Toy Story 5 had Paul and me thinking about our childhood toys, the ones we kept for years and why passing a pre-loved toy on doesn’t erase its story.

My main quest is a Far North Queensland calendar. This week, I somehow side-quested two Christmas cards and four Halloween patterns. What are you creating instead of the thing you planned?

Four months, eight little characters and more deleted backgrounds than I care to remember. Here's how Far North Queensland memories, library research and one travelling backpack became the beginning of my 2027 illustrated calendar.