https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue daily 0.75 2026-05-18 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/2026/5/18/old-crays-almanack-artists-writers-and-climate-scientists-gather-at-the-met-office-for-a-spot-of-future-forecasting monthly 0.5 2026-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/131c0f82-c9bb-4aee-bd15-d3a4f0b2a2ed/IMG_9398.jpg Journal - Old Cray’s Almanack: artists, writers and climate scientists gather at the Met Office for a spot of future forecasting - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779373621716-4Q8FE3DW6K84S8UGR71M/IMG_9390.jpg Journal - Old Cray’s Almanack: artists, writers and climate scientists gather at the Met Office for a spot of future forecasting Luke Thompson, Editor at Guillemot Press, talks us through the project’s technical details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779373622376-Z0G8V6MPWYYVWLF3XPO2/IMG_9408.jpg Journal - Old Cray’s Almanack: artists, writers and climate scientists gather at the Met Office for a spot of future forecasting The room that used to house the Cray supercomputer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779373623337-BE3BZXBTFJ88CIWIF6R8/IMG_9421.jpg Journal - Old Cray’s Almanack: artists, writers and climate scientists gather at the Met Office for a spot of future forecasting Future signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779373623864-VIXKO0H49MC5EXJ2DL87/IMG_9422.jpg Journal - Old Cray’s Almanack: artists, writers and climate scientists gather at the Met Office for a spot of future forecasting More future signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779373625428-N2RRSUZK5HLYQJ3312PR/IMG_9423.jpg Journal - Old Cray’s Almanack: artists, writers and climate scientists gather at the Met Office for a spot of future forecasting Beeswax poetry. Workshop courtesy of poet, artists and lecturer Astra Papachristodoulou. https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/2026/5/18/-the-comics-world-as-an-ecosystem-tinta-plural-plural-ink-residency-colombia-summer-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274100466-8J5HVFW5G0VKLLCP8XV2/IMG_5867.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 Sketches from Buenaventura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274026088-62P70FIYZHVOGKZHX4ZK/IMG_5003.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 Circulo de Xue, the community garden in Bogotá that Diego Zhaken belongs to. Paula and I visited the garden after meeting Diego and reading his comic about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274043373-SNNNZL9HYRSSC2PRRURY/IMG_5189.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 An encounter on our hike through Venado Verde just outside of Buenaventura https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274089061-V92RQXRCS14IGGOZTTKD/0aa7af2f-01da-478b-8283-1d96457c1f78.JPG Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 The click beetle who hitched a ride on my cap all the way from the centre of Cali to an eco-library on outskirts of town – and the reason why I took the form of a click beetle in the comic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274097209-R6QVE34NYGTY33YBAZTW/IMG_5361.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 The waterfall at the turning point of our hike through Venado Verde, Buenaventura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274097437-H0P2GEAFLCYW3M6W8W8U/IMG_5423.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 Paula (centre) and I facilitated an environmental comics workshop for kids during the festival in Buenaventura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274122570-7ULUX088NSN4L75DXOX1/IMG_5524.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 A poster in response to COP16 – the biodiversity COP, which took place in Cali in 2024 – by La Linterna, Cali’s most famous print studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779274099000-11Y5OZ2G4OEVETOBCF2S/IMG_5817.jpg Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 The wonderful selection of comics and artwork – some purchased and some gifted – that I came home with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/e40a9415-81d7-4e4a-8b0f-de10f339e94f/Screenshot+2026-05-18+at+16.49.36.png Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/e1b62ee3-e1f5-484c-a3d6-ad96cc653475/Screenshot+2026-05-18+at+16.49.47.png Journal - "... the comics world as an ecosystem": Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency, Colombia, summer 2025 - Make it stand out Two sample pages from the comic https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/2025/7/18/illustrator-and-market-gardener-in-training-drawing-moments-of-growth monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1753460993622-K8XHNE3BTE2O7PMBP98F/IMG_2776.jpg Journal - Illustrator and now *market gardener in training*! 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Zoom out: a go at one of Aidan Koch’s environmental comics exercises https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/2023/11/27/terra-incognita-the-ma-illustration-authorial-practice-graduate-show-at-falmouth-university monthly 0.5 2026-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/91ab7fa8-2dcf-4127-b208-359032896269/IMG_4270.jpeg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out The full Loveland’s Weeds display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/c0e8c828-18b2-49d2-a925-0be35cc51c2a/IMG_4303.jpeg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out The original postcard comic artwork was displayed alongside hand-drawn portraits of Lovelanders - people and plants alike - and handwritten thoughts and observations about weeds. The background is a weed “map” - the outline of the leaves, flowers, and roots of a sample of weeds from Loveland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/e572d674-af4d-4735-8497-7906508fba8d/IMG_4259.jpeg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out A makeshift table from Loveland palettes, used to display the set of Loveland Weeds postcard comics, flyers about the Falmouth Food Coop - of which Loveland is a part - a potted “pigweed” (callaloo/amaranth) from Falmouth University’s own little kitchen garden, and blank postcards and drawing materials for visitors to use as they wished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/f0014d63-e431-43c1-bd65-e11d4c28b9ba/IMG_4256.jpg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out The fridge contained produce from Loveland, available for visitors to the show to buy on a pay-as-you-feel basis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/ba761d46-f11f-4ae6-b7a9-d6f24082fe2e/IMG_4286.jpeg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out Postcards written and drawn by visitors to both Loveland and to the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1dccdfce-ac6a-4fb2-a648-2097c8b82c49/IMG_4255.jpeg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out A bouquet of weeds from Loveland, and a few weedy reference books for visitors to flick through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/50825431-816c-44bd-92f9-a6105ac85d0b/be18fbf2-7227-4587-8a26-a71dc64f4472.jpeg Journal - Terra Incognita – the MA Illustration: Authorial Practice graduate show at Falmouth University - Make it stand out Chatting to visitors - including a few Loveland volunteers - during the show’s opening. https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/lovelands-weeds monthly 0.5 2023-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/783b8a04-9b2f-4abf-99dd-8711695c0262/IMG_7576.jpeg Journal - Loveland’s Weeds: an overview - Make it stand out The path leading from the riverbank up to Loveland, photographed in July 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/777b95c8-d8b5-4f16-9206-903cbd30bd8a/weeds_cover2.png Journal - Loveland’s Weeds: an overview - Make it stand out A compound drawing of weeds at Loveland - bitter dock, dandelion, scarlet pimpernel, common plantain (or ‘white man’s footstep’), willow herb, ragwort, buddleia, creeping buttercup… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/146c644d-3e30-4edb-83ab-f1347250de04/IMG_3955.jpeg Journal - Loveland’s Weeds: an overview - Make it stand out The six Loveland’s Weeds postcards. You can see three of the postcard comics in detail, with accompanying discussion, on the Work page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/64f0203f-b2d8-4082-97f3-81f425f84ee9/IMG_3849.jpeg Journal - Loveland’s Weeds: an overview - Make it stand out Leaves, roots and flowers of dandelion, buddleia, ragwort, dock, plantain, and more - traced to create the weed map (below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/e708d1a9-6ab5-4fd6-8f26-728f1aed209f/Lovelands_weeds_map.jpeg Journal - Loveland’s Weeds: an overview - Make it stand out The map of themes, questions, and tentative responses that contained the Loveland’s Weeds project. https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/comics+residency monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/food+growing monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/animacy monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/Colombia+comics monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/arbroath+smokies monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/reportage+illustration monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/market+gardening monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/Mel+Y+Chen monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/colombia monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/arbroath+fishing monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/Aidan+Koch monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/food+comics monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/environmental+comics monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/food+illustration monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/gardening+comics monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/fishing+illustration monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/sustainability monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/artist+residency monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/reportage+comics monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/illustration+residency monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/Robin+Wall+Kimmerer monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/comics+research monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/postcard+art monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/comics+theory monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/journal-avenue/tag/growing+communities monthly 0.5 https://www.carysboughton.com/work daily 1.0 2026-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699876120920-5OVCGNPLZYFH6U7T24XI/Teresa.jpg Work - An imagined portrait of Teresa You can read Teresa’s testimony - ‘Work and motherhood amidst the border violence’ - here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699627935272-ITQUYUCRMFC0G95J5YJW/forwebsite.jpg Work Full illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699627421509-23KGUED96K2ZT5SC9HID/Criminal_Media_Nexus_.jpg Work Cover illustration in full https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699626402099-GEL7619KPI0A6CKHZIWV/RGB+Johnsonia_CB+compressed.png Work Full illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699896222834-PQSUPG726WDVIU2ILHQ3/image-asset.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699896860207-R6A9GYBUB2L5LVUTRC8T/30.jpg Work Philanthrocapitalism debate cover illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699901534489-H116WDQCJ9P9Y6VS0Y1O/ragwort.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1699902070824-B8MN9ZOKL1D0DJZD6GIU/Callaloo.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1700945243678-TW6L89UQ1LET2TLCEDGQ/IMG_1003.jpeg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1700308149160-V5GD8W9XMEWN6ESTRY7I/john_weeding.jpg Work John weeding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1700948720787-C45OS655DW7CRRCE5QZE/IMG_1254.jpeg Work Daniel working on a keys arrangement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1700951720312-ETV9AGEGXXJTJUATU9UM/IMG_0941.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1753461277632-80HG2N9MKZ4SDVMQ33R3/IMG_1223.JPG Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1779120893265-0ENX4VUB15ORZ18ADS9Y/image-asset.png Work Sample page: Tinta Plural / Plural Ink residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1793697786776-D148HXVOVFHSYJWXP1YJ/File+%E2%80%93+2026-11-03T09_13_54.png Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/1793698837799-KLR5AK8DEK2BCUZKYHBQ/File+%E2%80%93+2026-11-03T09_37_08.jpg Work - Arbroath and Auchmithie Fishing Tales (Top) Arbroath has had a working harbour since 1394. The current harbour was built in 1870 to support the area’s growing trading activity - importing coal, flax, timber, salt and iron, and exporting grains, stone, leather and, of course, fish. Over the following 150 years, this trading and the accompanying industries - from sail-making to boat building and fishing - have either completely shut down or contracted significantly. Now, the harbour is home to leisure boats, 19 active creel fishing boats, one boat building business, and numerous eateries. Passionate community members have different ideas about the harbour’s future, but one thing is clear - it will continue to be central to Arbroath’s identity for many years to come. (Bottom) The view across Carlingheugh Bay on the coastal path from Arbroath to Auchmithie. The cliffs were formed in the Devonian age - 400 million years ago - known as the “Age of the Fishes” as life was abundant in the oceans, but relatively scant on land. Formed mostly of soft old red sandstone, the cliffs have served multifarious uses for people over the centuries: they have been quarried for building material, and their many caves facilitated Arbroath’s position as Scotland’s smuggling capital in the 16th and 17th centuries. Now, they’re a popular destination for walkers - attracted by their striking shapes, and often also by the promise of a Smokie pancake at the But N Ben in Auchmithie at the walk’s end. https://www.carysboughton.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2023-11-25 https://www.carysboughton.com/about-avenue daily 0.75 2026-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5898b823e58c62ed8acf755d/8167ae96-2d6f-45c5-aaca-88f0f67e21bf/IMG_2695.jpg About