Emily Cannon

356 Days Wild: Week 1

I’ve set myself a new challenge for 2021. A ‘wild’ one. As those of you who have read quite a few of my posts may know, I’m a big fan of wildlife and the benefits it can have on wellbeing. A couple of The Wildlife Trusts’ challenges really brought this home to me over theContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 1”

A winter visitor

The winter visitor I’m going to write about today is the fieldfare. I first spotted a group of fieldfares towards the end of last year. I heard them before I saw them. It was a very odd noise and I wondered what on earth I was listening to. The British Trust for Ornithology describes theContinue reading “A winter visitor”

Love, Claude & Jolene

Last November, I briefly introduced two new arrivals to my life: Claude and Jolene. We adopted this bonded pair of cats from Warwickshire Cats Protection. Since that rather turbulent car journey home, our cats abandoned their old names – Claude (white and grey male) was previously called Snowy and Jolene (black female) was called Misty.Continue reading “Love, Claude & Jolene”

#12DaysWild

In June 2020, I decided to take part in The Wildlife Trusts ‘30 Days Wild’ challenge. The general idea was to appreciate nature – and the positive effect it has on wellbeing and mental health – through daily ‘acts of wildness’. I started taking more of an interest in The Wildlife Trusts during my lastContinue reading “#12DaysWild”

Regulus regulus

I recently learnt an interesting fact. I sometimes joke with my friends that when I learn something potentially dubious, I’ve learnt a myth. I think we may even have laughed about this before ‘fake news’ started becoming the way of describing such pieces of information. In any case, I think this interesting fact is undoubtedlyContinue reading “Regulus regulus”

“No cheeses for us meeces”

Quite possibly the best line of any Christmas film. (For those of you who haven’t been blessed with the quote yet – or the song it comes from – I would highly recommend watching this clip from A Muppets Christmas Carol.) As it happens, this post actually has nothing to do with cheese or miceContinue reading ““No cheeses for us meeces””

Do you want to build a snowman…

(…Another lyric that just wouldn’t leave my head! I hope you’re a fan of this Frozen song. If not, I can only apologise!) Just a short one from me this weekend. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy with a couple of Christmas projects and I wanted to share this one with you. IContinue reading “Do you want to build a snowman…”

Paco the Toucan

A very close friend of mine recently asked me to draw something for him. I always get a bit nervous when I’m drawing or painting something specific for someone. The perfectionist really does start to freak out! Luckily he asked me to draw a bird and I’ve drawn quite a few birds this year soContinue reading “Paco the Toucan”

Autumn Vibes

I’m writing this with the absolute knowledge that all of the leaves have already fallen off the cherry tree in the garden. Some might say that I’ve almost missed autumn, but I absolutely love autumnal colours and have been meaning to paint them – and write about them – for the best part of 2Continue reading “Autumn Vibes”

Off the Beaten Track

I’m really enjoying a particular style of artwork at the moment. Watercolour background and fine liner pen foreground. And I’ve found that it suits some particular sites that I’m drawn to when I’m out on walks: old dilapidated buildings. These sorts of buildings always mesmerise me. I love seeing old ruins but there’s something aboutContinue reading “Off the Beaten Track”