Happy-Go-Lucky Land

Look what I found amongst a stack of childhood memorabilia! This happy little land is full of creatures fantastical and exotic: strange little monsters snarl and sneak cookies from the cookie shrub in company with exotic beasts from faraway lands: elephants, seals, penguins. Kitties and a spotty frog sunbathe; an owl sleepily stares from its hollow; a yellow bird is surprised in its treehouse. A snail and a caterpillar exchange greetings out on the morning crawl. Butterflies cavort and lovebunnies float out of the shimmering sea.

I drew a series of these pictures, but this seems to be the only survivor of the years. The only other one I recall distinctly was a snowy winter scene, peering through the windows into a cosy room lit up for Christmas. What a smile this gave me, and how quickly the years have gone by.