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Tin Coast
Having grown up in a seaside town I have a pathological aversion to anything touristy so Cornwall has never really appealed. I went on a school trip to St Ives once, and I’ve been through Cornwall lots of times to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Making changes
Tagged atlantic ocean, autumn, bal maidens, board games, Bottalack, Cape Cornwall, children, cliff tops, Cornwall, cottage, family, family time, getting away from it all, gorse, holiday, holiday cottage, Hot Chocolate, Levant mine, log burner, miners cottages, mining, parenting, penzance, perspective, Poldark, Porthcurno, reflection, scilly isles, sea, squalls, St Ives, thick walls, time, Tin Coast, tin mining, waves, weather
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Patience
One of my new year’s resolutions was to start a walks journal. My idea was to make a sort of scrapbook of our family walks through the year by collecting maps and leaflets, and making notes of the weather, café … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged allotment, baby, bees, birds, blossom, blues, children, cycling, dry point, flagpole cherry, foxgloves, garden, gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, January, maple, patience, pointing, printmaking, rain, sitting, soil, weather, wet, wind
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August flowers
I don’t know about where you are but around us it’s been a dreary old August, not much warmth but plenty of dark grey clouds and rain. Everything is looking very battered and I don’t think my tomatoes are ever … Continue reading
Human Cannonball
This morning we walked to school with an imaginary dragon flying behind us on a string. Little Owl had firm hold of the other end of the string so don’t worry, you weren’t in any danger. He is a silver … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged blue tits, children, Circus, dragon, human cannon ball, illustration, imaginary friends, parenting, school run, seasons, weather
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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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Boilers
This weekend our boiler broke down. We had no hot water or heating just as autumn blew in. Boilers have a sixth sense about impending cold weather, and a masochistic sense of humour. It’s all fixed now, which is a … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged boiler, broken, cold, frost, illustration, parent's evening, rain, reading book, rites of passage, school run, Sesame Street, weather
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Payment in kind
Yesterday I met up with the committee from Nomad magazine. Nomad is the Edinburgh University publication I have been Creative Director for this year. Suddenly, mid-conversation, this enormous hamper of delights appeared…for me! This has to be the ultimate way … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged approaching cliff, Border Biscuits, cawston apple juice, edinburgh university, free fall, gustosecco, hamper, Heath & Heather Teas, illustration, little pasta organics, mondovino crackers, moody seasons, My Fibert's Inventive Snacks, Nevis Bakery, Nomad, payment in kind, pipers crisps, pukka teas, swannay brewery, the chocolate tree, The Cyrenians, the groke, weather, william bros brewing company
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Dissertation
This week has been glorious here in Scotland. The mornings have started off frosty and foggy but the sun has soon cleared the air to reveal crisp blue skies. Listening to the radio it sounds as though the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged crisp, dissertation, fog, frogs, frost, illustration, leaden skies, sunny, weather
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Pub quiz
The sky has suddenly become very dark in Edinburgh and the trees are being blown about in the quad at college. Some students are messing around outside the window. If I don’t tune into their voices they could be wailing … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged edinburgh, edinburgh university, illustration, Nomad magazine. fundraiser, pear tree pub, pub quiz, rain, weather
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