A little girl once sent a drawings to artist John Leigh-Pemberton for his approval. He replied in this delightful picture-code letter - which she has treasured for over 50 years. Can you work out his reply? - ThreadSky

lbflyawayhome.bsky.social • 8 days ago

A little girl once sent a drawings to artist John Leigh-Pemberton for his approval.
He replied in this delightful picture-code letter - which she has treasured for over 50 years. Can you work out his reply?

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quinnpiper.bsky.social•8 days ago

What a treasure! Took me a while to get the owl 😃

adamkeiper.com•7 days ago

How charming!

s4r4h-l.bsky.social•8 days ago

How fantastic

roody2shoes.bsky.social•8 days ago

This is just lovely. Completely stumped by the 🦉! Reminded me of my dear Great Aunt who used to send letters with stories of the animals that lived around her on Skye, with line drawings to illustrate. Treasures indeed.

lbflyawayhome.bsky.social•8 days ago

Here’s a key to the trickiest bit:

“I think-k kit = it
wise = is
one of yawn = yaw = your
vest =best