The last time I went to the zoo was also the first time I’d gone in a weekend for a while so I really wasn’t expecting to get into my zone with the crowds nonetheless I think I got a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s rhyme, A Robin Redbreast in a Cage, was really easy to visualize, though I ended up overthinking it anyway. First I went on line looking for a visual reference for a European Robin, first because these are English nursery rhymes,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s rhyme, In An Oak There Lived an Owl, should have been much easier. “Just draw a freaking owl” you say. Well, yes but even there I find myself falling back on pedantry. What kind of owl? I went through a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s Rhyme was, “The Dove says, Coo, Coo, what shall I do”. I was a little worried that would be another one where all I had to do was draw a bird. However then I got to the bit about her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I come from a family of zoologists and birdwatchers. Because of this, I knew what a snipe was long before I ever heard of a snipe hunt. In fact, the first time I read about a snipe hunt, in what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
