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Radio Times 90th Anniversary
For any of you interested in illustration there was a brilliant programme on Radio 4 today, presented by Peter Day, discussing the artwork used in the Radio Times over its 90 year life span. It’s called The Art of the … Continue reading →
Song Thrush
Today the rain has poured in sheets. I have been sewing labels on Little Owl’s clothes ready for her return to nursery next week. While she heads back to all her pals I’ll be sitting down to my desk, not … Continue reading →
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
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Tagged bird song, Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, clothes, freelance illustration, illustration, labels, new term, nursery, simon barnes, song thrush
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Great tits
The title of this post is more apt than I’d care to admit. Big Dreamer spent Monday trying to sort out our poorly trailer tyre as we’re off camping again this weekend. As he stared disconsolately at it our ever-practical … Continue reading →
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
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Tagged Bill Oddie, Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, great tit, illustration, simon barnes, stockman, trailer tyre
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Long-tailed tits
The Hogweed in the verges has now gone to seed and the Rosebay Willow herb is slowly dying back, leaving room for the bright yellow of Common Ragwort and the deep purple of Hardheads to festoon the road side. We … Continue reading →
Posted in Illustration, Making changes, Wildlife
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Tagged birdsong, Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, common ragwort, cozzie, Daddy-Long_legs, dunnock, hardheads, hogweed, illustration, Long-tailed Tit, pippa allen, pool, robin, Rosebay Willow herb, simon barnes, spring, susan hill, swimming, swimming costume, the magic apple tree, wren
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Dusk
Our bedroom window opens up like a door and this week I’ve been enjoying sitting in my pyjamas, watching the valley as dusk falls. It’s been so still. I can hear the caws of the rooks in the trees behind … Continue reading →
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
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Tagged bird song, Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, dusk, evening, jenny wren, Little Owl, Northern Ireland, open window, origins, pyjamas, rain, robin, rooks, simon barnes, still, thunderstorm, wren
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Bird song
The verges around us are over-flowing with the frothy flowers of hogweed and meadowsweet. A multitude of insects busily attend them. Little Owl and I head down to the river again in the hot afternoon for some paddling. It’s becoming … Continue reading →
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
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Tagged Birdwatching With Your Eyes Closed, cattleman, hogweed, hot, meadowsweet, paddling, river, robin, RSPB, simon barnes, summer
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Reading list
This is the pile of books on my bedside table that I will get round to reading when I’ve finished my degree! The Borders by Alistair Moffat. I am actually half way through this book and it is fascinating. It’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
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Tagged alistair moffat, bedside table, beyond the page, bird watching with your eyes closed, book pile, degree, gilbert white, heckling, illustration, john masefield, main street trading, norman davies, quentin blake, roger deakin, simon barnes, the borders, the box of delights, the illustrated natural history of selbourne, the observer, tim adams, vanished kingdoms, wildwood
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