beasties – KDD & Co

goodbye, dear friend

By: Kate Davies Designs December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

We had to say goodbye to Bruce yesterday

dragonfly season

By: Kate Davies Designs June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

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the golden-ringed dragonfly

Bobject

By: Kate Davies Designs October 10, 2021October 10, 2021

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Explaining the UFB.

lend me your ears

By: Kate Davies Designs August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

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are ears for listening or for chewing?

I am Bran

By: Kate Davies Designs July 26, 2021July 26, 2021

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a few words from the new arrival

Bran & pals

By: Kate Davies Designs July 8, 2021July 8, 2021

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a new addition to the household

Chloë, not cancer

By: Kate Davies Designs March 15, 2021March 21, 2021

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One wee dog, two sweaters, and an inspiring story of recovery

plan B

By: Kate Davies Designs March 12, 2021March 21, 2021

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Bruce has some important information to share with you

jags

By: Kate Davies Designs January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

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Hiya, it is I, Bruce. Today I am here to tell you about the history and meaning of a very common Scots word which, it seems, very few of you outside Scotland are aware of. That word is jag. In Scotland, the word jag is often used in reference to pretty much any sharp or…

near // far away

By: Kate Davies Designs May 29, 2020May 30, 2020

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near far away near far away near far away near far away near far away near and far away near and far away

SHEDS one and two

By: Kate Davies Designs May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

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Hello, it is I, Bruce. Today I am here to tell you about SHED. If you don’t know the meaning of SHED, I can reveal it is a strange wooden place with a distinctive smell in which humans like to spend a lot of time, particularly at this time of year. Here there are two…

life with BOB

By: Kate Davies Designs April 5, 2020April 5, 2020

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Hello, friends. It is I, Bruce. In case you’ve forgotten who that is, I’m the big black labrador who lives with Kate and Tom. I like SWIMMING, POTATOES, STICKS and BALLS, and enjoy living here among the woods and hills, where on my long daily WALKS with my humans, I am sometimes lucky enough to…

Drymen Show, 2019

By: Kate Davies Designs May 29, 2019May 29, 2019

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Hello everyone, it’s Tom here popping in to tell you about my latest photographic assignment – the 2019 Drymen Show. In 2017, as part of a project for my darkroom and film photography course at City of Glasgow College I set about documenting – and celebrating – the people, the animals and the work involved…