Two happy fishermen in the woods. Drawing by Perry Taylor, watercolour background by Jean-François Lasnier

Fed up with a blocked septic tank? This might help. In three sizes. A4/A5/A6.

Foie Gras Blues played by a duck on trumpet. Inspired by the Jazz festival in Marciac, home to a great festival each August and to hundreds of duck farmers all year round. 

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. Also available on large-format canvas, as well as greeting card. 

Granny (a rugby fan) shouts "Mark!" when she catches the ball, kicked from the rugby ground.

Quille de neuf, or Quille d'un oeuf ?

Quille is a skittle game played in South West France, very similar to those played in the UK. The nine 'quilles' can be knocked down in different formations to win different points. These ducks have created their own version. I hope the egg is hard boiled!

Nothing is better than a communal preen. Followed by a dustbath and a snooze in the shade.

Reproduced as giclée print in various sizes, some with mounts. 

To proof its provenance, the Gascon Noir chicken is sold with much of its black feathers attached and is dressed in blue with a waxed mediallion and is a very fashionable bird in Paris

There is a little market every Sunday in Bassoues, so don't go on Monday!

So, ‘Volaille’ means ‘fowl’, ‘vol’ means ‘fly’, ‘ail’ is French for garlic. So ‘Vol’ail  ! Easy, eh?