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Wild Hares and Hummingbirds
The sparrows have found our feeders! Granted it took minus temperatures for them to venture into our exposed garden but it’s a start. The hills behind our house were thick with snow this weekend. The trees wore strips of snow … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Wildlife
Tagged bird feeders, birds, blackthorn, children, church yards, gilbert white, gold crest, great tit, illustration, January, landscape, Mark, nature, Random House, seasonality, simplicity, skein, small birds, snow, Somerset, somerset levels, sparrows, Stephen Moss, The Natural History of Selbourne, Wild Hares and Hummingbirds, winter, yews
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Folk tales
Snow musters out of brooding grey skies and a powerful chill wind scatters wheelie bins like leaves. We aren’t managing to walk to school as often these days but when we do we stomp in icy puddles and count the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Bendigeidfran, blether, Branwen, chilly wind, Disney, Floris Books, folk tales, Frozen, Gwyn Thomas, icy puddles, illustration, Irish Sea, John Bauer, Kevin Crossley-Holland, margaret jones, pied wagtail, school gate, snow, Sweden, Swedish Folk Tales, tales of the mabinogion, Wales, walking, weather, welsh
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Seasonal Scrapbook 2
I can always relate to writers’ describing winter in terms of metals. Yesterday was like steel. The sky was steely grey, reflected back by the surface of the river that had the look and sound of steel plates sliding and … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged 16th February, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, seasonal scrapbook, snow, snowdrops, woodland
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Seasonal Scrapbook
A spring baby meant it was a bit silly to try and keep up with my usual vegetable garden activities this year. I could just imagine sensitive young plants dying of neglect while I tried to manage all the extra … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Nigel Slater, personal project, pregnancy, rats, reflux, seasonal scrapbook, snow, Tender, vegetable patch
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Searching for brown
Yesterday a chill wind blew. It was laden with portents of ice and snow. Today the sheep dogs lounge in the sun on the steps from the farm yard. The weather is warm and mild again but we draw in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged Big Dreamer, brown, chill wind, dad, farmyard, ice, illustration, Ink, Little Owl, logs, mild, mum, sheepdogs, snow, warm, wood shed
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Singing wrens
Although the countryside around us is covered in piles of snow and the skies are thick with grey cloud a little wren has been singing joyfully outside my window this morning. I’m always amazed at the volume that comes out … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged birds, children's books, clouds, illustration, little bear, picture books, porridge, singing, snow, wren
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Birthday cake
I looked out of the window this morning to see several centimetres of snow on the ground and quite a few more falling from the sky. ‘I really don’t have time for this,’ is what I thought to myself. Things … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged birthday cake, illustration, Julia Donaldson, Little Owl, snail, snow, whale
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Comet Pan-STARRS
We have been scanning the skies for comet Pan-STARRS over the last few evenings. It’s supposed to be particularly close to the sun just now, so very visible. Not if you live in Scotland however! Low lying snow clouds have … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged clouds, comet, countryside, fairies, horizon, illustration, magic, observatory, pan-STARRS, planets, rural darkness, SATS, science, scotland, secondary school, snow, sprites, stars, wonder
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Lambs
This weekend we climbed up the track to meet the first lot of lambs who have arrived on the farm. The snow swirled around us in gusts. Goodness only knows what happened to spring. The lambs were nice and comfy … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged Apple, cheese, country living, lambing, lambs, nutmeg, oatmeal pastry, Onion, Pie, sage, snow, Wensleydale
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