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Growing
Just after I signed off from the blog I had news I could reveal the cover of my latest book, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, so here it is in case you missed it on Twitter and Instagram. The … Continue reading
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Tagged allotment, author, beetroot, blackberries, children's books, Claire Ratinon, climate change, cornflowers, cover reveal, crops, deadlines, devon, drought, environment, family, grow your own, growing, Jessie Price, Jurassic coast, Lucy Rose, managing time, Mauritius, mental health, mental illness, pollinators, proof, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, resolutions, Riverford, sewage, soil, spinning plates, summer, summer of sewage, The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair, time, Unearthed, Wales, writing, Zephyr Books
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Light-filled days
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee feels like a long time ago now. Elizabeth seems a dear old lady, but I have mixed feelings about the institution of monarchy. I lived in Scotland, where the Crown has done some truly terrible things. … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa Writes, allotment, august, bank holiday, bees, blight, book events, bookbag, chickens, climate, colonialism, Colour Table, devon, Duke of York, evenings, exeter, fire, hills, honeysuckle, Hot Chocolate, imperialism, independent bookshop, jubilee, Karla Neblett, King of Rabbits, Light-filled days, lightened soul, mulit-nationals, new potatoes, parsnips, penguin, pennines, perennial cabbage, perennial kale, produce, pta, Queen, richard branson, rounders, sausages, school fete, scotland, slow worm, solstice, sweetpeas, tractor, Wales
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Merry Christmas
On Sunday morning I trundled out on my rounds, listening to Sunday Worship on Radio 4. The service came from St David’s in Pembrokeshire. After all the bad news of recent days it was comforting to hear Welsh words spoken, … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged bird feeder, car driving, carols, christmas, clinical incident form, community nurse, COVID-19, darkest day, district nursing, Exeter cathedral, garden birds, happy new year, merry christmas, National Trust, pembrokeshire, Pob bendith, pressure sore, pressure ulcer, Radio 4, seed orders, spring bulbs, St DAvids, stove, Sunday, Sunday Worship, support stockings, thank you, turning of the year, Wales, weekend working, wing mirror, winter sun
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Allotment Update
Okay, I think we’re all in need of an allotment update aren’t we?! Swiss Chard – middling. Growing but it’s getting a lot of attention from the pigeons. Unwanted attention from my point of view. Asparagus – good this year … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things
Tagged allotment, asparagus, beetroot, blackberries, broad beans, carrots, cornflowers, dahlias, fruit, gardening, grow your own, growing, marigolds, Monty Don, nasturtiums, new potatoes, perpetual onions, pigeons, pumpkins, rudbeckia, salad, slugs, strawberries, summer, summer holidays, sweet williams, sweetpeas, swiss chard, tomatoes, update, vegetables, Wales
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Home again
We are not long back from dropping Little Owl off at her Summer Sport’s Camp. Wren hummed merrily from under the pushchair rain hood while Finch was only a flicker of bright yellow mac whizzing along on his bike in … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged allotment, august, beach, bike, carmarthenshire, cucumbers, cycling, family, freedom, gales, holiday, ice cream, pembrokeshire, porch, puddles, raincoat, sand, sea, space, sports camp, sunflower, swimming, Wales, weather warning, wellies, yellow
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Lost a shoe but gained a…
We are back from a lovely time away, involving lots of ice cream, sand and sea. Finch lost a shoe but gained a dumper truck. Little Owl had to retire her favourite kite (hole in one side) but learned how … Continue reading
Legs
We are back from a lovely week in Wales. Here is a view from a sea cave we explored one day. The last day was showery (it being Wales and all) and we dived into a well-known department store for … Continue reading
A booky inheritance
I was recently given a book that belonged to my Great Grandfather. I never knew him so it was like a hand reached out of the past and gave mine a firm shake. From photographs of him I imagine he … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged ancestors, book, constellations, encyclopaedia, grandparents, Hannah Foley, heritage, illustration, inheritance, Nos da, stars, teacher, teaching, vintage, Wales, welsh
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