Very silly.

You'll be pleased to know that I haven't been idle over the holiday period, far from it. My elder daughter bought my younger daughter a fine set of moustaches for Christmas, and we have all been gainfully employed finding new places around the house to display them.

this could go on for some time.....

Happy Christmas, one and all!

'Christmas in Exeter Street' by Diana Hendry and illustrated by John Lawrence, is my favourite Christmas book. The story of Mrs Mistletoe and the ever expanding collection of aunts, uncles, friends and strangers that fills her house on Christmas Eve, perfectly captures the spirit of the season and is guaranteed to send the whole family to bed with a warm, fuzzy feeling.
If your house is feeling a little crowded with seasonal visitors, take comfort in the fact that, at least you haven't had to resort to stacking your aunts on the kitchen shelves.....

Christmas gift ideas

I've been doing a bit of online browsing with Chrismas in mind, and found a friends shop /lillystration on etsy. I have fallen in love with these georgeous little animal broaches and think they would be perfect little presants for posting, or you could suggest them as stocking fillers to Father Christmas.....?

Seasons Greetings!

Just realized it's been ages since I posted anything on here so I thought I'd share a little Christmassy image to get us in the mood.

Illustration Friday." Stripes"

Illustration Friday... Scary!!

because I've never really lost that bewilderment that small children feel when normally sane and responsible adults suddenly present them with burning sticks that shoot sparks!!

Seasonal transitions

Here we are in the midst of Autumn. The clocks have gone back and the half term is over. It takes me till about now every year  to stop mourning the passing of Summer and start to look forward to Winter, with all its beauty and celebrations.
Fitting then, that I joined  Totnes Transition Town one sunny day last week, in an exercise to imagine a vision of the future.
Local artists, children, and anyone else who wanted to, were asked to draw, using recycled cardboard, charcoal and paint, how they imagined the future to look. Whether it was the clothes they would wear, the houses the would live in, or how they would get around.
There were Viking space helmets, rocket ships, visions of sustainable living, including wind farms and water wheels, and a very fine and completely practical bicycle-powered hand glider (mine!)
Much fun was had, much charcoal was spread around and hopefully, it made us think a little bit about how our lives might change in a world without without fossil fuel.