Sunday Safari - Planet of the Apes

Today is my youngest daughter's 18th birthday, and along with many other privileges, 

she got to choose the weekly Safari theme. This picture gallery is dedicated

to the very bright and independent Julia, born on the Fourth of July 

John Reddinger, Sleeping ape

Leia Bell, Orangutans mother and child

Miquel Barceló

Celestino Piatti, thanks to One1more2time3

Charley Harper, from Giant Golden Book of Biology

thanks to Grain Edit

Lucho Rodriguez, from Qué monos!

James Mollison, Talita, from the fantastic

James and Other Apes

Bombo, La scimmia

Eric Carle, 1997

Sebastiano Ranchetti, Gorilla

Claude Lalanne, Gorille de sûreté II, 1970

Iwona Chmielewska from Thinking ABC

Graham Carter, Kong

John Kuzich/Ed Bedno Illustration from Graphis Annual 67/68,

thanks to pinkjetpack aka the fabulous sandiv999

Francesco Bongiorni, Risky provocation

Sunday Safari - To all the little red foxes

Cover illustration for 3 tours de Renard by André Paul, 1944

I consider myself lucky to live at the edge between city and country. I can take a walk to downtown, 

but when I am home I can forget about the intense pace of urban life and immerse myself in nature. 

For the past few years, a family of foxes has been living in a wooded area on the hill in front of our house. 

We usually observe them through the lenses of binoculars, but my two encounters with them at close distance 

in the afternoon field where truly special. One evening in the garden last summer I turned to see one 

walking a few meters from me. We both froze and stood looking at each other for sometime, 

then with quick and light steps she continued her way. I love to think of my little neighbours

 and sometimes worry about them. This post is my way of wishing them a safe and generous winter.

 Thanks to all the artists for expressing their foxy spirit so well!

Red by Camilla Engman

Fox fabric sculpture by Jennifer Muskopf at Clive + Sunshine

another illustration from Kto w lesie mieszka by Zdzislaw Witwicki, 1958,

again thanks to Our Patron Saint of Forgotten Beauty A Journey Round My Skull

Fox in the snow by Jon Klassen at burst of beaden

illustrations from Yaboki by L. Mileeva, thanks to the always lovely Kickcans and Conkers

Sitting fox by Nicky Clacy

Pinzorro by Javier Jaén

Winter illustration from Seasons by John Burningham, thanks to Masha

fox by Karolin Schnoor

stuffed fox by Natasha Fadeeva

illustration from Cuento populares rusos by Violeta Lópiz

fox by John Reddinger on flickr