#nature

Mar 7, 20192 min read

Big Garden Birdwatch Sketchalong

I thought it was about time I wrote a post about the Big Garden Birdwatch (#biggardenbirdwatch) and my Big Garden Birdwatch...

Jan 8, 20192 min read

How will you Big Garden Birdwatch?

Earlier in the year I was contacted by the RSPB, asking if I’d like to appear in an advert promoting the Big Garden Birdwatch. A yearly...

Sep 20, 20182 min read

Pocket Hitchhikers

Pocket Hitchhikers – Autumn Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then...

Mar 22, 20182 min read

First Signs of Spring

‘It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade’...

Nov 24, 20172 min read

Lessons we can learn from Blue Planet 2

I have been overwhelmed, as I’m sure many others have been watching Blue Planet 2, (a BBC tv nature documentary centering on life in our...

Nov 7, 20178 min read

Wandering Educators – Artist Of The Month.

Back in the summer I was asked by Dr. Jessie Voigts of Wandering Educators if I’d like to be featured as ‘Artist Of The Month‘. Jessie...

Sep 29, 20173 min read

Family Adventures – Catch Up and September at Aysgarth Falls

“Still summer’s song beats in my blood” – Alan Hartley First of all I’d like to say hi and thank you to all my new followers, I hope...

Feb 10, 20172 min read

Adventures In Illustration

I thought I’d write a post about my art, as Raspberry Thief seems to be constantly morphing and changing as I change, and become more...

Feb 10, 20141 min read

Nature

A sunny, frosty morning. Days like this make me breathe in and take it all in, blue skies, birds singing away. Although it made me smile...