Tag Archives: september

Ploughing

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Hannah

It is Ploughing Match season again down here in Devon. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky at the weekend as we followed the trail of little white signs down a myriad of narrow lanes to the allotted fields. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside | Tagged barley, beets, cake stall, cakes, countryside, cream tea, devon, eggs, fields, furrow, hills, lanes, maize, oats, ploughing, ploughing match, produce tent, september, shire horses, tractors, trees, vintage tractors | 2 Comments

Two Thursdays

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Hannah

The skies have been festooned with skeins of migrating geese this week. Both at the allotment and in the garden I have heard the distant honking and looked up in time to see them; initially a thin wobbly line, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Wildlife | Tagged cakes, children, children's books, childrens' book art, dolly, fiction, fridays, geese, girl, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, migrating, migration, picture book art, picture books, play, september, signs of the season, skeins, south, starting school, tea party, tea set, toddler | 1 Comment

Life lessons

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Hannah

Sunday morning was bright and clear. We put on our boots and headed up into the hills behind our house. In a meadow high above the city we sipped scalding hot chocolate out of flasks and munched on satsumas. Below … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife | Tagged black, blond curls, blue, brown, bunting, charity, children, educational, fair, fete, grass, green, grey, Hannah Foley, hills, illustration, kids, lying down, meadow, orange, purple, red, river, school, sea, september, singing, sky, Sunday mornings | Comments Off

Lines and linings

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Hannah

It’s been a week of chilly mornings, giving way to glorious golden September days. We’ve been doing lots of sorting. I’ve been potting on numerous perennial seedlings and lining drawers with this lovely paper. It’s a bit of an old-fashioned … Continue reading →

Posted in Growing things | Tagged clothes, double lines, laundry, line-dry, lining drawers, lining paper, september, washing lines | Comments Off

September

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Hannah

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 | Comments Off

Centre of the Cell

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Hannah

Big Dreamer talked endlessly about picking the blackberries that filled the brambles across the road from our house. Of course he didn’t get round to it and now they have gone over. As everyone knows, the Devil is in blackberries … Continue reading →

Posted in Countryside, Illustration | Tagged blackberries, centre of the cell, children, devil, education, illustration, puppet show, puppets, science, september | 1 Comment

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