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Signs of the season
Over the road, over the train line, and over the golf course there is a nature reserve with a lovely flat path going through it, perfect for Little Owl and her bike. The trees are full of catkins, like big … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged blue sky, bog, catkins, gulls, illustration, marsh marigolds, nature reserve, nest, rosebay willowherb, scotland, shoes, swan, swifts
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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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SCCR update
This morning the ground was covered in a thick hoar frost. Small birds flocked to our bird feeder. Jackdaws sat on the fence and eyed the kitchen window, waiting for Little Owl’s rejected breakfast crusts to be delivered to the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged birds, devon, drawing, flooding, frost, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, jackdaw, SCCR, scotland, South West, storm
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Logos
Snowdrops are beginning to push their up through the damp ground in the woods around us and there is definitely more birdsong. It is only January but I still hope that these cheering signs might mean we’ll actually get a … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged birdsong, eco-install scotland, January, logo, scotland, snowdrops, spring
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Mizzle
Since moving to Scotland I have not only learnt lots of new words for mud, I have also learnt lots of new words for rain. Today would be classed as mizzle. Mizzle is less than a drizzle but more than … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged Christmas present, drizzle, hare, illustration, mizzle, mud, rain, scotland
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An eventful journey
Having a high old time in London this week, Little Owl and I managed to be completely oblivious to reports of the impending storm that hit Scotland on Wednesday night. Oblivious that was, until we tried to go home on … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged cathedral, crafts, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham, edinburgh, journey, King's Cross, london, nativity, Newcastle, scotland, storm, trains, wreath, york
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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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Expecting
Are you all still there? Did you survive the storm? Apart from it being a bit blustery here yesterday we knew nothing of it. We listened to the radio in awe as reports came in from the south of double … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby, exhaustion, expecting, fainting, ginger, hyper emesis, morning sickness, nausea, pregnancy, raspberry wine, scotland, spring, st jude, storm, vomiting
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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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