22 Jul 2016

She didn’t need much.

posted in: Tales of science, Writing | 24

She didn’t need much. While I was busy with my own small worries, my own daily life, this last two years, she was just quietly getting on with her own. I didn’t know it, but she was less than a … Read More
26 Jul 2015

Blackbutt beasties, and forest portrait number two

posted in: Forest portraits, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration | 10

Many beautiful beasties live in wet sclerophyll forest, including those that dwell or nest in the hollows of venerable old trees. Gliding possums that eat leaves, blossoms or trees sap; owls, tree-creepers and parrots; bats, snakes and antechinuses¹.  As I … Read More