This week I have been experimenting with collage. I have an idea for a series of dogs in dresses and other clothes. I think it looks cute, but I have no idea where it is all going. The journey is what it is all about. I gave Alan my initial magazine collage and card...

Illustration by Alan FitzpatrickDriving through the countryside in Ireland at this time of year, I often mistake the flowering Blackthorn in the hedgerows and fields for the Hawthorn or commonly known May Tree. Every year I look them up, so this year I have decided to...

'We can't just leave them here,' the words tumbled from my mouth, Alan looking at me incredulously. We've encountered a lot of wildfowl, ducks, swans, and birds as we have meandered alongside the muddy river our city forest park follows. And the one thing they all...