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I was playing with new toys today, especially my dip pen and ink. So here’s a cartoon for #inktober2018
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1. One impala.
2. Two impala.
3. Vlad the Impala.
2. Two impala.
3. Vlad the Impala.
A little doggerel for you.
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A girl in pink, spotted pyjamas
Said for breakfast she'd like some bananas.
But when she came near
They said that "We fear
The whole lot were scoffed by iguanas."
Said for breakfast she'd like some bananas.
But when she came near
They said that "We fear
The whole lot were scoffed by iguanas."
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Hippopotamus in the veldt.
Hippopotamus above the veldt.
Hippopotamus landed in the veldt.
Caption: Hiccupotamus
Hippopotamus above the veldt.
Hippopotamus landed in the veldt.
Caption: Hiccupotamus
Sometimes the things that arrive in the sketchbook are best not explained.
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woman sunflower black-eyed susan frog elephant hawk-moth caterpillar badger trumpet watering can cosmos murano glass elizabethan ruff robin crest fence
Or, in the original as we heard it in the garden: “twee twee twee t-t-t-t-teee twee twee trrrrrrrrrt”
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Bird in nest to bird carrying twig: "Idiot! I asked for a #12 twig. You've brought a #14!"
We’ve just been on holiday for a week in Northern Norway with some friends, well inside the arctic circle. We were lucky enough to see the Aurora on four nights. It really is very beautiful there. The dog sledging was horrifically expensive (actually, so was everything.)
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Cheap dog sledging -- a woman is pulled in a wheeled cart, by a collection of dogs of vastly mismatched sizes. The alpha dog has stopped to relieve himself by a sign saying "No Dogs."
Gosh, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. Sorry about that.
Anyway, turns out that taking pity on the cute* likkle wood mouses and letting them use our house during the cold spell was not without consequence. After finding mouse droppings on the breakfast table even Karen was convinced that murine check-out time had now arrived. We baited the (humane!) trap with peanut butter, which the little dears love so much that even once the trap door is opened to freedom they’d still rather have just one more little nibble before they go.
Six so far, and counting.
UPDATE: We took about 14 mice away, or possibly two mice seven times each (on average.) Then Karen took two of them a lot further away and now we have no mice at all. The house is quiet and sad again — we miss them. (But not their poo.)
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*oh! But they are SO cute!
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Wood mouse sitting at a table prepares to eat bread and peanut butter, oblivious to the primed mouse-trap around the peanut butter jar.