island time
24 October 2015
David and I love the Mediterranean. It suits me especially because I love the sea, but I'm a real scaredy-cat when it comes to waves. It's not that I'm not a good swimmer, it's just that I was born wa...
out and about Clear tags
getting lost in venice
5 October 2015
Recently I left the boys in the mountains and hopped on a train to Venice. Just me, my sketchbooks and paints, for 2.5 days of sketching. Well ... not just sketching ... also lots and lots of walking ...
a week in chamonix
17 September 2015
We recently spent a week in Chamonix, France. Famous for its location next to the Mont Blanc massif it's full of fit hikers, climbers, and people who like to fly. And so the town is, therefore, full o...
exploring little french villages
18 August 2015
Our climbing life and my husband's BASE jumping take us to some wonderful, beautiful places. Places way off the tourist track. We avoid the famous, busy places and enjoy exploring parts of countries t...
exploring the fjords in norway
13 July 2015
We're in beautiful Norway again. Camping in the van, climbing by the sea, swimming in alpine lakes. It's hard to beat Norway in the sunshine for beauty.
summertime flowers
7 July 2015
Wildflowers in Europe in summertime! Its hard to take a walk without spending most of the time crawling on your knees and taking photos on macro setting. I find myself sketching one tiny flower while ...
an alternative view
13 June 2015
I always get a kick of of it when locals don't recognise the view I've sketched. This is the case in both the sketches above. While locals recognised their village church in the sketch at the top, the...
back in France
9 June 2015
Here is one of our favourite places in the world ... the Gorges de la Bourne in the Vercors mountains just south of Grenoble. This valley has rock climbing, BASE jumping and lots of old villages perfe...
new travel sketchbook
30 May 2015
You'll be seeing a lot of this book over the next few months. But most the photos will probably be of the inside so I thought you might like to see the cover. I always have fun with the cover. They're...