Who me?

"Who me?" said the dog.

D is for DOG,

"Who me?" said the dog,

"Who me?" said the dog,

"Who me?" said the dog. . . .  

 . . .  ."Ummmm, Yes you!"

"Yes me," said the dog!

Carrot or Chameleon?

is for. . . 

Carrot or Chameleon. . . . 

a Chameleon on a carrot, 

being cheeky and cleverly climbing and clinging on! 

Or is C for Cheese?

Or . . . . for "Cheeeeeeeeese!?!"

C is for being Creative

and having the Chance and the Career

that allows you to wake up in the morning, 

and set yourself the Challenge

to Create a Character

as random as a

Chameleon on a Carrot!!

Phew, and then have time for a Cuppa! 

Bare Bottomed Baboon of course!

is for. . . 

. . . blog,

being creative with blogging,

being able to have fun and just experiment with illustrating,

being luckily enough to have a career that I love,

being skint most of the time due to having the career that I love!!

being very content in my work, (mostly!!)

being able to link up with all the lovely people on twitter. 

B is also for books, 

and books 

and even more books, 

and B is also for Book Fair, where Sammy is this week.

(Good Luck Sammy.)

B is for

and also for . . . 

 . . . Bare Bottomed Baboon of course!

B is also for "Bye Bye."

A is for . . . .

 is for . . . . 

new challenge, 

a new project, 

a new idea, 

a new burst of inspiration, 

a bit of fun,

a way of me practicing my character development,

and creating new friends for Sammy. . . . . 

 . . . . . and "A" is for a blog I hope you all enjoy!

"A" is for Arnold Aardvark.

Arnold is good friends with Sammy, he likes to sniff out delicious fruits for their tea.

"A" is for Angelica Angelfish.

Angelica is quite a shy fish, she enjoys swimming near the coral at the bottom of the ocean. Sammy has never met Angelica, but his new friend Amy, has told him all about her, and her beautiful bright coloured scales. 

Here's Amy, "Hello, Amy."

Amy is an Amoeba, she is so ickle and teeny that Sammy has never actually seen her, but he often sits and listens to her. He very much enjoys listening to all her stories and tales, and being a squirrel means that Sammy is VERY good at hearing, and this certainly has its uses!

This is Annabelle Alpaca. 

Annabelle's favourite way to pass the day is a day at the hairdressers. She loves to be pampered and preened, and today she is modelling some very fetching satin bows. Sammy is not keen on hairdressers, he HATES having his tail brushed! 

And finally meet Albert, Albert Alligator.

Albert is friends with most of the squirrel pack. The squirrels save up all their nut shells just for Albert as he enjoys crunching them in his teeth. He doesn't actually eat them, but he says it makes a great noise! Sammy, (being a squirrel that doesn't eat nuts,) saves Albert his apple core. Albert isn't all that keen on apples, but Sammy insists its a great way for him to clean his teeth!

If at first you don't succeed . . . . . .

Meet Mavis.

"Hello Mavis."

Mavis has been trying so hard to fly. 

All the other birds can fly, so why cant she? 

With a run and a skip . . . . .

 . . . and a bump and a skid, yet again, 

Mavis just could not fly!

But as with many things, we all just need to hear that extra bit of extra encouragement to boost us, or find that extra bit of determination to drive us, and allow that "just one more go," attitude to take over!

Sammy has found that he also needs a lot of determination at times. He has found that at times he is always getting knock backs, or picking himself up and trying again. Sometimes all he wants to do is curl up and hide away, but he knows that only HE can make this happen, whatever the challenge is, whether it be large or small, and so with an extra bit of self determination, and with one last big boost of 

"GO FOR IT," believe . . . . . 

 . . . . You can do it! 

 and all by yourself! 

Which way shall I go?

Which way shall I go?

Often as we journey through life and our everyday activities, 

we come across options, and decisions all the time. 

Some as simple as, 

"Do I post this letter before or after work?" 

or, 

"Do I join the queue in the supermarket on the right or the left of the shop?" 

or, 

"Shall I walk or take the bus today?"

or, 

"Shall I wear trousers or a skirt today?"

Even these simple choices, can then effect our day. We may then bump into someone that we haven't seen in a while if we take a different route, or if we delay our journey by that extra 10 mins we may get stuck out in the rain for example, possibly then effecting the choice we then make when we get in at the end of the day, such as, 

"Do I cook home made casserole today, or the quick under the grill fish fingers option?" 

Other choices that we may make, will effect us and others around us in a much greater way. Perhaps regarding a decision at work, or an arrangement with a friend or an issue around money. 

It may be as small as 

"Do I buy that luxury item that I cant really afford, but that I have wanted for ages, 

or do I wait and save up for it?" 

Or a life changing decision as large as the next house you may buy, or the choice to marry or not?

Making a choice or a decision can seem pressured at times, or it can seem very exciting and out of the blue. From experience Id say go with your gut feeling, as its often then that even though it may not be the easiest route or the best choice at the time, is often the one that you know in your heart of hearts you are best going with. 

A page from my new book with Nord-Sud Books, "Mother Hens Important Day"

This blog isn't meant to be deep and meaningful, its not to offer advice or to seem wise, Its just that when looking through my portfolio of work, I fell upon this first image of the duck, and I thought . . . ,

If he turned right and walked through the village that way, 

his day may be very different from if he turned left and walked that way. 

Not necessarily any better or any worse, but just different. 

Different in view, different in timing, and different in his encounters.  

and on that note I am going to make the decision to have a cup of tea!

We are all different

As we all know, we all come in different shapes and sizes, 

and wouldn't it be a dull world if we didn't?

We are all different in many ways, and think and feel different things from those around us.

We may appear elegant, well groomed and slightly aloof;

or we may be very affectionate, and always keen on being around others;

Some of us may just enjoy a more chilled out lifestyle;

Or we may be more reserved and reflective about life;

But I'm sure that most of us have a mischievous streak in us too!

Bye bye!!

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