New beginning part 9
We headed over to Golden Ball, a most magical place in a sacred landscape near Avebury and the Wansdyke, a place steeped with folklore...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 22
- 1 min
New beginnings part 8
Lottie grew. And grew. And grew. Before we knew it we had a very large and fat porker living in the garden. Well, I say garden… she...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 16
- 1 min
New beginnings part 7
Before very long, Polly was grown, and suddenly became pregnant. Before we knew it, we had six kittens! So the family was growing. We...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 15
- 1 min
New beginning part 6
One day something disastrous happened. Phil and I were on our way to the supermarket and he drove straight through a red light without...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 12
- 2 min
New beginning part 5
We needed £2,000. And didn’t know where we would get it from. We had been offered a large mobile home by the landowner we had been...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 11
- 1 min
New beginnings part 4
I realised that I had awoken, stepped out of the wasteland and connected with something deep. I started to paint and draw, and as I...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 10
- 1 min
New beginnings part 3
One day, Phil asked me to go to live with him in his caravan. Well, this was a massive culture shock for me. I’d left my dream home, a...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 9
- 1 min
New beginnings part 2
Well this bloke was like no one I’d ever met before. He had a such a deep feel for the land (in fact he spent most of his time covered in...
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Philip Holmes
- Sep 8
- 1 min
New beginnings part 1
So I thought I would say hello to you all properly… and I will start to tell you a story, the story of how I came to be painting and...
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Philip Holmes
- Jul 7
- 3 min
The Making of the Folktails Oracle
Hannah and I had talked over many years about creating this oracle, but the timing had never seemed right. We also were keen to find a...
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Philip Holmes
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Tale of the Forest diary
Hannah It seemed such a long time ago that Phil told me of the title for the new diary and the images that he wanted for it. At the time...
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Hannah Willow
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
The Journey
Welcome to my new website and blog. Here I hope to share my work and inspiration, along with news of exhibitions, new work, workshops and...
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