Season's Greetings!

Everyone loves a laugh (well nearly everyone), right? Well to bring some seasonal cheer to your day here's a clip from one of my favourite stand up comedians: Lee Mack. Enjoy!

Good News Everyone...

I've read this week about two twinkles of light on the horizon of an otherwise gloomy landscape of overpopulated continents and habitat destruction. It's so refreshing to read some good news on this subject for a change:

* Although still critically endangered due to poaching and loss of habitat (total world population is estimated at 786), the Mountain Gorilla population in Africa’s Virunga Massif has increased by an amazing 26.3% in just seven years. Read more here, here and here. 

He’s happy about it!

* The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China has reached its goal of successfully breeding 300 bears in captivity and can now begin an ambitious programme to reintroduce them into the wild. Read more here.

No words...

Anyone else know of any wildlife twinkles out there? I’d love to hear about it.

Winter Hare

These colourful cards by Jane Tomlinson are gorgeous:

Winter Hare by Jane Tomlinson

Her vivid watercolours feature the natural world, local landscapes and global travels but it's her paintings based on Darwin and Wallace’s work and just life on this planet in general that particularly speak to me. I love this painting:

Life on Planet Three by Jane Tomlinson

Take a look at more of Jane's work here.