Foxy the vixen, up-date

Some of my readers will know that I have been befriending a little fox vixen for over a year now.

She lives in a very rural area, surrounded by farmland and ancient woodland. I was so pleased to see that she had survived another year, when I saw her this spring. I have taken many photos over the last year, mainly because she is so bold and will sit around outside the cottage, waiting til you come out to her. So I've included a few more pics for you to enjoy.

On a more serious note, in the UK, fox hunting has been banned. However, there are plans to repeal the ban. If you would like to sign the petition against the repeal, visit the campaign for decency. I would warn you, there are a few unsettling images further down their page.

http://www.campaignfordecency.org.uk/

" Cornish encounters "

Now that we are back from our holiday in Cornwall, I have the joy of sifting through the hundreds of photos I've taken, {and removing all the blurred ones!}.
I took some water colour paper and a couple of mini canvases and managed to get five artworks finished, in between reading Ruth Rendell books! Ah the joy of blank canvases waiting for paint! So, here's a couple of the finished works, nestling in the hedgerow. I've used a mixed media of acrylics and oriental papers to make these collages. Wait a moment though, we have a visitor in the depths of the woodland. Yay, it's Foxy from last year, still as pretty as ever. Here she is looking cute for the camera and having a chat with Tony, probably about what to put on the barbecue today!!