A colourful twitter
Posted by Alex on Mar 27, 2012 Sometimes the best colour combinations come straight from nature. How about this gorgeous little bunch?read more
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Butterfly beauty
Posted by Alex on Feb 10, 2012 These butterfly images are really amazing. They look like they’ve all consulted a graphic designer for those patterns and stripes. It’s beautiful inspiration straight from nature. The names are also good fun. The first image (from the top) is the neglected eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria neglecta). The second is the peacock pansy butterfly (Junionia almana). Third is the...read more
Cute coop
Posted by Alex on Jan 13, 2012 I would dearly love to have some chickens in the yard and this great Nogg egg-shaped coop may be just the thing. It’s a stylish hen coop accommodating up to four chooks. I wonder what the chooks think of their stylish cedar wood home? It’s like an architecturally-designed...read more
Goodbye Morran
Posted by Alex on Jan 9, 2012 I’ve followed the blog of Swedish illustrator Camilla Engman for a few years now. Her dog Morran was the star of the show. She was such a special little character. Camilla photographed Morran on holidays in the south of France, in the Dolomites, in Spain, not to mention at cafes, at gallery openings, on walks and in her home. Morran died of lung cancer a few weeks ago. But in the weeks...read more
Illustration for article on lyrebirds endangered by urban sprawl
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Pandamonium
Posted by Alex on Oct 11, 2011 This display of 1600 little pandas was a WWF campaign staged in Paris in 2008.read more
For the love of horses
Posted by Alex on Jul 28, 2011 Great images from The Horse Rider’s Journal – inspiring me to take a ride. Photos: Ditte...read more
Festive elephants
Posted by Alex on Jun 24, 2011 Here’s a great image from the Elephant Festival held in March in Jaipur, India. Apparently the event begins with a spectacular procession of heavily decorated elephants, camels, horses and folk dancers. It must be fun to decorate an elephant. I wonder what they make of it? Photo: Marjorie...read more
Yoga critters
Posted by Alex on Jun 9, 2011 Many yoga poses are named after animals, and it doesn’t take a huge leap to speculate that early practitioners found inspiration watching animals move. Here’s Mimmi the brown bear at Ähtäri Zoo in Finland making her way through a pretty good looking Supta Konasana. © Meta Penca, National Geographic | © Ashtanga Yoga...read more
Meditation mischief
Posted by Alex on May 6, 2011 This is exactly what you don’t need when you are concentrating on your...read more
It will all be better in the morning
Posted by Alex on Apr 11, 2011 I learned one good thing today: that you can go to bed feeling bad and wake up feeling like a new person. What magic goes on while you...read more
Gracie: an unusual mix
Posted by Alex on Sep 4, 2009 We have no idea what breed our little dog is, but she’s cute. Suggestions...read more
Our favourite place to stay on the NSW south coast.
Rembrandt's etchings.