Is it an illusion, or the shepherd is eating his one sheep ??? The wolf can't understand but I can explain ! In french there is an idiom saying "Avoir une faim de loup", meaning "To be very hungry", but if you translate it word after word, it would be "To be as hungry as a wolf". And today, the shepherd is very very hungry !
There is a french idiom saying "As a fish in the water" meaning that you feel very comfortable. When it's raining, under my umbrella, I feel "comme un poisson dans l'eau" ! And so are these little birds and butterflies. The flying swimming fishes doesn't worry about this little rain ...
I wish you a happy new year ! This illustration is for the "Inspire me thursday" weekly theme : "the best of 2007". The best thing that happened to me in 2007 was living in Ireland and get a lot of inspiration with my new life ! Here is an example with this year greetings card.