I get lazy now and then

Every now and then, I get in a mood where even logging on to blog seems like a monumental effort. I sit in my little comfy chair and say “I should write about this and that” and then … I realise I would have to make that teeny, tiny effort. So I continue to sit [...]

Yet another embarassing confession

When I was a kid I collected bugs. Hmmm …. yea … I know stamps, books, bugs, can you get any geekier? One of my all time favourite bugs was and is the praying mantis. I would collect their eggs and hatch them. Can you imagine my delight when I ran across this video? Makes [...]

I only have eyes for you

Been working on lots of bird bits again. Here is a little something I worked on earlier in the year: From Catpaw’s Art work – birds I find that if I can get the eye correct, the rest of the bird comes along fine. If I screw up the eye, then the bird ends up [...]

Not so Secret Vatican Archives

You have to love the Vatican. I’m not sure whether this is a show of a serious sense of humour or someone at the Vatican is seriously cynical. Did you know they have a link on their website entitled “Secret Archives”? Seriously – go to http://asv.vatican.va/home_en.htm. Note to the archivist – if you have published [...]