Some work in London, incl. a wonderful time with Michael Dudok de Wit, the illustrator of OSCAR AND HOO and also a friend and great animation artist, and our editor from HarperCollins, the preparation of new books and animation projects  (always much too slow in my opinion!) as well as some consultancy in Paris made this winter quite frantic. And now all gone very quiet under a coat of ice in Marcousin. The busy world outside seem to disappear. And just before Christmas, between the visits of family and friends, one of our dog got 4 white little Jack Russell puppies: so easy, naturally and quickly. The invisible book of nature seems to be so well written. But we can’t read it, can we? We are so busy running around and ignoring most of the big issues. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote: “We do not inheritate the earth but borrow it from our childrens”. And HOO seems to tell me: “The world is nicer from above: do something for it, now!”. If possible, we should write more to inspire kids for the environment, the joy of living on our planet and being part of the nature… 2007 will be inspiring, happy, green and blue, full of surprises - or won’t be. I wish you all the very best, feet on the ground and head in the clouds.