Thanks for the Tweet Trish

Yesterday chef/author/+ food & lifestyle consultant Trish Magwood tweeted a nice plug for my blog so today am inspired to return the favour! Trish's first book Dish Entertains was fantastic and won the James Beard Award in 2008. (In cookbook land this is a big damn deal) Her second book In my Mother's kitchen has just been released and is full of more delicious + simple (!) recipes.
I think you should buy it this wknd. How's that for subtle?

New work: Patterned Hen + Rooster

A while ago I created the patterned hen illustration above. I made it by first hand drawing the image with a black marker and importing it into Photohop. I then scanned in a piece of checked fabric and incorporated it into the illustration.
This week I made Ms. Hen a mate: Mr. Rooster using the same technique.

Franny goes to the Cottage

My friend Sasha sent along this pic of my Franny print hanging in the doorway of her parent's cottage. I think she looks quite at home there. I love to see how my prints live in your home so don't hesitate to send along photos!

Little sketch: Dexter

This is a sketch I did years ago of my friend Nadya's dog Dexter.

Now that's neighbourly!

Owner of Blacksmith Cycle Mike with espresso + fresh banana bread
(I know.. he looks way too young to be the owner of anything!)

The gorgeous Gazelle "Tour populair" that Mike carries in the shop.
What a beauty.

Today I popped into Blacksmith cycle (which is now open!) to continue my bicycle search.
After giving me the low down on his beeyooteeful Gazelle bikes - owner Mike offered me not only an excellent americano from the shop's espresso bar but also a scrumptious piece of banana bread to go with it. Now that's neighbourly.
I wanted to say " Where am I? In an 19th century Amish town?"
:-)

ps. The bad news is: there are too beautiful bikes to choose from.
The good news is: I can't buy them all but I can draw them all. :-)