This is how it looks to me when I close my eyes.

There are new inhabitants at the Château de la Malmaison and they have made their presence felt. A seventeen page recent artists’ book of mine At the Château de la Malmaison tigers roam, here is but a taste, the first six pages.

{As promised, a look inside At the Château de la Malmaison tigers roam. Artists' book, 2009.}

{At the principal entry, all hoped the northern fur seal knew what they were doing.}

{Passing from one to the other was proving tiresome.}

{A snow leopard pads about unseen in the vestibule.}

{Patience was sure to deliver results for the blue-faced parrot finch.}

{The council were not in attendance and had not been for a great while.}

{Poised upon tabletop in the library, the red muntjac hoped to remain unseen by the studious.}

+ I have sent a handsome penguin bursting with love to convey my warmest birthday wishes to Louise. HAPPY 33rd BIRTHDAY LOUISE. xo