Three months to Christmas Eve......

The most special season of the year is getting closer and there are now only three months to Christmas Eve.

The weather here has started to turn colder and the nights are coming in quicker each day. 

Follow Santa & Ruudy's Countdown to Christmas and to keep uptodate on all there other projects, here and on their Facebook page. The link is at the bottom of the page. Don't forget to click the 'LIKE' botton when there.

I'm currently sketching out this years strips which will begin on the First of December.

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100 Days to Christmas......a comicstrip

To celebrate 100 Days to Christmas, I've put up one of my old Santa & Ruudy comic strips from last years countdown.

Hope you like it enough to keep an eye out for this years countdown, starting 1st December.

You can see past ones on my Santa & Ruudy Facebook page. Click the 'LIKE' button when you're there. I've put a link at the bottom of the page and a link to my Twitter page for day to day updates.

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101 Days to Christmas

Anyone who knows me, knows I love the whole Christmas Period and it is rarely out off my thoughts the whole year round. Whether it is working on ideas for my Santa & Ruudy comic strips or working on the animations for the same characters, it is looking at recipes for festive treats and drinks to warm up those colder evenings.

This year of course has got a whole lot more exciting with the arrive off our little man, Finley. I want him to grow up loving the festive time of year and I've started early by getting these books to read to him. Sure, they are as much for me as they are for him but it's a great excuse to read to him and to get into that Christmas feeling.

There will be more books to keep an eye on that I will be looking to buy, further on into the season.

Currently reading this book......

This is one of my favourite stories and the illustrations in this version are amazing.

Another one I bought of Ebay. I have had them on my Amazon wish list for years and then just decided to check out Ebay and the prices were amazing. Well worth buying for some wonderful reading.

I have this book on its way to me from Ebay.

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Ethel & Ernest from Book to Animation

I am ubber excited about this animation, based on the classic novel by Raymond Briggs.

Picture taken from the Ethel & Ernest Facebook page.

Some of his most notable works also include:
-  The Snowman
-  Father Christmas
-  Fungus The Bogeyman
-  The Bear

To name but a few of this amazing mans works. I have watched his books come to life through animation and I'm very eager to see this adaption. I got to see the official trailer for the first time yesterday from Lupus Films based in London via the Skwigly Animation website. Definitely a movie that I would have loved to work on. A beautiful traditional animation feel.

Anyone who was read the book will know the story and it looks like they have stayed true to it, as I'm sure Raymond made sure they would.

I have linked the trailer at the bottom, also Skwigly web page and Lupus Films.

The movie is due for release in October 2016.

Trailer - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=648975205279532&id=290442901132766

LupusFilm - http://lupusfilms.com/

Skwigly - http://www.skwigly.co.uk/

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Becoming Dad bakes......Pumpkin Pie

Well it was "Great British Bake Off" Day and I had wanted to bake something each week it was on. So, this week I went for Pumpkin Pie.

I have made this before from scratch, when it is closer to Halloween and the Pumpkins are in the shops but this time I had a can of Pumpkin Mix which needed to be used. I decided to add a meringue top to the pie and I have never made meringue before.

The mix was pretty easy to do, mixing condensed milk, eggs, with ginger, cinnamon and cloves. The mix was baked in the oven  for 20 minutes before piping the meringue onto the top and putting it back into the oven for another 30 minutes.

It was left to cool for awhile before being enjoyed while watching the "GBBO" on BBCOne.

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