tutu

                            
There is nothing quite like a tutu.

tail

These images have been hand printed onto the very old pages of a favorite collection of poems that my father introduced me to when I was young.

Archy and Mehitabel - the tale of a long lasting friendship between a romantic writerly cockroach and a lady of the night cat. Archy is the cockroach who uses an old typewriter to write his poems to Mehitabel. Set in New York City from the 20's to the 1940's (roughly), for me they conjure up a time and a place that I would have loved to have been part of..... even as a black alley cat.

Please hotfoot it over to these cool cats: Stephanie, Ariane, Rachel, Maria, Nadine, Hannah, Elisabeth, Justahumblebee and Julia for more tales of tails. xxx

prowling

There is good food waiting down this alley.

Please visit here tomorrow for the weekly drawing challenge and for more tales of city cats.

red

I've got a thing for little red riding hood.

And the big bad wolf.

As you can see here and here.

These are drying but will be in the shop tomorrow.

feather my nest

This kookaburra woke us up. Can you see him? Sitting in the old gum tree .....

This oil print still for sale in my shop.

Afternoon sun, after the rain. Hand shadows like a black cockatoo. 

Matt's pineapple cake and creamy chaicinno.

Drawing Challenge: I think that I am hosting this week.

With the word...... TAIL.

All new drawers welcome. Let me know before Saturday if you are in and inspired by the word. X

blossom

Beautiful paper that I bought in Japan last year.

若い女の子の涙。花の束。

Visit sweet Stephanie for more blossoming blooms.

one loaf of bread

Healthy? yes.

Delicious? yes.

Obsessive? a little :)

blue

B

.... is for a Blue Biro and some Blind drawing.

The best drawing advice that I was given at school was to "just draw what you see without looking at the paper". 

Nadine is our drawing challenge host this week.

Please visit her place to see what other letters of the alphabet have inspired.

nutrition

Inside and out.

A beautiful new pair of socks. I keep staring at them.

So happy they made it here safely from Japan a week or so ago.

Carried by Matt.

You might remember that I was waiting for him here.

(just so you all know, i try and answer most comments, if you have left one over the last few days....)

bird

Old books and a new idea hatching for me...

This morning was noisy out on the balcony. A crowing currawong in the tree, can you see him here?

A clutch of cockatoos. A gathering of kookaburras. Last year a baby pigeon hatched out here.

Not bad for a tiny balcony in a big city.

It seems that I like birds so much more than I thought.

Please visit my new etsy shop to see.

Many thanks to the eloquent Elisabeth for this week's ornithological word.

Please fly over to her place for more bird watching.