Still a Sucker for the Feline of the Species

Working at a cat sanctuary as a volunteer (if lavishing love on cats could be called "work" - I think not!), I met this guy. I called him Oscar. He just epitomised the name, somehow.

IF - Mango Island

You just can't take me anywhere, really. I totally missed today's Illustration Friday theme, which was "island". But I guess I can still slap it up on my blog, and I have been a slacker lately with the ol' blog entries, huh? Been so busy with book illies - just finished a grade 6 English book and start two Swaziland readers next week, due in full colour by month end. Eek!
This little island scene was a book cover for Heinemann Publishers for a story about a cat and a rat that lived on an island and just ate mangoes to survive. Would do any girl a world of good to drop weight, but so unthinkably not healthy after all!

Ze Poodle of Paris

Caricature of friend's miniature French poodle called Beanie. A more spoilt dog you're not likely to encounter. But she's worth spoiling. And I'm not even a dog person. Which is why I had to throw in Oscar the cat to keep the peace. And not have the Force Felines sneak up on me and let me have it for putting a dog on my blog!