Cosy And Green

Pods Of Wisdom (by Tracey Meek & John Goncalves), originally uploaded by rjbirkin.

I went to Big Blue yesterday to pick up Tracey Meek's illustrations for our upcoming HOME book, and John Goncalves was there with her. They were injecting pea pods with wisdom to sell at this weekend's Riff Raff festival. If you see them there, you should buy one. They're lovely. I bought two.

One is called 'Mustafa', and the other (pictured) is called Clare, "a wonderful peas of misfortune wrapped up as snug as a bug in a cosy green shell called home." Very apt.

Tracey's illustrations are awesome. Go here to see some on your computer screen, and come down to Big Blue in Derby on Saturday 20th September to see them in frames on the walls, and buy a book with some of them in.