Before and after

smith-pilcher-825-150717I took some reference photos of Alexandra Park in order to compose the background for this strip.  As you can see, I’ve edited the background slightly to make it a bit easier to read, in effect editing out two trees and a bench from the middle ground behind the bridge. The sewage pipe had to go as well.

As I took this photo a very large bull terrier was splashing around in in the stream behind me, while its owner was frantically trying to coax it out again with a ball.

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Duck!

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Wild goose chase

smith-pilcher-812-150617The irony here is that I was cooking a duck for Sunday lunch while I was inking this strip in. Damn you ducks, why do you have to be so tasty?