Birds and Bees

Something has to cheer us up right now!  With inspiration a bit lacking and trying to make work in a vacuum Sue and I have decided to make some new posts on this our slightly neglected blog.

Luckily the natural world continues in blissful ignorance of the trails and tribulation of its human cohabitees.
Birds are singing, nesting and fighting, wild mason bees are enthusiastically filling up my bee house and flowers are springing up everywhere after some rain.

So to start here are some happy birds from my Trees book and a lone bee from the Bee Charm Booklet which I have been working on here. 

Small woodcuts from the flyleaves and title pages. 

And a bee drying in the sun:)