It is a well known fact that I have a bit of thing for rabbits. What is lesser known is that I actually love animals of all kinds. All picture books I write feature animals, usually as the main characters. In fact, recently I have begun working on my first picture book featuring kids, but even then they are all dressed as animals.
A few posts back I did a photo diary about all the rabbits I encountered during a recent trip across Europe. As rabbits feature a lot on this blog, I thought I owed it to all the other animals to give them a bit of blog time. So here are some of the non-rabbits that crossed my path in Europe:
These suspicious geese on a Scottish loch:
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This dog (dug) at an Edinburgh pub:
Dogs could go anywhere in Europe. In pubs, banks, on buses and the underground. I wish Australia was more like this.
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This grumpy bird (eyeing all the Geordies in Newcastle):
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This graffiti pig in Venice:
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This bizarre bronze zoo in the misty hills of Eze (France):
Over 50 animals. Can’t imagine how they got them all the way up the mountain.
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This snarly lion:
Roar
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This Scottish house for elephants:
Actually, this is an obligatory children’s author shot (the cafe where J.K.Rowling penned her Harry Potter series)
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This most enchanting stray dog on the drive from Barcelona:
He so stole my heart I spent several days trying to figure out how to adopt him & get him back to Australia. But he was well looked after by the town & had made his home in a fuel station, greeting all passers by.
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These fish in a Berlin blizzard:
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This delightful stray cat in Niguelas, Spain:
We fed her and loved her and called her Peppi.
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These noble once-dogs at Edinburgh Castle:
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These hungry goats and sheeps in a Spanish village:
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These wild-eyed things:
You can be sure there will be picture books to come inspired by these animals. They were all quite unique characters in their own ways.
Especially the cranky bird. He had spunk.
the Well Read Rabbit || Katherine Battersby 
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