Wouldn’t you like to fly in my beautiful balloon…
Bonne fete maman!!
And so it’s mother’s day in France, and the occasion for my mum to come back to this blog, this time with her great love of cocks. Far from me being rude, this is the true story of an obsession that drives my poor mother […]
Violet Blueregard
It’s the end if bluebell season – making the most of it with a few variations…. br />
Jonathan Richman illustration
One of my proudest parental achievement has to get my kids into Jonathan Richman. I reckon anyone who has a little Jonathan in their lives can never be entirely miserable. And so it’s ‘Back in your life’ to fall asleep most evenings at the moment. […]
Meet the Spooners – Joe Blob!
I introduced you to the Spooners a couple of days ago starting with Lucy Picker and here’s now another classic number. The Spooners are an homage to spoonerism, this wordgame where the first letters of two words get swapped around to more or less tasteful results. Let’s […]
Cannelé recipe – illustrated if you please!
So drawing is clearly fun. But so is baking. So I have set up a cake shop. It’s called ‘Choux la la!’ and it’s super pretty and magical and it doesn’t make you fat at all. Only problem is, it only exists in my head […]
Chauzy Bowie and Chauzy FranknFurter – it’s just a step to the right!
Meet Olivier Chauzy – a very good friend of mine, who I have known for over 20 years now. We met on the dance floor of the New Fluo – my favourite (now defunct) nightclub in Toulouse, which pretty much sorted my musical education (amongst other things). The timewarp […]
Meet the Spooners – Lucy Picker
Welcome to another series of musings, starting with Lucy Picker… Who are the Spooners, I hear you ask? You could say they are distant cousins of Dr Spooner – a genial man famed for his unintended adventures in the English language – did he not […]
Delilah Lilac
My my my, Delilah! Like the 20s flapper vibe of that one – near disaster though when daughter spilled her tea and a splosh landed on this sassy lady’s dress. This turned quickly into a yellow spot, so added a few and actually liked the […]
Karuski's little shop of colours 