Illustration rock 'n' roll
Some illustration stuff for today: Beautiful new Bugs and Butterflies stamps (“fla fla” Amelia would say as she opens and shuts her hand like a flapping butterfly) were released last Thursday from Australia Post...
September 2003
Talking baby and talking fish
Amelia J now has a few more words besides “bir”. Daddadadaa, Mummmm (still very rarely), du (asking for her plastic ducks in the bath) and “THA?”, or sometimes “Was THA?”, accompanied by a wild...
Have a cupcake!
Today is the Mother’s Group baby’s first birthday party! The eldest of the wee tots is turning 1 today and over the next few weeks all the others will be reaching this momentous occasion...
Costume Drama
The Forsyte Saga season 2 is incredibly disappointing (ABC, Sundays at 8.30pm). There’s no doubt that season one was soapy — but it was good soapy. Season 2 is just boring and listless and...
Stick Insect Spring Activities
In a story that Disney – Pixar could bring to the screen: “The adventures of the world’s rarest insect took a jubilant turn yesterday, with a pair of stick-like, creepy-crawlies showing off their new...
Thai Soup Mama
On Saturday night Mum gave me a lesson in roasting chicken. She has a big old ceramic chicken cooker and it worked a treat. I now have a chicken carcase in the fridge waiting...
A weekend in the country
We had a lovely weekend in the country. I drove up with little Amelia J and my Mum and Dad and we met up with my brother and his wife and little Jimmy A....
New design for spring
As you can see, I have put up my new design for spring. I am thinking that it’s a little information dense, but it’s just for a few months until I change it again...