Two new sketchbooks in WIX

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George Musgrave a Tracker of the Outback

	Dr George Musgrave Wikipedia
Dr George Musgrave 1921 - 2006 was an elder of the Kuku Thaypan clan and a famous Australian bush tracker. He was a Agu Alaya speaker.	He was born in his own country, near Lakefield National Park. As children, he and Tommy George Senior were hidden in mailbags by the station owner, Fredrick Sheppard, to avoid removal by police and welfare officers.	As a result, they were able to grow up with their own people, and learn traditional law and language, management practices of their country and how to live off the land. Recently, they were able to successfully claim continuous ownership of traditional lands, and retain custody of some land at Gno-Coom (Saxby Waterhole).	George's senses were so sharp he could follow a week-old trail through dense scrub at night. He could identify tracks that were up to two months old. In August 2005 he was asked to track an off duty policeman who had become lost while pig hunting. Despite being 84 years old, he found the man in less than a day. He also worked as a community policeman and musterer.
	The Last Trackers of the Outback - the film
	Police Trackers
	Cape York Institute
	Aboriginals of Australia
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You will take back a little fish?

The Sea without Fish ! Sandwiches to jellyfish ! Maybe tomorrow .... Probably tomorrow !

Fishing	Fishing down the food web	Dr Daniel Pauly	UBC fisheries Center

8 Portraits of Charles Meryon, great french engraver

				Charles Méryon (23 November 1821 to 13 February 1868), was a French artist, who worked almost entirely in etching, as he suffered from colour-blindness. Although now little-known in the English-speaking world, he is generally recognised as the most significant etcher of 19th century France.	He also suffered from mental illness, dying in an asylum. His most famous work is a series of views of Paris. REF: en.wikipedia.org Further research on Meryon may be rewarding as he ranks with Piranesi as the greatest of architectural etchers, he also produced romantic horror pictures and spent time in an asylum when he believed himself to be Christ. REF: chrislee.org.uk LINK: Other Etching go to Google Images end enter: Charles Meryon

The Hoatzin, the bird with a disagreeable manure-like odor

The Hoatzin eats the leaves and fruits of the plants which grow in the marshes where it lives. One of this species' many peculiarities is that it has a digestive system unique amongst birds.

Hoatzins use bacterial fermentation in the front part of the gut to break down the vegetable material they consume, like cattle and other ruminants. Because of this, the bird has a disagreeable, manure-like odor and is only hunted for food in times of dire need.

The alternative name of "stinkbird" is derived from the bird's manure-like odour, caused by its digestive system. source text: Wikipedia

Creating impact through rhythm and music

This time, no need to draw you a picture. This is a PUB for Doug.

Petroglyph and pictograph

Petroglyph should not be confused with pictograph	Pictograph A pictograph, also called pictogram or pictogramme is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.
	Petroglyphs Petroglyphs also called pictogram (also called rock engravings) are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, and abrading.	Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. Here the Coso Rock Art Complex within the China Lake, Naval Air Weapons Station. Extraordinary numbers of petroglyphs are pecked into the lava flows, canyons, and tablelands.
source text: Wikipedia of course Links Petroglyphs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroglyph http://www.desertusa.com/magdec97/cosos/dec_cosos.html http://www.desertusa.com/magdec97/cosos/dec_cosos2.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake

Memory of a summer day and a series of wine labels

It's winter, it's long, it's long !
So here is a memory of a summer day
And a series of wine labels




We drank a bottle of CALAMIN
for which I had drawn the label.
It was on the Montreux
a CGN steam boat.


Below are some of my wine labels