How can I do a birthday card for a Pokémon fan, Ted, when I don’t know anything about Pokémon?
By the way, the rodent above right is supposed to be a dormouse.
Dogtown
A similar problem with Olive’s card, she’s a Bluey fan but I prefer terrier puppies in their natural colours (yes, they’re supposed to be little dogs, even if some of them look more like mice). Richard Scarry must have given himself more time when he drew his spreads of Busytown.
A Souvenir of South Wales
And finally, happy birthday to my brother Bill yesterday. I’d forgotten how he got his good looks until I spotted this in my 1973 diary. Bill and I are one quarter Welsh so really no excuse for not predicting what the consequences of a rugby tour of South Wales might be. I think this was Rugby Union, although Bill also played Rugby League.
The 1973 diary extracts continue inside the card …
