…it’s a really good book, too…. #doodleaday

Crisp winter mornings on the way. I actually love these… #doodleaday

Birds flying south… Christmas adverts on the tv… some things are inevitable… #doodleaday

To be read in the voice of David Attenborough… #doodleaday

I can never read other books when I’m learning - feels like I’m cheating on the script! Got a nice little list to work through until Spring. #doodleaday #lovebooks

I do like the quiet calm of a late night session, which is just as well seeing how much I need to get done… it’s a good job that I’m both a lark and an owl mind you! #doodleaday

I live in hope that one day the ‘new leaf’ will stick. One day… #doodleaday

I do love seasonal market! #doodleaday #christmasiscoming

So glad my discomfort can be the source of amusement… #doodleaday

Still, I do get to listen to a lot of podcasts! #doodleaday

I also love it when they are better than us at stuff… #doodleaday

I love building theatre props - the ‘smoke and mirrors’ is always so satisfying. #doodleaday #lovetheatre #propbuilding

The new job certainly throws plenty of variety my way! I’ve always enjoyed new challenges… #doodleaday

It’s such a tough time for them - so it’s good to be able to help, even a little. Trying to make more time to help and advise but without pressuring: it’s a tricky balance. #doodleaday #examrevision

I know I love being busy (you may have noticed) but sometimes, just sometimes, the call of a little house in the country where I could just sit and paint and read sounds like heaven… #doodleaday #daydreaming

Must make sure I don’t get the two muddled up… that could traumatise a few kids!!! #doodleaday #tistheseason

It’s a special night… always feel so close to them all on this night. So many memories… keep tellling the stories. Keep the memories alive. #doodleaday

And all the while chatting while she’s sat with one white contact in and stage blood cuts on her face… love it. #doodleaday #lovedrama

It’s a bit full on with this all day and Shocktober acting in the evenings - but worth it for the ‘lightbulb’ moments with the kids when they see something new… #doodleaday #loveart #artforkids #artmatters

That wasn’t on my bingo card for today, that’s for sure! #doodleaday

I could spend way too much time and money in there… #doodleaday

Such an odd feeling, especially for someone like me who usually doesn’t need much sleep. Guess I was a bit tired! #doodleaday

That certainly kept me on my toes!!! #doodleaday

Funny how my scream maze activities both CAUSE my bad back, AND make it go away! #doodleaday

…and trying so hard to not make advice sound like nagging… I know one day the penny will drop, but until then… calm, calm, calm… #doodleaday

After a long shift at the scare attraction, I just want that shower!!! But apparently when she goes in the bathroom, time moves at a different speed for her… #doodleaday

And it won’t be long before it’s all gone and I need to go again… #doodleaday

I spend the evening in a dimly lit blur… mind you, you could say that about a lot of my life!!! #doodleaday

…and comparing notes on our shift on the way home. Special times. Hopefully memories that she will treasure in years to come. #doodleaday #makingmemories

Groundbreaking work. Such an amazing artist - always so inspiring. His work constantly impressed me. #doodleaday #artinspiration

It really is the simplest things that can mean the most. It’s so easy to take them for granted, so enjoy them, relish them, treasure them. #doodleaday #simplepleasures❤️

5 years in my life. 1.5 as your step-dad. Another of the treats that came my way when I fell in love with your mum. X #doodleaday #blendedfamily

Sometimes the drawing comes at the very last moment! #doodleaday

Apparently it’s not cool, it’s weird. I’ll take that as a compliment frankly!!! #doodleaday

I love how the usually heaving store is almost empty… it almost eerie in a rather cool way… #doodleday #simplepleasures

The modern day equivalent of sending them up a chimney!! Well, it’s nice to help the old man out… #doodleaday

Looking forward to bringing a bit of pre Christmas (well, Hogswatch) fun in a few weeks time… I always love popping off to Discworld for a bit… #doodleaday #discworld

Surely it was only a couple of years ago we walked into primary school together for the first time? #doodleaday

Back in the Creepy Cottage at Tulleys Shocktober for the season… continuing my mission of refusing to grow up… #doodleaday @tulleys_shock

Taking a moment to stop…. And breathe… grabbing these moments when I can, because October is about to get a little hectic! #doodleaday #simplepleasures

Thinking back to all those moments captured, stories shared. Connections made. Doing these drawings has been such a journey - and one I’m planning on continuing for as long as I can hold a pen! #doodleaday

Never know what’s coming my way these days! College life certainly isn’t boring…. #doodleaday #learningsupport

Let the seasonal festivities begin! Lots of fun, Halloween based stuff for the next month, then the hurtle towards Christmas. Performance, art, music… got to love these last few months of the year. #doodleaday

I do like pizza, but my body’s not so keen and I keep forgetting that! I’m definitely going through a “not being as careful about what I eat as I should” phase. Must do better. #doodleday #healthyaspirations

I guess it’s been a long, busy week…. #doodleaday

It feels like the universe has been gently nudging me in this direction over the last few years… and I’ve always gone with the flow in life rather than have any kind of master plan… keeps me on my toes! #doodleday

Throat like razors, feel 105… uncanny resemblance to Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb - yet for those 2.5 hours, the picture of suave, elegant villainy. Dr Theatre is real! #doodleaday #drtheatre

There is something oddly comforting about turning it on I suppose - looking forward to snuggly winter evenings together… #doodleaday

Sometimes called Mabon in neo-paganism, the Autumn Equinox is the equal balance of light and dark. From now, the daylight hours are shorter than the dark as we head towards the winter. The year in balance. Time to make decisions, to reap what we have sown. #doodleaday #wheeloftheyear