Owls have been my favourite animal since I knew they existed. I should have had one in my SCA heraldry from the beginning, but better late than never.

The hardest part was finding the right design. The early period celtic feel of this one doesn't exactly fit the late period Western European look of the quarterly red and pean background, but it ( Read more... )

Last night on a dark country road near The Dome I passed a beautiful barred owl standing motionless in the middle of the oncoming lane. There was no other animal nearby, so he wasn't hunting. I wondered if he'd been stunned ( Read more... )