A way better doodle than the ugly cat it started out as!

A few weeks ago, I went for a quick Saturday spin that had the makings, I thought, of a cat’s face. Using that route as a starting point, I designed a cat. And although my puss’s puss was decidedly ugly, I set out on Monday to ride the route. It just wasn’t to be, though, as the bog I needed to cross to doodle the kitty-cat’s nose, mouth and whiskers proved uncrossable.

A blessing in disguise, it turns out, as my aborted doodle inspired me to shift gears from feline to strigine and uncover, in the streets of Victoria, a great big owl with teeny-tiny feet.

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