Working holidays

The one problem with taking a holiday is the seemingly punishing 14 hour days I subject myself to. I haven't been for a walk or done anything leisurely. I love what i'm doing, and that's why I get sucked into it from first thing in the morning until I turn around and it's dark. But sometimes I think - I should really go for a walk or meditate for a wee bit.

Anyway, the one point about this workaholic mentality is that I do get a lot done. If I didn't then mental instability would probably be hot on my heels.

 

A peek at a part of a peacock!

 

I've been messing around with studies as well - one of which is:

And he is for sale, framed, in my Etsy shop

 

In other news

I wanted to rave a bit about a new book out recently called 'The Natural History Book'  by Dorling Kindersley.

It catalogs over 5000 kinds of plants, minerals, mammals, birds. Each photo is given against a white background so you can really see what you're looking at.

Apparently it took 5 years to make, originally i'd heard they'd been working on it for 20 years! Perhaps that was an exaggeration? I don't know but it's certainly exhaustive and very heavy! One would expect it to cost a fortune but it's actually incredibly affordable...embarrasingly cheap even.

So that was my find of the month, I reckon it would make a great gift for kids at christmas time - certainly every little 'un I know will be getting one :)

Anyway, tis all for now. Hoping you're all well...might just go for a walk today :)

 

 

Comments

[han]

thanks so much for sharing this - this is the exact book i've been searching for! - I bought it straight away! and your new work is gorgeous! x

[Joe Chapman]

Interesting looking book! I don't know if you read BibliOdyssey, but their latest post might particularly interest you. Some great 1800s natural history illustrations of Chinese birds - click the pics to go to the Flickr album, with larger scans http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2010/10/chinese-bird-album.html

[Lilly]

Mr Peacock is incredible!!! & what a great book, definitely adding it to my wishlist.