Christmas present idea...

If you've given copies of The Divide Trilogy to everyone you know, how about an RSPB membership as a Christmas present with a difference? You can find out about it here: http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/join/

Interesting spelling, and Fury gets longlisted...

This is another photograph from Venezuela. The Angel Falls drop from a table-top mountain called a tepui, which was what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used as the setting for a certain book... Have a look at the poster I snapped, and see if you know what it was.

And I probably ought to add that my last book, Fury, has been longlisted for United Kingdom Literary Association Children's Book Award, 2009, in the 12 - 16 caegory.

Dear Pewtermane,

Is a Sinistrom allowed to change its name? My previous owner didn't respect me in any way and when he crossed into the Divide he had my pebble. Grimspite really inspired me to be a better Sinistrom, so if I can, where can I go to change my name? Please!

Sincerely,

Bloodclaws

Hiya Bloodclaws -
Cool name! Why do you want to change it? I think you should invest in some bright red nail polish, and go for the whole look.
Cheers, Lilywithers
pp Pewtermane

Venezuela

Haven't been able to post much
recently as I've just moved house, and been on holiday in Venezuela.

Here's a selection of photographs...

It really IS all right this time...

The links are back to normal, folks. For those of you who are interested in British birds of prey, the RSPB has put tracking devices on the two osprey chicks who hatched in Loch Garten this year - Deshar and Nethy. To find out how to follow their migration, go to this link for directions:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/tracking/lochgartenospreys/index.asp

I haven't taken any photos of ospreys, but I do have a nice one of an eagle owl...

But not quite...

If you're trying to get hold of me, the contact link isn't working at the moment. Please e-mail me on elizabethkay@hotmail.co.uk

And here's my picture of a butterfly called a gatekeeper...

All as it should be, once more.

Thanks to my ever helpful web host, http://hosthere.co.uk/ (manned by real people), I now have my domain name back again.

Did anyone watch Lost Land of the Jaguar, on BBC1 last night? Tremendous stuff, with howler monkeys and piranhas and even a jaguar. I snapped this capybara at Marwell Zoo, to give this post the right sort of South American flavour...