When we left our home in Calgary last summer, I started a travel journal/sketchbook to document our trip. I wanted to be able to write about our adventure, draw and have a place to keep ticket stubs, labels, recipes, plants and any other bits that I came across. I completed the book in January, right after our trip to Belgium, and have since star ...

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©2010 Jacqueline Hudon-VerrelliThe reason for my recent lapse in posts is that our internet connection hasn't been very reliable. But I am still here, in Edinburgh, plugging away in my sketchbook. One exciting thing to report is that I recently completed 2 illustrations for a magazine here in the UK. I'll post them closer to when the issue comes ...

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New Year's Eve in Scotland is called Hogmanay, and in Edinburgh it's a really big deal. They block off one of the main streets, Princess Street, and people come from all over for a huge street party. At midnight there was no countdown that i was aware of, but there was a bagpipe player, they fired a cannon from the castle and there was the most i ...

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©2009 Jacqueline Hudon-VerrelliChristmas this year was very different for us. Even the lead up to Christmas was different - much less busy than usual. We opted out of gift giving/receiving this year because we didn't want to end up with a bunch of stuff that we would either have to drag around Europe with us, or end up shipping back to Canada. ...

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