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days while the superglue and antibiotics mend those power pads then it s back to flying like loading posted in uncategorized 2 comments tags dogs drawing family humour illustration life pen and ink sketchbook trees apr 11 posted by doodlemum wild garlic and a cacophony of bird song there s no social media in the woods just the excited chatter of a new season it s been a week of snow sun and dying royals a week of sad television we all go the same way we re all earthworm food i ve always liked that thought i don t want a golden carriage just chuck me in the hole and plant a cheeky dandelion on top like loading posted in uncategorized 1 comment tags birds death drawing illustration sketchbook spring trees wildlife hope apr 9 posted by doodlemum late last night i had my first shot of the astrazeneca s oxford vaccine for covid 19 got my little card with a date and a batch number on it for when i need my follow up dose hope in a little vile but with so much media opinion when it came down to it just quietly administered with small talk and a smile twelve hours on just feeling tired and a little peaky nothing more hope like loading posted in uncategorized 3 comments tags astrazeneca coovid 19 covid diary drawing illustrator pandemic diary sketchbook vaccine hair apr 8 posted by doodlemum i had a lovely hair cut and colour the other day the first one in a long time too i wore my mask and enjoyed it being styled and cut then i went home and popped it back in a bun that s better like loading posted in uncategorized 4 comments tags dogs drawing humour illustration pandemic diary pandemic life pen and ink sketchbook spring apr 3 posted by doodlemum the march of the dandelions and my dog is as relentless as the flying masks in the spring breezes the sun is coming back well now in a minute as we say the first invitation for a vaccine has landed on our doormat like loading posted in uncategorized 2 comments tags covid diary dogs drawing family humour illustration life pandemic diary sketchbbok a little unicorn for breakfast mar 29 posted by doodlemum frannie likes fluffy and soft things to chew anything inanimate or living no preference really slippers shoes bonnie s legs cushions cats chickens it s all lovely so we ve given her a little blue unicorn to love he has now been loved very much for 2 minutes and there isn t much left of him but everyone else is safe and my shoes for now like loading posted in uncategorized 3 comments tags dogs drawing illustration puppies rescue dogs sketchbook lateral flow before breakfast mar 25 posted by doodlemum millie and her classmates are testing for covid 19 twice a week before school they do it themselves for the record i have tried a test to gain some empathy for this process there will be sneezing and retching do not touch the fuzzy bit of the swab do not let the dog touch the fuzzy bit of the swab do not let the dog touch the test no silica gel is not the liquid did i mention do not touch the fuzzy bit of the swab enjoy your day at school like loading posted in uncategorized 1 comment tags covid 19 covid diary drawing humour illustration life pandemic pandemic diary pandemic life sketchbook coffee and a bite mar 16 posted by doodlemum little nip anyone training is underway teenage pup loves to nibble and it s easily redirected just don t give up on them they want to be good like loading posted in uncategorized 1 comment tags dogs drawing humour illustration puppies rescue dogs sketchbook home help mar 13 posted by doodlemum the cats love home learning piles of paper and warm laptops makes essay writing a challenge but i have it on good authority they have never missed an assembly our lockdown restrictions are slowly starting to lift we can stay local schools are opening next week on a gradual slow return more people are receiving the vaccines and covid infections are for now very low this three months of lockdown has felt an awful lot longer two of mine are taller one has got into college and one dog has grown gangly legs feels like spring is coming and with it more changes like loading posted in uncategorized 1 comment tags cats covid diary drawing home learning illustration lockdown life pandemic diary sketchbook who s there mar 9 posted by doodlemum who s there not sure really it s a strange dog lady creature clutching milk bottles and dressed in pyjamas blinking at the bright morning light and scowling at a passer by for daring to look at her and her two dog heads peaking out of her legs the schools in wales are starting up for the older children staggering the return until full time education resumes after the easter holidays they have been learning from home for three months this time it s been challenging and lonely for them the lack of interaction has been hard there will be years ahead when we will see this play out i think summer catch up school brings a look of sheer horror to my three s faces i can t imagine there will be much enthusiasm at the prospect of that covid infections are now at levels we saw in october 2020 the vaccination program brings me hope we will see normality of some sort and a return to leaving the house very soon like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment tags covid diary drawing illustration pandemic diary sketchbook perception mar 6 posted by doodlemum nearly a year in a new captivity a new world of masks home learning and fear of getting close a year of extremes a year that screens became the window to the world a year of superheroes in blue a year that saw my children grow out of their shoes and i didn t need to replace them a year of insomnia and stars i didn t know existed early morning breath and bird song dogs racing through discarded masks and gloves a year where the doorstep and the sky outside felt too big a year we are still here lucky to continue reluctant to move forward for fear of leaving behind that which we ve lost a year like loading posted in uncategorized 3 comments tags art cats covid diary drawing family illustration nhs pandemic diary pets sketchbook child on wheels mar 2 posted by doodlemum it s the art of making things look funny when really i m hating every minute and would rather be sipping espresso martinis on a beach in barbados with sunburn and giving no hoots about beach body ready or any of that rubbish the news has caught more people going to parties having their hair dyed in car parks or actually being outside and having the audacity to drive somewhere nice and drink a coffee we are told we must wait another few weeks and see if we are allowed out to travel to a destination for exercise without infecting each other with more variants named after nice places but the sun is shining do you not know how lovely it is in swansea when the sun shines it s so rare that a day without rain would be classified as a drought i walked to my local park and felt the warmth and smelt the fumes from a passing moped piled on with screaming teenagers but anyhow children on wheels are much easier to manoeuvre like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment tags children covid diary drawing humour illustration pandemic pandemic diary sketchbook they think it s over feb 25 posted by doodlemum last week boris johnson gave tentative dates for england to come out of the lockdown wales where we live gave a more tentative approach to lifting the restrictions we have been living under since before christmas we are still under lockdown we are still very much restricted to no travel and no unessential journeys meet ups or socialising the media have erupted into euphoria i can t share that sentiment i am not euphoric i am far from euphoric i am tired and i am fed up and my hair is resembling an aged rapunzel my children are all still at home their school lessons are still on a screen they struggle they can t see their future as all they can see is the back of their bedroom door but moan as i do hope has been lobbed at us like a big floundering fish that might flop away and slide slowly back into the water while i in slow motion grab it with both hands and miss like loading posted in uncategorized 7 comments tags covid diary drawing illustration pandemic diary sketchbook the speed of sound feb 16 posted by doodlemum frannie is a year old now and in the middle of being a beautiful terror in our lives but when she runs she flies if she had wings i don t think we d see her again once this lockdown is over we are going to walk for miles on long sandy beaches until then it s apologies to the seagulls in the park no seagulls were harmed she just enjoys the chase if it was a crisp packet it would be equally fun like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment tags covid diary dogs drawing illustration life pandemic diary pandemic life rescue dogs sketchbook streetdogs milk is back on the menu feb 13 posted by doodlemum stepping outside in a sideways ice blast to get those milk bottles is as far as i m reaching today dog print pyjamas bobble hat and complete the outfit with some fluffy socks a passer by scurries on past either oblivious or terrified at the sweary mess of a women trying to keep her glasses on and picking up milk bottles with hair writhing in the cold wind like the wicked witch of the morning where is my coffee like loading posted in uncategorized 6 comments tags covid 19 covid diary drawing humour illustration pandemic diary sketchbook an ordinary day feb 9 posted by doodlemum the wind is bitingly cold today straight from the north pole and very bitter it is flurries of snow in my face and my hair a boot full of food to last the next week no end to the lockdown as yet but we all are holding our breath and hoping the house we live in was built around 150 years ago by miners and their families working in the area that means that at one point there were families in these very houses going through the last pandemic of 1918 when a flu virus ravaged through the world and took out indiscriminately from our communities also a place of birth i know gruff wasn t the only baby born in this house there have been many births too he arrived on a mid tuesday morning cheered on by a small handful of midwives and a few neighbours stood outside listening to my swearing i have dreamt of death a lot in the last year of about people i have lost often i have conversations in these dreams with these people and they are angry at me i ve got no idea why for probably talking too much in real life i have no idea what i would say as i would really rather dream about dogs or food or a nice day on a warm beach getting sunburnt they say death is an end but also a beginning and of better times ahead i m clinging on to that thought a little to much right now like loading posted in uncategorized 3 comments tags covid diary drawing family illustration life lockdown life pandemic diary sketchbook older posts bob the dog gets a job read more https doodlemum com books published art autumn babies beach birds birthday birthdays 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