At the back of the yard, the lights are on in the wee workshop - yes, there's power there now! 

I'm getting back into my own drawings - and it may as well be chooks. This is a holiday sketch of Pooki, our matriarch chicken, queen of the Pekin flock. You shouldn't have favourites, but let's just say we love her a lot...

And this is a sketch of one of our younger folk; getting to know all the little bits of a chicken's face.
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It's Monday morning, my freelance day, and I'm officially working from my new space! Unfortunately, so were a whole colony of ants - they were setting up nest in my folio drawers (*horror!*). A warning for backyard studios in Brisbane: fill gaps, and check the studio every day for ants. I've been doing this, but they're persistent (who wouldn't be, it's a haven in here). I seem to have won today.

Graphics for Conservation is a great guide for producing graphics for papers and presentations. It covers graphs/charts and maps, with really practical advice.