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This evening thunder rumbles so close overhead that we can feel the vibrations through the floor, and lightening illuminates the inside of our house like someone taking a photograph. Thick clouds cover the sky and rain pours down. Our garden … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, bench, Biff, Chip, city garden, family garden, flower bed, garden, gardening, gardening for wildlife, gardening with kids, hedgehog, Jane, Kipper, learning to read, lightening, Oxford Reading Tree, parenting, Pat the Dog, Peter, phonics, pond, rain, reading aloud, sleeping, small garden, snoring, sounding out, storm, sunshine, thunder, urban garden, Wilder Future, wildlife
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One of the Many Days
Autumn is here. It was dark coming back from Brownies with Little Owl and her friend last night. Black clouds scudded across the sky. I was hustled and bustled by the wind on my bike this morning. One minute I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged acorns, autumn, baby carrier, bats, bike, bike ride, blackberries, Brownies, children, clouds, conkers, countryside, dark, dawn, early morning, evenings, extract, family, fungi, night, Norman MacCaig, One of the Many Days, parenting, poem, poetry, quote, rose hips, rowan, seasons, storm, storm ali, walk, wind
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Grounded
We found this poor chap in our garden yesterday! He must have been brought down by the storm. He’s a Jersey Tiger moth which is a rare day-flying moth. Sadly it’s just a bit rarer now. Little Owl carefully placed … Continue reading
After the Storm
Yesterday an enormous storm rolled in and blew the power at Radio Devon. The kids and I watched in awe from the window as rain pounded the garden. Counting the seconds between lightening strike and thunder clap, the storm stalked … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged After the Storm, badges, biology, black out, blue, brook lamprey, brown, Brown trout, Brownies, chalk stream, children, damselfly, devon, education, end of term, families, fine-lined pea mussel, fish, green, Hannah Foley, health visitor, hollyhocks, illustration, illustrator, kids, lesser water parsnip, natural history, non-fiction, paediatrician, Percy the Park Keeper, radio devon, reports, Salmon, sports day, stick collection, storm, stream water crowfoot, summer holidays, teachers, UK, walking, water river stream, water starwort, water vole, watercress, white-clawed crayfish, wildlife
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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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New year, new life
The leaden skies and downpours have lifted this morning to reveal a bright and frosty landscape. It seems appropriate because yesterday evening I became an aunty for the first time! Well done to my wonderful sister who managed the whole … Continue reading
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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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 bit blowy
Here is a pic of my stall at the village shopping night last night. The hall looked great decked out in all its Christmas finery. We had Christmas songs playing and mulled wine. There was a good turn out and … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged blowy, christmas, illustration, shopping night, storm, village
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Dramatic skies
Little Owl and I sauntered home behind a tractor carrying hay bales. We didn’t mind because we could take in the dramatic evening. Wheeling flocks of seagulls, seeking escape from the stormy seas, made black patterns against the gold and … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged henderson's, illustration, maps, sea, seagulls, snow gates, storm
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