Orphanned Chickeeee Says....

...it's a REALLY stupid idea to swim into the jaws of death...

...the outcome is seldom pretty...

Little Chickeee Says....

                      ...it's probably not a great idea to stand in the firing line of an airborne shit....

Have just spent 5 weeks at Cape Geddes on Laurie Island in the South Orkneys working with Chinstrap Penguins.

 

They are ace although their default setting is : peck!

Some of them are not really the brightest - lets face it, if you try and incubate a skull instead of an egg it suggests some of those southern-hemisphere synapses aren't firing....

Lots of chickees hatched at the start of the new year - super cute, and very good Skua and Petrel food...will save some of the gory pics for later.

Little Chickee Says

WARNING

Smoking can damage your health....

Heading North

Currently on a Norwegian krill fishing boat on the way north....albeit slowly 'cause they are fishing for krill along the way.

Contrary to expectations, it is the most comfy ship I've been on...monumentally clean with amazing food.

I've even got a little spot to myself on the front deck, although this southern hemisphere-being-upside-down thing pisses you off after a while....

Beginning to look a little like this after one too many fatboy breakfasts/dinners/evening meals........

Puntaaaaaaa

In Punta Arenas waiting to fly south....

It is windy - very very windy....

There is plenty of very fine wine & great steak....

And it's quietly reassuring to see that graffiti across the globe is oh-so-similar...no translation needed :-)

Ooooooh......

It's 17 yrs old and it has been well and truly pimped....

New cushions....fully patchworked....

                                                                  Woof woof!

Bring on the Tempest....

So things have been hotting up in the sewing loft with all this wind and rain...it's getting dangerously close to stitching something with the C word on it, but maturity prevails for the moment....

The very lovely chairs above are my first commission - woof woof!

The very lovely cushions are dead posh - Harris Tweed no less....so if anyone would like to buy a posh twat, posh arse, or posh git, feel free to get in touch.

Could also be persuaded to make some thing that wasn't quite so offensive :-)