This is for you.

{On a clear night such as this I sit and watch the lights.}


{We charmed occasional wanderers.}


{An open nest proved safest of all.}


{There, a wild sequester’d nook for us both.}

Leafing through The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, I hope one day that I am fortunate enough to receive written in pen such a line contained within a letter: “My musical friend, at whose house I am now visiting, has tried all the owls that are his near neighbours with a pitch-pipe, set at concert-pitch, and finds they all hoot in B flat. He will examine the nightingales next spring.” In B flat, fancy that. Tuck that information up your sleeve; you never know when it may come of whimsical use.

I mention letters by random way of introducing four new greeting cards made by Louise and me. For too long has it been since we released a new series of cards. To remedy this, we’ve created eight new designs, four of which you see above, and four of which you can see here.

They might make the perfect spot for you to pen to a friend your own naturalist observations. They might not. Let’s wait until they’re printed, shall we.