Monday, February 23, 2009

Snail - shell = slug?

From one of my childhood ponderings. Of course I know now that they belong to the same family (the gastropods) but are entirely different creatures.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

On the theme of evolution...

I was thinking about Darwin and this image popped into my head. I just had to get it down on paper, so here it is!

Darwin and Evolution


A subject close to my heart. This year sees the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and various events and TV programmes are celebrating his life and his work. For me the highlight so far was David Attenborough's 'Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life' on the BBC.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

You Nearly Sank My Battleship!


Based on the news headline and one of the childhood games loved by my brother and I. My favourite quote from the Guardian has to be this "The SNP's Westminster leader, Angus Robertson, said: "The UK Ministry of Defence needs to explain how it is possible for a submarine carrying weapons of mass destruction to collide with another submarine carrying weapons of mass destruction in the middle of the world's second-largest ocean."

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Can you do the Tango with a Tiger?


Pages one and two of a new idea I'm kicking around at the mo. It's a book combining animals and dance moves...