Afternoon Ablutions, 9th April

Percy’s afternoon ablutions. I can’t help but be impressed at a creature that can lick its own spine!

What does the British Museum know about Vikings anyway?

As I said in my previous post, the Viking exhibition was short on cats. This is an inaccuracy I feel … More

Went to the British Museum. Short on cats in the Viking exhibition but upstairs was a very entertaining storyteller.

Rachel is not a cat, but in the morning she will be gone and there will still be cats…

Blackmore Farm is rather more stunning than the name would imply: it is a 15th century manor house, complete with … More

I thought I’d have another go at drawing the chickens, but then it started to rain, so I went inside … More

In the background is gunnera just coming up, underplanted with tulips: the prehistoric and the refined, side-by-side. An unusual combination, … More

4 out of 6 of Arthur’s seedlings are up! He feels it may be helpful to the others to keep … More

Percy in his beloved beanbag…

It’s really quite hard to draw chickens, they never stay still and they don’t even stay nearby for long once … More