There's an old tale of using flowers as a method of communication between lovers so they could go about their daily business without attracting too much attention. I think it’s a very sweet way to express sentiment and think it’s a shame it doesn’t get used more often today. Finding meaning in the small things is what

Elsewhere in the blog, you'll find more detailed meanings for a handful of animals, but this is a more generalised post with keywords for over fifty birds, mammals, sea creatures, and insects. There are plenty of books in the New Age genre which look at the concept of power animals, although some new age thinking will get a little silly,

The walrus came up in a dream a few weeks ago, and since then, I've been on a mission to find out the deeper meaning of his presence, or rather, his eruption from the water in front of my face. They're not the most attractive of mammals, and I'll confess to seeing them as cumbersome and characterless before I bothered to

I've been reminded of a set of animal design dinner placement mats I had as a kid. One had an image of koalas, another was a giant panda, and I had the hardest time deciding between the two of them. I never used to like my sisters having either of them and would have a major tantrum if I didn't get to choose first.

Having been plagued by the fuckers since moving to Wiltshire many Moons ago, there isn't any doubt in my mind that this superstition-riddled messenger was one of my animal totems for a period. I was living near Bristol when I came to view a house here, and on the way to the train station, I saw more than forty of

I love armadillos, although I have absolutely no idea why they get me the way they do. Maybe I had a past life as a cactus or something, and I miss seeing them go for moonlit walks. There are several species, and most people know of the nine-banded type, but my personal favourite is the Pink Fairy Armadillo