Finn's first trip

We've been away to the West Country - walking the coastal paths - which is my favourite thing to do. This time we've had Finn with us - his first holiday (that we know of). I was unsure how he would behave as he's a very impetuous dog and can be hard to handle at times. I needn't have worried - he was a good boy. He became bored easily while Gra was searching for fossils and I was drawing but only disgraced himself once when he did a runner from our hotel room and was eventually stopped by a German guest with a very large suitcase! I think we wore him out in the end.

Prehistoric

One of my old illustrations just seemed to fit the bill!
© 2010 nicky linzey for illustration friday

History

The weekword is History. I find it much easier to understand things when I have a visual record infront of me telling a story of the past, like fossils in a cliff. (I definitely struggled at school - ploughing through giant textbooks full of facts that we were supposed to remember and yet meant absolutely nothing to us.)

The word was chosen by Anairam, pop over to see her wonderful collages and links to other participants.

© 2009 nicky linzey

Primitive

The days I've spent in the wind and rain while Gray has searched for fossils. Somerset beaches, Devon beaches, Dorset beaches - for some reason always on days of extreme weather. I'm not as obsessed about finding them as he is but they are beautiful to see & pretty amazing when you think how they are formed and how long they've been hidden.

I drew these ones ages ago and use the drawing for the header on this blog & my website because I love the patterns. They also come under the heading of Primitive for IF, so I've re-coloured them to suit the day here which although Spring - is still pretty murky!