Spring Equinox

Well, who'd have thought it was Spring! After today, the days are longer than the nights, which is all good by me, but did you know it has been the coldest March for 60 years? I hope that the long and dismal winter means we're going to have a fabulous summer.

I've been busy getting ready for doing a book signing at Babushka in Shanklin and also this weekend at Quay Arts in Newport for Pedlars on the Quay. 

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I've had a few days off as my Mum has been poorly, so I've been doing quite a lot of brow mopping and dressing gown finding, but I'm pleased to say that things are on the up and she is being well looked after. Today I went on a trip to the Library in Newport with the year 4's at Barton and I'm back there on Friday to read Wally and Bert to them. They helped me enormously when I was writing the book and their findings on Best Friends are in the front end and the animal best friend pics are in the back.

This is a picture I have been working on called Rockabye Baby. I was thinking about how it would be lovely to fall asleep in a woodland and looked after by hedgehogs, squirrels and owls. I really like the orange light from the chinese lanterns against the sky colour of the coming night.