potatoes, NHS, school, sports day, summer fayre, teacher, vegetables | Comments Off

Nasal passages

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Hannah

On Friday I was called into school. Wren had put something up her nose. The way Wren told it, her teacher had clocked her across the classroom mid-deed. Hats off to Miss L, I’m not sure I’d have noticed a … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends | Tagged children, COVID-19, foreign body, headteacher, lockdown, nasal passges, nose, pentorch, school, teacher, tweezers | 2 Comments

This time last week…

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Hannah

How strange to read back my blog post of last week. Was that only last week? It feels a life time ago. Back then, we were planning provisional childcare arrangements but we had imagined the lockdown to still be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Making changes, Uncategorized | Tagged adventure, author, author event, blog, cat, cat hat, childcare, children, children's books, COVID-19, delayed publication, Discover Kelpies, Hannah Foley, lockdown, looking back, middle grade fiction, mystery, nerves, parenting, primary school, publication, school, The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle | Comments Off

Three Brown Eggs

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Hannah

The weather has taken an autumnal turn this week just as the children have gone back to school. One of my patients sent them each a brown egg from her hens to start the term. I was unsure whether to … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends | Tagged autumn, barbers, brown eggs, carpets ruined, children, dried in hair, dried on, gift, magnetic putty, new term, parenting, putty, school, sheets ruined, slime | Comments Off

Coming or going?

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Hannah

I can’t tell whether I’m coming or going this week. At the weekend we hosted thirty eight of Finch’s friends in our local church hall for his fifth birthday party. There was a bouncy castle and a face painter and … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing things, Wildlife | Tagged allotment, birthday party, children's fiction, election, elections, garden centre, gardening, half barrel, leucanthmum, oak barrel, polling station, pond, ponds, rhs, school, Wild about Gardens, Wilder Future, wildlife, Wildlife Trusts | 1 Comment

Another year

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Hannah

A year has passed and I don’t need to look back at old blog posts to know exactly what I was doing this time last year. April is my mum’s birthday and to celebrate, every year my mum, my sister, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Growing things, Illustration | Tagged cake, children's books, childrens' book art, day without kids, Finch, garden, gardens, geraniums, gift shop, Hannah Foley, history, illustration, illustrator, maid, morning, mum's birthday, non-fiction, outings, plant sale, school, second-hand bookshop, snake's-head fritillaries, snow, stroll, tea, tea room, topiary, tudor, winter, year | 1 Comment

Mini Beast from the East

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Hannah

Just when we all thought it was safe to get going in the garden the ‘Mini Beast from the East’ struck. Were you all alright? I hope you managed to stay safe and warm. It caught us completely unawares. Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and friends, Illustration | Tagged boys, cars, children, colds, devon, digger, fire, garage, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, lorry, mini Beast from the East, playing, school, snow, snow day, snow dog, snow fort | 1 Comment

Waymarkers

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Hannah

When do you think a regular activity becomes a tradition? This is our second year in Devon, Wren’s first Christmas, and Finch’s first Christmas that makes any sense to him. I think it’s a lovely phase in the life of … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife | Tagged aranues diadematus, children, christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas tree, customs, Dartmoor, education, feasts, illustration, illustrator, insects, kids, landmarks, nativity, natural history, school, seasons, sensitive, spider, stir, time, traditions, way marls, wildlife, wishes | Comments Off

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September wobbles

Potatoes

Nasal passages

This time last week…

Three Brown Eggs

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