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Neritina Waigiensis

This little drawing is of a Neritina Waigiensis shell; Neritina Waigiensis being a species of snail. I am sure they are fascinating fellows but all I know of them is that every individual has different markings in different colours, the aim of such individuality being to confuse predators.

A Tasmanian tiger

Ditto.

Over the next little bit, I plan to post several of my small drawings of pieces from the book, Treasures of the Natural History Museum. The first being this, the largest meat-eating marsupial in living history, the Tasmanian tiger.
 
Oh, and thank-you for your recent votes as to which Agatha Christie I should read next. In the end, I went with The Labours of Hercules, mainly because I have not seen an adaptation of this one.

Forecast and a forthcoming raffle

Today's Michi Girl forecast for Melbourne is showers, 15, and Lizzy Wilson's Quilty karma which Gracia and I are a tiny part of. Remember that patch we made a few weeks ago now? Well, it is almost time for the finished quilts, of which there are three, to be raffled at Craft Victoria.

You can read more here.

And see some of the new patches and a quilt mock-up here.

The raffle night for the finished quilt will be held at Craft Victoria

Monday 18th October 2010
At 6pm, with the raffle drawn at 6.30pm

Thinking of this and Craft Victoria (many members have made highly beautiful patches), I'm reminded that I've not showed you this look at the exhibition, Playing Field.

Photo: Screaming Pixel (Click to enlarge)

(You can see more here and here, too. Or have I already posted a link to this before?)

War, peace, and a rabbit

Today is a day to celebrate, I think, for today I finished reading War and Peace. Well, when I say finished, I mean I have finished my first reading of it. I think that to understand Tolstoy one must revisit him often. I do not for a second believe I understood all he had to say, but I loved it nevertheless. Perhaps, of all the novels in the world, this is an ambitious one to reread often, perhaps I will reread Anna Karenin instead. However, that will have to wait for another day. For now I plan to read some more Agatha Christie, and I am tossing up between The Labours of Hercules and The Clocks. Which should I choose, do you think?

Not all paper

It's not all paper, but fabric sometimes too. Here are two linen bird pinnies, Augustina and Clementine, and they available in our online store alongside other things made with needle, thread and fabric.

(One more time: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACIA!)