I’m another year older today!
Hip hip…

I drew my boyfriend’s t-shirt collection…

A small watercolour sketch made during a recent trip to the east of the Netherlands.

How does a frog sound to you?
kvæk-kvæk, kwak kwak, croa croa, quak-quak, bre-ke-ke, cra cra, kero kero, kva-kva, croac croac, ko ack ack ack or maybe vrak vrak…

Hare insists on sampling everything on my breakfast menu.
Dutch crispbread with strawberries, plain chocolate ‘vlokken‘ and aniseed ‘muisjes‘.

The grand finale to our lectures at the zoo was a visit to their old library.
Thousands of leather-bound books each containing a wealth of information about the Flora and Fauna of our world.
One particular book was unique, only one copy ever made by a dedicated enthusiast, filled to the brim with delicately hand-painted examples of shells, the detail of which was truly awe inspiring. It is breathtaking to be able to leaf through such a thing and touch the paper with your own bare hands.
Other books had used paints which greasiness showed through on the back of each page. Lovely detail which few people ever get to see. Luckily for you we were allowed to take photographs as long as the flash was off…

There’s never any space to work at… though I must admit I’m happiest working on the very edge of the dining table anyway, so you don’t hear me complaining.

I planted heaps of bulbs last winter, from which I now reap the rewards.
Picked fresh from the garden, these flowers smell incredible indoors!