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”
Category Archives: Wellbeing
Lockdown Life
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about my last cartoon. I titled it Here we go again and I suppose the only thing I’m a bit surprised about is that the wave didn’t hit earlier in Autumn. And so, on this Thursday 5th November, here we all go again. Plunged into ‘Lockdown 2.0’. IContinue reading “Lockdown Life”
Pastel, baby pastel
As you can probably guess, this one is about pastels. I don’t think I’ve written about pastels before and, to be honest, I’m pretty scared of using them. But I’ve been trying them out more and wanted to share a couple of pieces with you. First things first. I think the title deserves a littleContinue reading “Pastel, baby pastel”
Here we go again…
Yesterday lunchtime, I was sitting in my lounge reading a BBC article. I think it was about the horrendous experience some self-isolating university students are currently going through. Needless to say, if it wasn’t that article it was definitely one about the pandemic – it could’ve been about the dire state of the economy, theContinue reading “Here we go again…”
A little interlude…
Well, it seems that every time I go on holiday in the UK now, there’s a guaranteed ramping up of restrictions the week afterwards. I can’t say I’m shocked – this week has been a little more predictable than when we came back from our Norfolk holiday on 21st March (I wrote about that tripContinue reading “A little interlude…”
A long walk (or ‘wawk’)
Ages and ages ago, my partner and I decided that we’d walk to Stratford-upon-Avon at some point over August bank holiday weekend. Back then, I’d assumed this would be about as long as the road route. So, around 9 miles. Quite long but definitely doable in one go. A few weeks ago, however, it wasContinue reading “A long walk (or ‘wawk’)”
A little more motivation
I woke up this morning feeling seriously de-motivated. It’s becoming a more regular occurrence – it could be something to do with the darker mornings or I might be going through one of those ‘what on earth shall I do with my life’ cycles – and I really felt I should do something about it.Continue reading “A little more motivation”
The Fledgling
I’ve not been in a very positive mood over the past couple of days. In fact, other the last few weeks, I’ve been feeling more and more overwhelmed and hopeless in our new Covid world. In an attempt to snap me out of this, I thought back to June when I did a daily ‘actContinue reading “The Fledgling”
An encounter with Ms Atalanta
I’m sure some (most) of you are wondering what on earth this post is going to be about. I don’t blame you. Sometimes, titles for posts come into my head instantly. Other times, I just hit a brick wall. This time I was somewhere in between. And I think the origin of the title willContinue reading “An encounter with Ms Atalanta”
#30DaysWild Week 4
And so we come to the end of the sixth month of the year. Although ’30 Days Wild’ is now technically over, I fully intend to continue observing, recording, drawing and enjoying the wildlife around me 😊 Here’s what I got up to during the last 9 days of June… Monday 22nd June – IContinue reading “#30DaysWild Week 4”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 